First harmonised standard supporting the EU AI Act published in the Official Journal
The European Commission published the reference to the first harmonised standard supporting the AI Act in the EU's Official Journal on October 19, EN 18286:2026, covering a quality management system built specifically for the regulation's requirements. The standard, developed by European standardisation bodies CEN and CENELEC, translates the Article 17 quality management obligations for providers of high-risk AI systems into concrete processes organised around an AI system's lifecycle, and is designed to sit on top of existing standards like ISO/IEC 42001 or ISO 9001 rather than replace them. Its formal publication through Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/2274 gives companies that implement it a presumption of conformity with the corresponding requirements, something no other AI quality management standard has offered until now. For a business planning to place a high-risk AI system on the EU market, having a specific, legally recognized compliance pathway means less uncertainty about how to demonstrate adherence to the regulation, particularly for those not yet certified under ISO/IEC 42001.
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