EU AI Act news: dated updates and deadlines

Fixed deadlines ahead

1. Dec 2, 2026DeadlineEU

   AI Act bans on non-consensual intimate material and CSAM apply; Article 50(2) grace ends

   Article 5(1)(ba) and (bb), added by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, apply from December 2, 2026. Point (ba) bans placing on the market, putting into service, or using an AI system that generates or manipulates realistic images, videos, audio, or similar material of the intimate parts of an identifiable natural person, or of an identifiable natural person engaged in sexually explicit activities, without the freely given, specific, informed, unambiguous, and explicit consent of that person for that generation or manipulation. Point (bb) bans placing on the market, putting into service, or using an AI system that generates or manipulates material or performance within the meaning of Article 2, points (c) and (e), of Directive 2011/93/EU (child sexual abuse material), except where a “without right” defence applies under national law. Under Article 5(1a), placing such a system on the market or putting it into service is prohibited only where that generation or manipulation is its intended purpose, or where its design, training, architecture, capabilities, or user-facing functionalities make it a reasonably foreseeable and reproducible outcome, without requiring significant technical modification, and the system does not have reasonable and adequate technical safety measures and other safeguards to reliably prevent it, taking into account reasonably foreseeable misuse, and to correct observed or reported misuse. Use is prohibited only where the deployer uses the system for the purpose of generating or manipulating such material or performance. Under Article 5(1b), for point (ba), an AI system that manipulates material in a way that does not increase the exposure of any depicted intimate parts or alter the nature of any depicted sexually explicit activities does not constitute manipulation. Article 111(4) sets the same date as the deadline by which providers of AI systems, including general-purpose AI systems, that generate synthetic audio, image, video, or text content and were placed on the market before August 2, 2026 must comply with the Article 50(2) marking duty.

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, consolidated text as of July 27, 2026, Articles 5(1)(ba), (bb), 5(1a), 5(1b), 111(4), and 113(a), EUR-Lex · Guide: EU AI Act penalties and prohibited practices

   Applies to: All industries

2. Dec 9, 2026DeadlineEU

   Revised Product Liability Directive transposition deadline; software is a product

   Member States must transpose Directive (EU) 2024/2853 by December 9, 2026, and it applies to products placed on the market or put into service after that date. Product includes software, and defectiveness takes into account a product's ability to continue to learn. A manufacturer cannot rely on the later-defect defense where the defect is due to software, updates, or a lack of updates necessary to maintain safety within its control. Free and open-source software supplied outside a commercial activity is excluded.

   Source: Directive (EU) 2024/2853, EUR-Lex · Guide: AI compliance, layer by layer

   Applies to: Manufacturers

3. Jan 20, 2027DeadlineEU

   EU Machinery Regulation applies, with third-party assessment for machine learning safety components

   Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 replaces the Machinery Directive. Safety components with fully or partially self-evolving behaviour using machine learning approaches that ensure safety functions, and machinery with such embedded systems, are listed in Annex I Part A, so internal production control is not available. Annex III requires such control systems to stay within their defined task and movement space and to enable recording of safety-related decision data, kept for one year to demonstrate conformity on a reasoned request from a competent national authority.

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, consolidated text of July 27, 2026 (Article 54 as corrected, Article 25, Annex I Part A, Annex III), EUR-Lex · Guide: EU AI Act compliance

   Applies to: Manufacturers

4. Aug 2, 2027DeadlineEU

   AI Act deadline for general-purpose AI models placed on the market before August 2, 2025

   Providers of general-purpose AI models that were placed on the market before August 2, 2025 must take the necessary steps to comply with the obligations of the AI Act by August 2, 2027 (Article 111(3)). Models placed on the market from August 2, 2025 have had to comply since that date, and the Commission has been able to enforce the model obligations, including with fines under Article 101, since August 2, 2026.

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, consolidated text as of July 27, 2026, Article 111(3), EUR-Lex · Guide: EU AI Act compliance

   Applies to: All industries

5. Dec 2, 2027DeadlineEU

   EU AI Act high-risk duties apply to credit scoring and to life and health insurance pricing

   Under the Digital Omnibus, high-risk duties for stand-alone Annex III systems apply from December 2, 2027. They include AI that evaluates the creditworthiness of natural persons or establishes their credit score (fraud detection excluded) and AI for risk assessment and pricing in relation to natural persons in life and health insurance (Annex III points 5(b) and 5(c)).

