---
title: "provider (EU AI Act)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/glossary/provider-eu-ai-act"
type: "defined_term"
site: "AI Law Framework"
checked: "2026-10-10"
---

# provider (EU AI Act)

> a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that develops an AI system or a general-purpose AI model or that has an AI system or a general-purpose AI model developed and places it on the market or…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/glossary/provider-eu-ai-act  
Checked: 2026-10-10

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that develops an AI system or a general-purpose AI model or that has an AI system or a general-purpose AI model developed and places it on the market or puts the AI system into service under its own name or trademark, whether for payment or free of charge;

Source: [EU AI Act Art 3(3)](https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/article/3/) (checked 2026-10-10)

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