Recital (10)

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Official source: COM(2026) 502 final — Proposal for a Cloud and AI Development Act

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The definition of ‘cloud computing service’ in this Regulation should be the same as
            that in Article 6, point (30), of Directive (EU) 2022/2555 of the European Parliament
            and of the Council (12), which defines a ‘cloud computing service’ as a digital service
            that enables on-demand administration and broad remote access to a scalable and
            elastic pool of shareable computing resources, including where such resources are
            distributed across several locations. This definition of ‘cloud computing service’
            encompasses on-demand access to AI systems as defined in Article 3, point (1), of
            Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (‘Artificial Intelligence Act’) (13) of the European
            Parliament and of the Council, hosted and operated remotely. Only the delivery and
            making available of an AI system forms part of the service. The AI system itself and
            its underlying model are excluded from the scope of this definition.

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