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, EUR-Lex · Guide: EU AI Act compliance

   Applies to: Banks and credit unions · Insurers

6. Dec 2, 2027DeadlineEU

   EU AI Act high-risk duties apply to AI used in recruitment and worker management

   Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 sets December 2, 2027 as the date from which the AI Act's high-risk duties apply to systems listed in Annex III. Annex III point 4 covers AI for recruitment or selection, decisions on promotion or termination, allocating tasks based on individual behaviour or personal traits, and monitoring or evaluating performance. Article 26(7) requires employer deployers to inform workers' representatives and affected workers before use.

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, EUR-Lex · Guide: EU AI Act compliance

   Applies to: Employers and HR

7. Dec 2, 2027DeadlineEU

   EU AI Act importer and distributor duties apply to stand-alone high-risk AI systems

   From December 2, 2027, an EU importer must verify before placing an Annex III high-risk AI system on the market that it has passed conformity assessment, has technical documentation, carries the CE marking, and has an authorized representative, and must keep the certificate, instructions, and declaration of conformity for 10 years (Article 23). Distributors must check the CE marking and documentation (Article 24). An importer or distributor that rebrands or substantially modifies a high-risk system, or changes the intended purpose of a system so that it becomes high-risk, is treated as its provider (Article 25). For AI in Annex I Section A regulated products, the date is August 2, 2028; for AI systems classified as high-risk under Article 6(1) that relate to Annex I Section B products, including machinery, only Article 6(1), Article 60a, and Articles 102 to 112 apply (Article 2(2)), so Articles 23 to 25 do not apply to them.

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, EUR-Lex; AI Act Articles 23 to 25 · Guide: EU AI Act compliance

   Applies to: Importers and exporters

8. Dec 11, 2027DeadlineEU

   Cyber Resilience Act applies in full to products with digital elements

   The essential cybersecurity requirements and other obligations of Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 apply from December 11, 2027 to hardware and software products with a data connection made available in the EU. Products placed on the market before that date are covered only if substantially modified afterward, except for the reporting duty, which applies to them as well. A high-risk AI system that meets the Act's requirements is deemed to meet AI Act Article 15 cybersecurity requirements if its declaration of conformity demonstrates it.

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2024/2847, Articles 12, 69, 71, EUR-Lex · Guide: EU AI Act compliance

   Applies to: Manufacturers

9. Jan 28, 2028DeadlineEU

   Notified bodies under Annex I Section A product law must apply for AI Act designation

   Article 43(3) of the AI Act, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, gives notified bodies notified under Annex I Section A Union harmonisation legislation the power to assess high-risk AI systems against the Chapter III Section 2 requirements within the sectoral conformity assessment, provided their compliance with Article 31(4), (5), (10), and (11) was assessed in their existing notification, and, without prejudice to Article 28, requires them to apply for designation under Chapter III Section 4 by January 28, 2028.

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, Article 1(19), amending Article 43(3) of the AI Act, EUR-Lex · Guide: EU AI Act checklist by role

   Applies to: Manufacturers · Hospitals and health systems

10. Aug 2, 2028DeadlineEU

    EU AI Act high-risk duties apply to AI in Annex I Section A regulated products

    Chapter III, Sections 1 to 3 of the AI Act apply from August 2, 2028 to AI systems that are high-risk under Article 6(1) and Annex I: safety components of, or products under, listed EU harmonisation law that require third-party conformity assessment. For AI systems classified as high-risk under Article 6(1) that relate to Annex I Section B products, including machinery, only Article 6(1), Article 60a, and Articles 102 to 112 apply (Article 2(2)). For machinery, the AI requirements come instead through Machinery Regulation delegated acts, which shall apply by the same date.

