AI Act Timeline
Complete timeline for the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on artificial intelligence. Four key deadlines between February 2025 and August 2027.
Prohibited practices and AI literacy
Entry into force of the prohibitions under Article 5 and the AI literacy obligation under Article 4. Organizations must ensure that their personnel have a sufficient level of AI understanding.
Applicable obligations:
- Prohibition of social scoring systems (Art. 5(1)(c))
- Prohibition of subliminal manipulation and exploitation of vulnerabilities (Art. 5(1)(a)(b))
- Restrictions on real-time remote biometric identification (Art. 5(1)(d))
- Prohibition of biometric categorization based on sensitive data (Art. 5(1)(g))
- AI literacy obligation for all relevant personnel (Art. 4)
GPAI rules and governance
Application of obligations for general-purpose AI models (Chapter V) and establishment of European governance. The European AI Office oversees GPAI model providers' compliance.
Applicable obligations:
- Technical documentation for GPAI models (Art. 53(1)(a))
- Copyright compliance policy (Art. 53(1)(c))
- Publication of training data summary (Art. 53(1)(d))
- Enhanced obligations for systemic risk models (Art. 55)
- Designation of national competent authorities (Art. 70)
High-risk systems Annex III and transparency
Application of all requirements for high-risk AI systems under Annex III and transparency obligations under Article 50. This deadline covers the majority of the Regulation's obligations.
Applicable obligations:
- Risk management system (Art. 9)
- Data governance (Art. 10)
- Technical documentation compliant with Annex IV (Art. 11)
- Human oversight and transparency (Art. 13, 14)
- EU conformity declaration and CE marking (Art. 47, 48)
- Transparency obligations for chatbots and synthetic content (Art. 50)
- Fundamental rights impact assessment for public deployers (Art. 27)
- Post-market monitoring (Art. 72)
Systems embedded in regulated products (Annex I)
Final deadline of the application timeline, concerning high-risk AI systems that are safety components of products covered by Union harmonization legislation listed in Annex I (machinery, toys, medical devices, etc.).
Applicable obligations:
- Compliance of AI systems as safety components of Annex I products
- Integration into existing sectoral conformity assessment procedures
- Technical documentation integrated into product documentation
- CE marking covering both the product and the AI component
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