A new European draft standard has been made available for public consultation as part of CEN‑CENELEC’s work to support the implementation of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act).
✅ Title: Evaluation methods for accurate computer vision systems
Reference: prEN 18281
✅Scope of the draft standard
The standard applies to organisations that develop, provide or deploy AI systems and focuses on:
Establishing and maintaining documented processes relevant to AI risk management and governance, supporting a risk‑based approach aligned with the AI Act, including transparency, accountability and traceability requirements, enabling conformity assessment and compliance demonstration for AI systems, in particular those classified as high-risk under EU regulation.
The scope excludes:
AI systems used exclusively for military, defence or national security purposes, purely experimental AI systems used solely for research and development prior to placing them on the market, personal, non-professional use of AI systems by individuals.
The standard is designed to be sector-agnostic and applicable across public and private organisations, including SMEs, while remaining compatible with other relevant international and European AI standards.
✅ Why the public consultation matters
Public enquiry is a critical step to ensure that the standard is:
technically sound, practically implementable across different sectors,
aligned with real-world compliance and conformity assessment practices under the AI Act.
👉 Participation in the consultation helps strengthen Europe’s common technical foundation for trustworthy and compliant AI. Stakeholders from industry, public authorities, standardisation, academia and civil society are encouraged to review the draft and submit comments via your National Standardization Body.