    Source: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, Article 1(40), via AI Act Explorer · Guide: EU AI Act compliance

    Applies to: Manufacturers · Hospitals and health systems

11. Aug 2, 2030DeadlineEU

    EU AI Act deadline for public-authority high-risk AI systems already on the market

    Under Article 111(2) of the AI Act, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, providers and deployers of high-risk AI systems intended to be used by public authorities that were placed on the market or put into service before the high-risk rules applied must take the necessary steps to comply with the requirements and obligations of the Regulation by August 2, 2030. A system placed on the market or put into service on or after the date the high-risk rules apply must comply when it is placed on the market or put into service. For other high-risk systems placed on the market or put into service before the date of application of Chapter III, the Regulation applies to their operators only if, from that date, the systems are subject to significant changes in their designs. Components of the large-scale IT systems listed in Annex X follow Article 111(1) instead, which requires those placed on the market or put into service before August 2, 2027 to be brought into compliance by December 31, 2030.

    Source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, consolidated text as of July 27, 2026, Article 111(1) and (2), EUR-Lex · Guide: EU AI Act checklist by role

    Applies to: All industries

October 2026

1. Oct 14, 2026Final ruleEU

   AI Act harmonised standard EN 18286:2026 (quality management) cited in Official Journal

   Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/2274 of October 12, 2026, published in the Official Journal on October 14, 2026, published the reference of EN 18286:2026, Artificial intelligence – Quality management system for EU AI Act regulatory purposes, and entered into force that day. The Commission says providers of high-risk AI systems that implement the standard benefit from a presumption of conformity with the Article 17 quality management requirements it covers. No other harmonised standard supporting the AI Act had been cited as of October 23, 2026, and the Commission said further harmonised standards are expected to follow.

   Source: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/2274 of 12 October 2026, Official Journal of the European Union, L series, October 14, 2026, EUR-Lex · Guide: EU AI Act checklist by role

   Applies to: All industries

2. Oct 14, 2026EnforcementEU

   EU AI Office sends requests for information to OpenAI and Anthropic, Euronews reports

   Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen said at the International AI Summit in Dublin that the AI Office had started enforcing the rules and had sent requests for information addressing issues such as security, external evaluation, and monitoring how models are used. Euronews reported that the requests went to OpenAI and Anthropic and followed incidents in which AI agents from both companies gained unauthorized access to outside organizations during testing. Euronews also reported that legal experts contest whether the AI Act applies, because the incidents occurred during testing, before the models were placed on the EU market. A request for information is not a finding of a breach or a fine. A general-purpose AI model provider that fails to comply with a request for a document or information under Article 91, or supplies incorrect, incomplete, or misleading information, can be fined under Article 101 where the Commission finds it did so intentionally or negligently.

   Source: Euronews report on AI Office requests for information to OpenAI and Anthropic, October 14, 2026 · Guide: EU AI Act compliance

   Applies to: All industries

September 2026

1. Sep 12, 2026DeadlineEU

   Data Act design duty applies to newly placed connected products

   Connected products and related services placed on the market after September 12, 2026 must be designed so that product data and related service data are, by default, easily, securely, and free of charge accessible to the user, including the metadata needed to interpret them, in a comprehensive, structured, commonly used, machine-readable format, and directly accessible where relevant and technically feasible (Article 3(1)).

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, Article 50, EUR-Lex · Guide: AI compliance, layer by layer

   Applies to: Manufacturers

2. Sep 11, 2026DeadlineEU

   Cyber Resilience Act vulnerability and incident reporting begins

   Manufacturers must report actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe incidents affecting the security of products with digital elements through ENISA's Single Reporting Platform, with an early warning within 24 hours and a notification within 72 hours. The duty applies to products within the Act's scope already on the market as well as new ones.

   Source: Cyber Resilience Act: Reporting obligations, European Commission · Guide: AI compliance, layer by layer

   Applies to: Manufacturers

August 2026

1. Aug 2, 2026DeadlineEU

   EU AI Act general application date: Article 50 duties and fines on model providers apply

   Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 applies from August 2, 2026 (Article 113), including the Article 50 transparency duties for providers and deployers of certain AI systems and the Commission power to fine providers of general-purpose AI models in Article 101. Under Article 101(1), the Commission may fine a provider of a general-purpose AI model up to 3% of its annual total worldwide turnover in the preceding financial year or €15 million, whichever is higher, where it finds that the provider intentionally or negligently (a) infringed the relevant provisions, (b) failed to comply with a request for a document or information under Article 91, or supplied incorrect, incomplete, or misleading information, (c) failed to comply with a measure requested under Article 93, or (d) failed to give access to the model for an evaluation under Article 92. The Commission states that its enforcement powers over general-purpose AI model providers enter into application on this date. The high-risk duties in Chapter III, Sections 1 to 3 do not apply from this date: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 moved them to December 2, 2027 for stand-alone Annex III systems and August 2, 2028 for AI in Annex I Section A regulated products, and gave generative systems placed on the market before August 2, 2026 until December 2, 2026 for the Article 50(2) marking duty.

