EN IS0/IEC 12792 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHE NORM November2025 ICS 35.020; 01.040.35 English version Information technology - Artificial intelligence (AI) Transparency taxonomy of AI systems (ISO/IEC 12792:2025) Technologies de I'information - Intelligence artificielle Informationstechnologie -Kunstliche Intelligenz (IA) - Taxonomie pour la transparence des systemes Transparenz-Taxonomie von KI-Systemen (ISo/IEC 12792:2025) d'IA (IS0/IEC 12792:2025) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 29 August 2025. CEN and CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN and CENELEC member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by Management Centre has the same status astheofficial versions CEN and CENELEC members are the national standards bodies and national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tirkiye and United Kingdom. cen CENELEC CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels 2025CEN/CENELECAll rights ofexploitation inanyformandbyanymeans Ref.No.ENISO/IEC12792:2025 E reserved worldwidefor CEN national Members andfor CENELEC Members. ENIS0/IEC12792:2025 (E) Contents Page European foreword... 2 ENIS0/IEC12792:2025 (E) European foreword This document (EN IS0/IEC 12792:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee IS0/IEC JTC 1 "Information technology"in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN-CENELEC/JTC 21"Artificial Intelligence"the secretariat of which is held by DS. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latestby May2026,and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2026. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights.CEN-CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users'national standards body/national committee.Acomplete listing of these bodies canbe found on the CEN and CENELEC websites. According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Ireland, Italy,Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia,Romania, Serbia,Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,Turkiye and the United Kingdom. Endorsement notice ThetextofIS0/IEC12792:2025hasbeenapprovedbyCEN-CENELEC asENIS0/IEC12792:2025 without any modification. 3 International IEC iso Standard ISO/IEC12792 Information technology Artificial First edition intelligence (A) Transparency 2025-11 taxonomy of AI systems Technologies de I'information -Intelligence artificielle (IA)- Taxonomiepour la transparence des systemes d'IA Reference number ISO/IEC 12792:2025(en) ISO/IEC 2025 IS0/IEC12792:2025(en) COPYRIGHT PROTECTEDDOCUMENT @IS0/IEC2025 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prio