Supply chain: instructions for use and pre-market checks
How the Art. 13 IFU hands off from provider to deployer, and the Art. 23 importer and Art. 24 distributor checks — all on the system's Supply chain tab.
AI systems rarely live with one party. The Act sets out a chain of responsibility — provider → importer → distributor → deployer — and obligations hand off along it. Veritome models that handoff on each system's Supply chain tab so nothing falls through the gap.
Article 13 — instructions for use (IFU)
Providers of high-risk systems must give deployers clear instructions for use: what the system does, its capabilities and limitations, the human oversight it expects, its accuracy and known risks, and how to keep it running safely. It's the operating manual the deployer relies on to use the system lawfully. Veritome's IFU handoff tool is role-aware.
If you're the Provider
- Complete the Art. 13(3) elements — the IFU handoff tool shows a readiness gauge tracking how many required elements are documented.
- Open the printable Art. 13 IFU package (it lays out provider identity 13(3)(a), intended purpose 13(3)(b) and the full 13(3) checklist). Press Cmd/Ctrl+P to export a clean A4 PDF.
- Use the share link to hand the package to your deployer.
If you're the Deployer
Open the Supply chain tab to review the IFU you received, then complete the receipt to acknowledge what you got — this closes the loop and leaves a dated record that the handoff happened.
If you're the Importer or Distributor
The tab shows the supply-chain obligations that fall to you, so you can work them like any other obligation.
Article 23 — importer pre-market checks
If you bring a non-EU provider's system into the EU market, Art. 23 makes you verify, before placing it, that the provider did their job: conformity assessment done, technical documentation prepared, CE marking affixed, EU authorised representative appointed. Importers get a dedicated Importer tab with a structured pre-market form capturing provider details and the authorised representative, the CE marking date, the Declaration of Conformity reference (Art. 47), and the market-placement date. It saves onto the system's conformity record.
Article 24 — distributors
Distributors must check the CE marking and accompanying documents are present before making a system available, and act if they learn a system isn't conformant. These checks appear automatically on the Supply chain tab when your role is distributor — no configuration needed.