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, consolidated text as of July 27, 2026, Articles 50, 101, 111(4), and 113, EUR-Lex · Guide: EU AI Act compliance

   Applies to: All industries

July 2026

1. Jul 27, 2026LawEU

   EU Digital Omnibus on AI enters into force, delaying high-risk AI Act duties

   Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 moves stand-alone high-risk duties to December 2, 2027 and high-risk AI in regulated products to August 2, 2028. Prohibitions and general-purpose AI model duties are not delayed. Article 50 transparency duties apply from August 2, 2026, with a grace period to December 2, 2026 for the Article 50(2) marking duty on generative systems placed on the market before August 2, 2026. The regulation also moves the Machinery Regulation from Annex I Section A to Section B, which changes how much of the AI Act applies to AI in machinery.

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, EUR-Lex · Guide: EU AI Act compliance

   Applies to: All industries

2. Jul 27, 2026LawEU

   Digital Omnibus moves machinery to Annex I Section B of the AI Act

   Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 moves the Machinery Regulation from Annex I Section A to Section B, so only Article 6(1), Article 60a, and Articles 102 to 112 of the AI Act apply to AI systems that are high-risk under Article 6(1) as a safety component of machinery or as machinery itself. It requires Commission delegated acts adding health and safety requirements for high-risk AI systems to the Machinery Regulation, to apply by August 2, 2028.

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, EUR-Lex · Guide: EU AI Act compliance

   Applies to: Manufacturers

3. Jul 20, 2026GuidanceEU

   Commission approves Article 50 transparency guidelines, to apply once formally adopted

   The Commission approved the content of its Guidelines on the implementation of the transparency obligations for certain AI systems under Article 50 of the AI Act (C(2026) 5054 final), ahead of Article 50 applying on August 2, 2026. The approving Communication says the guidelines will be formally adopted at a later date, when all language versions are available, and will be applicable only from that moment. As of November 2, 2026, the Commission library page still offered only that Communication and its annex, dated July 20, 2026, although the page describes the guidelines as adopted. The Commission says they clarify the scope of application, relevant legal definitions, the transparency obligations, and the exceptions, and complement the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-generated Content.

   Source: European Commission, Guidelines on transparency obligations for providers and deployers of AI systems, July 20, 2026 · Guide: EU AI Act penalties and prohibited practices

   Applies to: All industries

4. Jul 8, 2026GuidanceEU

   Commission finds Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-generated Content adequate

   The voluntary Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-generated Content, drawn up under Article 50(7) of the AI Act and published on June 10, 2026, has a section for providers of generative AI systems on marking and detection of AI-generated and manipulated content and a section for deployers on labelling deepfakes and AI-generated and manipulated text. In an opinion of July 8, 2026 (C(2026) 4839 final), the Commission concluded that the Code adequately covers the obligations in Article 50(2), (4), and (5), and the AI Board adopted its adequacy assessment the next day. The Commission states that adherence to the Code does not constitute conclusive evidence of compliance with those obligations.

   Source: European Commission, Commission opinion on the assessment of the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-generated Content, July 9, 2026 · Guide: EU AI Act penalties and prohibited practices

   Applies to: All industries

May 2026

1. May 19, 2026ProposalEU

   Commission publishes draft guidelines on high-risk AI classification for consultation

   The Commission published draft guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems under Article 6 of the AI Act and invited stakeholder feedback before formal adoption. Article 6(5) required the guidelines by February 2, 2026. The draft covers Article 6(1) with Annex I and Article 6(2) with Annex III and includes practical examples. As of October 23, 2026, no final version had been published.

