Research · Series
The Regulatory Clock
The dates that bind AI in Europe, as they stand today, and what moved this week.
Research · Series
The dates that bind AI in Europe, as they stand today, and what moved this week.
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Product Liability Directive: transposition deadline. Member states must give effect to Dir. 2024/2853; software and AI become products under strict, no-fault liability.
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2027
EU AI Act · Milestone
The Digital Omnibus moved the standalone high-risk date here from August 2026. The full high-risk duty set lands for Annex III systems.
2028
EU AI Act · Milestone
Systems that are safety components of products under Union harmonisation law come into scope, integrated through existing conformity assessment.
EU AI Act · Milestone
Providers and deployers must disclose AI interaction and mark certain AI-generated content; synthetic-media marking under 50(2) follows later in the year.
EU AI Act · Adopted
The simplification package defers standalone high-risk obligations to December 2027 and adjusts parts of the transparency regime.
AI Office · Guidance
Clarifications on documentation and systemic-risk classification for general-purpose model providers continue to issue.
NIS2 · Tracking
Implementation across member states remains staggered, leaving cross-border essential and important entities on differing timelines.
DORA · Tracking
Financial entities continue operationalising the ICT risk, incident-reporting, and third-party oversight standards in force since January 2025.
EU AI Act · Milestone
Transparency and documentation duties for general-purpose AI model providers begin to apply.
EU AI Act · Milestone
Article 5 prohibited practices and the organisation-wide AI literacy obligation become applicable, the first duties to bite.
DORA · Milestone
The Digital Operational Resilience Act applies to financial entities across the EU.
Dates as published by the EU institutions. This is a summary, not legal advice.
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