1. Without prejudice to the requirements relating to accuracy and robustness set out in [Article 15] of Regulation… [the AI Regulation], products with digital elements which fall within the scope of this Regulation and which are classified as high-risk AI systems pursuant to [Article 6] of that Regulation shall be deemed to comply with the cybersecurity requirements ▌ set out in [Article 15] of that Regulation where:
(a) those products fulfil the essential requirements set out in Annex I, Part I;
(b) the processes put in place by the manufacturer comply with the essential requirements set out in Annex I, Part II; and
(c) the achievement of the level of cybersecurity protection required under [Article 15] of Regulation… [the AI Regulation] is demonstrated in the EU declaration of conformity issued under this Regulation.
2. For the products with digital elements and cybersecurity requirements referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the relevant conformity assessment procedure provided for in [Article 43] of Regulation… [AI Regulation] shall apply. For the purposes of that assessment, notified bodies which are competent to control the conformity of the high-risk AI systems under ▌ Regulation… [AI Regulation] shall also be competent to control the conformity of ▌ high-risk AI systems which fall within the scope of this Regulation with the requirements set out in Annex I to this Regulation, provided that the compliance of those notified bodies with the requirements laid down in Article 39 of this Regulation has been assessed in the context of the notification procedure under Regulation… [AI Regulation].
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, important products with digital elements as listed in Annex III to this Regulation, which are subject to the conformity assessment procedures referred to in Article 32(2), points (a) and (b), and Article 32(3) of this Regulation and critical products with digital elements listed in Annex IV to this Regulation which are required to obtain a European cybersecurity certificate pursuant to Article 8(1) of this Regulation or, absent that, which are subject to the conformity assessment procedures referred to in Article 32(3) of this Regulation, and which are classified as high-risk AI systems pursuant to [Article 6] of ▌ Regulation… [AI Regulation], and to which the conformity assessment procedure based on internal control referred to in [Annex VI] to Regulation… [the AI Regulation] applies, shall be subject to the conformity assessment procedures ▌ provided for in this Regulation in so far as the essential requirements of this Regulation are concerned.
4. Manufacturers of products with digital elements referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may participate in the AI regulatory sandboxes referred to in [Article 53] of Regulation… [the AI Regulation].