# Recital 178: Voluntary compliance during the transition phase

> EU AI Act (2024/1689)
> Source: https://en.ai-act.io/recital/voluntary-compliance-during-the-transition-phase

Providers of high-risk AI systems are encouraged to start to comply, on a voluntary basis, with the relevant obligations of this Regulation already during the transitional period.

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