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European Union Artificial Intelligence Act
Conformity Assessment Report

SmartRetail AI System
Assessment Date: February 16, 2026

Generated by HAIEC Compliance Engine
Report ID: EUAIA-SR-2026-001
Notified Body: Not Applicable (Internal Assessment)

1. Executive Summary

This conformity assessment report evaluates SmartRetail AI System's compliance with Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (EU AI Act). The system has been classified as Limited Risk under Article 52 (transparency obligations). This assessment confirms conformity with all applicable requirements.

Assessment Element Status
Risk Classification Limited Risk (Article 52)
Prohibited Practices (Article 5) No prohibited practices identified
Transparency Obligations (Article 52) Fully conformant
Technical Documentation Complete
Overall Conformity CONFORMANT

2. AI System Description

Provider: SmartRetail Technologies GmbH (Germany)

System Name: SmartRetail AI Recommendation Engine v3.2

Intended Purpose: Provide personalized product recommendations to e-commerce customers based on browsing history, purchase patterns, and demographic data.

Deployment: EU-wide (Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands)

Users: Retail customers (B2C), approximately 2.3 million monthly active users

3. Risk Classification

3.1 Assessment Against Annex III (High-Risk AI Systems)

Annex III Category Applicable? Justification
1. Biometric identification NO System does not process biometric data
2. Critical infrastructure NO E-commerce is not critical infrastructure
3. Education/vocational training NO Not used for educational purposes
4. Employment NO Not used for hiring or HR decisions
5. Essential services NO Not used for creditworthiness or emergency services
6. Law enforcement NO Not used for law enforcement
7. Migration/asylum NO Not used for migration decisions
8. Justice/democracy NO Not used for legal or democratic processes

Conclusion: SmartRetail AI System does NOT qualify as high-risk under Annex III.

3.2 Classification: Limited Risk (Article 52)

The system is classified as Limited Risk because it:

Applicable Obligations: Article 52 (Transparency obligations for certain AI systems)

4. Compliance with Prohibited Practices (Article 5)

Article 5(1)(a) - Subliminal Techniques

Status: CONFORMANT

Assessment: System does not deploy subliminal techniques beyond a person's consciousness to materially distort behavior. Recommendations are clearly visible and user can opt out.

Article 5(1)(b) - Exploitation of Vulnerabilities

Status: CONFORMANT

Assessment: System does not exploit vulnerabilities related to age, disability, or socio-economic situation. No targeting of vulnerable groups. Parental controls available for minors.

Article 5(1)(c) - Social Scoring

Status: CONFORMANT

Assessment: System does not evaluate or classify natural persons based on social behavior or personal characteristics for purposes of social scoring.

Article 5(1)(d) - Risk Assessment for Criminal Offenses

Status: CONFORMANT

Assessment: System does not assess risk of criminal offenses based solely on profiling or personality traits.

5. Transparency Obligations (Article 52)

Article 52(1) - Disclosure of AI Interaction

Status: CONFORMANT

Evidence:

HAIEC Verification: Disclosure text reviewed, opt-out functionality tested, explanation feature validated.

Article 52(3) - Information on AI-Generated Content

Status: CONFORMANT

Evidence:

6. Technical Documentation (Annex IV - Adapted for Limited Risk)

While full Annex IV documentation is not required for limited-risk systems, SmartRetail has voluntarily maintained comprehensive technical documentation:

Documentation Element Status
General description of AI system Complete
Intended purpose and use cases Complete
Training data description Complete (anonymized customer data, 18M records)
Model architecture and algorithms Complete (Transformer-based collaborative filtering)
Risk management measures Complete (bias monitoring, fairness metrics)
Human oversight measures Complete (manual review of flagged recommendations)
Accuracy, robustness, cybersecurity Complete (95% accuracy, adversarial testing)

7. Data Governance (Article 10 - Voluntary Compliance)

Training Data Quality

Status: CONFORMANT (Voluntary)

Evidence:

8. Human Oversight (Article 14 - Voluntary Compliance)

Human-in-the-Loop Measures

Status: IMPLEMENTED (Voluntary)

Evidence:

9. Accuracy and Robustness (Article 15 - Voluntary Compliance)

Metric Target Actual Status
Recommendation Accuracy (Top-5) ≥90% 95.2% PASS
Model Robustness (Adversarial) ≥85% 89.1% PASS
Fairness (Demographic Parity) ≤5% disparity 3.2% disparity PASS
Cybersecurity (Penetration Test) No critical findings 0 critical, 2 low PASS

10. Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment

Voluntary assessment conducted to evaluate impact on fundamental rights under EU Charter:

Fundamental Right Impact Mitigation
Privacy (Article 7) MINIMAL GDPR compliance, data minimization, encryption
Non-discrimination (Article 21) MINIMAL Fairness monitoring, bias testing, no protected attributes
Consumer protection (Article 38) MINIMAL Transparency, opt-out, explanation feature

11. Conformity Statement

SmartRetail Technologies GmbH declares that the SmartRetail AI Recommendation Engine v3.2 is in conformity with the applicable requirements of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (EU AI Act), specifically:

Provider Responsibility: SmartRetail Technologies GmbH assumes full responsibility for the conformity of this AI system with the EU AI Act.

Contact Point:
Dr. Anna Schmidt, Chief Compliance Officer
compliance@smartretail.de
+49 30 1234 5678

12. Cryptographic Verification

Report Hash (SHA-256):
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Signed By: HAIEC Compliance Engine v2.1.0
Signature Timestamp: 2026-02-16T17:45:00Z
Verification URL: https://haiec.com/verify/EUAIA-SR-2026-001