Regulation Tracker
13 official documents · as of 2026-10-07
2026-07-27EUin forceStatute
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act) — As amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744Digital Omnibus on AI defers Annex III high-risk obligations to 2 December 2027 and Annex I product-embedded obligations to 2 August 2028; Article 50 transparency and GPAI obligations unchanged. It also replaces Article 4: providers and deployers must take measures to support the AI literacy of staff and others operating AI on their behalf, with no duty to guarantee any individual level, in place of the original duty to ensure a sufficient level of AI literacy.
2026-07-24EUin forceStatute
Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI)Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, adopted 8 July 2026 and in force from 27 July 2026, amends the EU AI Act, the EASA Regulation and the Machinery Regulation. It defers Annex III high-risk obligations to 2 December 2027 and Annex I obligations to 2 August 2028. Article 50 transparency and GPAI duties were not deferred and applied from 2 August 2026.
2026-07-20European Commissionin forceGuidance
Guidelines on the transparency obligations under Article 50 of the AI Act — Final, C(2026) 5054 finalFinal version, approved by the Commission on 20 July 2026 (C(2026) 5054 final), replaces the 8 May 2026 draft.
2026-07-09EU AI Officein forceGuidance
Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-generated Content — Commission adequacy opinion and AI Board endorsementCommission opinion (8 July 2026) and AI Board endorsement (9 July 2026) confirm the code as an adequate voluntary tool for Article 50(2), (4) and (5) compliance.
2026-05-19European CommissionconsultationGuidance
Draft Commission Guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems (Article 6)Draft guidelines published by the European Commission on 19 May 2026 on classifying AI systems as high-risk under Article 6 of the EU AI Act, including administration-of-justice uses listed in Annex III. A targeted consultation closed in summer 2026 and final guidelines are expected by the end of 2026, ahead of the deferred 2 December 2027 application date.
2026-03-27CCBEin forceGuidance
CCBE Technical guide on the use of AI tools and models by lawyers (Edition 2026)Companion to the CCBE generative-AI guide and cloud-computing guidelines. It explains deployment options - on-premises, self-hosted colocation, bring-your-own-model and fully managed SaaS - and their confidentiality and data-residency implications, model capability, size, speed and context-length considerations, which models can run locally, and a technical glossary grounding the duty to understand the tools used.
2026-01-26CJEUin forcePolicy
Artificial Intelligence Ethics Charter — Charter adopted by the CJEUBuilds on the CJEU Artificial Intelligence Strategy adopted 19 June 2023 and the work of the AI Management Board.
2025-10-02CCBEin forceGuidance
CCBE Guide on the use of generative AI by lawyersGuide published 2 October 2025 by the CCBE, which represents European bars and law societies, on how lawyers should use generative AI. It is permissive with cautions: lawyers must understand tool limitations, verify all output, protect professional secrecy and client confidentiality, and consider the EU AI Act's literacy and transparency duties.
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