   Source: European Commission, Draft Commission guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems (May 19, 2026) · Guide: EU AI Act checklist by role

   Applies to: All industries

November 2025

1. Nov 19, 2025ProposalEU

   Commission proposes the Digital Omnibus on AI to delay EU AI Act high-risk dates

   Proposal COM(2025) 836 final would have tied the start of the high-risk rules to a Commission decision confirming that support measures, which may include harmonised standards, common specifications, and Commission guidelines, are available. The rules would then have applied 6 months later for systems classified as high-risk under Article 6(2) and Annex III and 12 months later for systems classified as high-risk under Article 6(1), and in any case by December 2, 2027 and August 2, 2028 respectively. Parliament and Council reached a political agreement on May 7, 2026. The final act, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 of July 8, 2026, instead fixed those two dates in Article 113 and entered into force on July 27, 2026. It also amends the Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230.

   Source: European Commission, Proposal for a Regulation (Digital Omnibus on AI), COM(2025) 836 final, November 19, 2025, EUR-Lex · Guide: EU AI Act compliance

   Applies to: All industries

2. Nov 15, 2025LawEU

   Updated EU dual-use control list adds advanced computing chips

   Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2003 replaced Annex I of the Dual-Use Regulation (EU) 2021/821, adding controls on advanced computing integrated circuits and electronic assemblies, semiconductor manufacturing and testing equipment, and quantum items. It entered into force on November 15, 2025, according to Luxembourg's export control office (OCEIT). The Commission adopted a further update on September 14, 2026, which enters into force when published in the Official Journal after the usual two-month scrutiny period.

   Source: European Commission, 2025 update of the EU control list of dual-use items · Guide: AI compliance, layer by layer

   Applies to: Importers and exporters

September 2025

1. Sep 12, 2025LawEU

   EU Data Act applies to connected products and related services

   Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 applies from September 12, 2025, including user access rights to product and related service data and pre-contract information duties for sellers of connected products. The design duty in Article 3(1) applies to products placed on the market after September 12, 2026.

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, Article 50, EUR-Lex · Guide: AI compliance, layer by layer

   Applies to: Manufacturers

August 2025

1. Aug 2, 2025DeadlineEU

   EU AI Act rules for general-purpose AI models, governance, and penalties apply

   Chapter III, Section 4 (notifying authorities and notified bodies), Chapter V (general-purpose AI models), Chapter VII (governance), Chapter XII (penalties), and Article 78 (confidentiality) apply from August 2, 2025, except Article 101 on fines for general-purpose AI model providers, which applies from August 2, 2026 (Article 113(b)). By this date Member States had to make publicly available how their competent authorities and single points of contact can be contacted (Article 70(2)). The Commission AI Act Service Desk timeline also states that Member States needed to designate national competent authorities and adopt national laws on penalties.

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Articles 70(2) and 113, EUR-Lex · Guide: EU AI Act compliance

   Applies to: All industries

July 2025

1. Jul 24, 2025GuidanceEU

   Commission publishes template for summaries of general-purpose AI model training content

   Article 53(1)(d) of the AI Act requires providers of general-purpose AI models to draw up and make publicly available a sufficiently detailed summary about the content used for training the model, according to a template provided by the AI Office. The Commission published the Explanatory Notice and Template on July 24, 2025. According to the Commission, the template asks providers for an overview of the data used to train their models, including the sources from which the data was obtained (comprising large datasets and top domain names), and for information about data processing aspects.

   Source: European Commission, Explanatory Notice and Template for the Public Summary of Training Content for general-purpose AI models, July 24, 2025 · Guide: EU AI Act checklist by role

   Applies to: All industries

2. Jul 18, 2025GuidanceEU

   Commission approves guidelines on the scope of general-purpose AI model obligations

   The Commission approved the content of its Guidelines on the scope of the obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models under the AI Act on July 18, 2025 (C(2025) 5045 final), stating they would be applicable only once formally adopted. It formally adopted them on November 19, 2025 as Communication C(2025) 7719 final. The Commission says the guidelines are not legally binding but reflect its interpretation and will guide enforcement. They address when a model is a general-purpose AI model, when it has systemic risk, who is a provider, including when a modification makes someone a provider, and the conditions for the open-source exemptions.

