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Who an obligation legally binds (under the EU AI Act, the provider, the deployer or both), as distinct from who enforces it; chapter 08 carries a duty-holder column so an engineer can tell which artefacts their organisation is responsible for producing.

Developed in
ch. 18, Who you are in the value chain
Chapters
ch. 08, Regulatory Map · ch. 18, EU AI Act
Source
Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source

Where it is used

6 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Duty holder: mentions per chapter8 mentions of the term across 6 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter08 Regulatory Map: 2 mentions08 Regulatory Map214 Development: 1 mention14 Development118 EU AI Act: 2 mentions18 EU AI Act219 Privacy & AI: 1 mention19 Privacy & AI121 AI Laws Worldwide: 1 mention21 AI Laws Worldwide123 AI Agents: 1 mention23 AI Agents1No mentions in the other 17 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Duty holder: mentions per chapter8 mentions of the term across 6 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter000102030405060708 Regulatory Map: 2 mentions2081011121314 Development: 1 mention11415161718 EU AI Act: 2 mentions21819 Privacy & AI: 1 mention1192021 AI Laws Worldwide: 1 mention1212223 AI Agents: 1 mention123Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of Duty holder per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map2Yes
10 Reading List0No
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development1No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act2Yes
19 Privacy & AI1No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide1No
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents1No
Duty holder: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedDuty holderRelated terms (3)AI Act (EU) · RelatedAI Act (EU)Deployer · RelatedDeployerProvider · RelatedProvider
Duty holder: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedRelated terms (3)AI Act (EU) · RelatedAI Act (EU)Deployer · RelatedDeployerProvider · RelatedProviderDuty holder
The term's neighbourhood Terms related to this one on solid edges, terms it is often confused with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer. Follow a dashed edge to check the distinction before you use either term.
Neighbourhood as a table
Neighbourhood of Duty holder
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Related termsAI Act (EU)Related
Related termsDeployerRelated
Related termsProviderRelated
  • AI Act (EU)

    Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the EU's horizontal, risk-tiered law for AI, amended by the Digital Omnibus.

  • Deployer

    Under the EU AI Act, whoever uses an AI system under its own authority, other than in a purely personal, non-professional activity.

  • Provider

    Under the EU AI Act, whoever develops an AI system or general-purpose AI model, or has one developed, and places it on the market or puts it into service…

Sources

No external source: the term is coined or used in a specific sense by this Body of Knowledge, and the section linked under "Developed in" is its source.

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Duty holder. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/duty-holder. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026dutyholder,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Duty holder}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/duty-holder}
}