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EU_AI_ACT_ART5_REALTIME_BIOMETRIC_001

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RuleEU_AI_ACT_ART5_REALTIME_BIOMETRIC_001
Rule version372271f9d18a20d7133648404cf5b34d7f912c3f4233dd23ce7fbc5ca31efb23
ProvisionRegulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 5(1)(h)
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/art_5/par_1/pnt_h/oj
ApprovalApproved
Approved by Leo Celis on 2026-10-16

rules/regulations/eu/eu_ai_act_article5_realtime_biometric.yaml

Citation
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 5(1)(h): The use of real-time remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purposes of law enforcement, unless and in so far as such use is strictly necessary for one of the following objectives: (i) the targeted search for specific victims of abduction, trafficking in human beings or sexual exploitation of human beings, as well as the search for missing persons; (ii) the prevention of a specific, substantial and imminent threat to the life or physical safety of natural persons or a genuine and present or genuine and foreseeable threat of a terrorist attack; (iii) the localisation or identification of a person suspected of having committed a criminal offence referred to in Annex II, for the purposes of conducting a criminal investigation, prosecution or execution of a criminal penalty.
Condition
Prohibits the use of real-time remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for law enforcement purposes. Article 5(1)(h) of the EU AI Act, with narrow exceptions (targeted search for specific victims, imminent threat prevention, suspect identification for serious crimes) that require judicial authorization.
Condition type
regex, semantic
Status in the file
approved