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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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High-risk (Annex III) obligations apply. The Digital Omnibus moved the standalone high-risk date here from August 2026. The full high-risk duty set lands for Annex III systems.
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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.
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.
Dates as published by the EU institutions. This is a summary, not legal advice.
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