   Source: European Commission, Guidelines on the scope of obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models under the AI Act, July 18, 2025 · Guide: EU AI Act checklist by role

   Applies to: All industries

3. Jul 10, 2025GuidanceEU

   General-Purpose AI Code of Practice published; Commission later confirms it is adequate

   The Commission received the final version of the voluntary General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, drawn up by independent experts. It has Transparency and Copyright chapters for all providers of general-purpose AI models and a Safety and Security chapter relevant to providers of models with systemic risk under Article 55. In an opinion of August 1, 2025 (C(2025) 5361 final), the Commission concluded that the Code adequately covers the obligations in Articles 53 and 55, and it states that the AI Board also confirmed the Code is an adequate voluntary tool. Under Articles 53(4) and 55(2), providers may rely on codes of practice within the meaning of Article 56 to demonstrate compliance until a harmonised standard is published. Providers that do not adhere to an approved code of practice or comply with a European harmonised standard must demonstrate alternative adequate means of compliance for assessment by the Commission.

   Source: European Commission, The General-Purpose AI Code of Practice · Guide: EU AI Act checklist by role

   Applies to: All industries

February 2025

1. Feb 6, 2025GuidanceEU

   Commission approves guidelines on the definition of an AI system under the AI Act

   The Commission approved the content of its guidelines on the definition of an AI system under Article 3(1) of the AI Act on February 6, 2025 (C(2025) 924 final), stating that the guidelines would be applicable only once formally adopted. It formally adopted them on July 29, 2025, as Communication C(2025) 5053 final. The guidelines say they are not binding and that any authoritative interpretation of the AI Act may ultimately only be given by the Court of Justice of the European Union. They predate the Digital Omnibus on AI.

   Source: European Commission, Commission guidelines on the definition of an AI system, February 6, 2025 · Guide: EU AI Act compliance

   Applies to: All industries

2. Feb 4, 2025GuidanceEU

   Commission approves guidelines on prohibited AI practices under the AI Act

   The Commission approved the content of its guidelines on prohibited AI practices under Article 5 of the AI Act on February 4, 2025 (C(2025) 884 final), stating that the guidelines would be applicable only once formally adopted. It formally adopted them on July 29, 2025, as Communication C(2025) 5052 final. The guidelines say they are non-binding and that any authoritative interpretation of the AI Act may ultimately only be given by the Court of Justice of the European Union. They predate the Digital Omnibus on AI.

   Source: European Commission, Commission publishes the Guidelines on prohibited artificial intelligence (AI) practices, as defined by the AI Act, February 4, 2025 · Guide: EU AI Act penalties and prohibited practices

   Applies to: All industries

3. Feb 2, 2025DeadlineEU

   EU AI Act prohibited practices and AI literacy duty apply

   Chapters I and II of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 apply from February 2, 2025 (Article 113(a)), including the definitions, the Article 4 AI literacy duty, and the Article 5 prohibited practices. The two prohibitions later added by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 apply from December 2, 2026. As adopted, Article 4 required providers and deployers to take measures to ensure, to their best extent, a sufficient level of AI literacy of their staff and other persons dealing with the operation and use of AI systems on their behalf. As amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, it requires providers and deployers to take measures to support the development of AI literacy of their staff and other persons dealing with the operation and use of AI systems on their behalf, and states that this obligation does not require providers or deployers to guarantee any specific level of AI literacy of any individual.

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Articles 4, 5, and 113, EUR-Lex · Guide: EU AI Act penalties and prohibited practices

   Applies to: All industries

December 2024

1. Dec 13, 2024LawEU

   General Product Safety Regulation applies, covering learning functions of consumer products

   Regulation (EU) 2023/988 applies from December 13, 2024. When assessing whether a consumer product is safe, Article 6 requires account to be taken, when required by the nature of the product, of its evolving, learning and predictive functionalities, and of cybersecurity features where an outside influence might affect safety.

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2023/988, Articles 6 and 52, EUR-Lex · Guide: AI compliance, layer by layer

   Applies to: Manufacturers

July 2024

1. Jul 12, 2024LawEU

   EU AI Act published in the Official Journal; in force from August 1, 2024

   Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of June 13, 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on July 12, 2024 and entered into force on the twentieth day following publication, August 1, 2024 (Article 113). It applies in stages, with a general date of application of August 2, 2026. Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 later moved the dates for the high-risk duties.

   Source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Official Journal of the European Union, L series, July 12, 2024, EUR-Lex · Guide: EU AI Act compliance

   Applies to: All industries