Qualified Cross-References as a Verification Method: The Normative Environment of the EU AI Act

arXiv:2608.19194v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Legal cross-references are commonly represented as links between instruments or provisions. For a curated legal knowledge base, the existence of a link is only the beginning of the claim: it must also state the legal character of the interaction, identify the provisions supporting it, preserve its conditions, and remain consistent when reached from either instrument. This paper presents a provision-level model and a construction protocol for qualif