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Article 1
Subject matter'

Chapter I — Subject matter'. 2 distinct duties, powers or definitions are coded from this article, applying from 2025-02-02.

Amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI), in force 2026-07-27 — about 10 words changed. The text below is the consolidated version of 27 July 2026; the 2024 text and the amending regulation are on EUR-Lex.

official text: EUR-Lex (consolidated 27 Jul 2026) · text © European Union (Decision 2011/833/EU) · coding CC BY 4.0 · data: obligations.json · Hugging Face · GitHub

The text

1. The purpose of this Regulation is to improve the functioning of the internal market and promote the uptake of human-centric and trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI), while ensuring a high level of protection of health, safety, fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter, including democracy, the rule of law and environmental protection, against the harmful effects of AI systems in the Union and supporting innovation.

2. This Regulation lays down:

  1. (a)harmonised rules for the placing on the market, the putting into service, and the use of AI systems in the Union;
  2. (b)prohibitions of certain AI practices;
  3. (c)specific requirements for high-risk AI systems and obligations for operators of such systems;
  4. (d)harmonised transparency rules for certain AI systems;
  5. (e)harmonised rules for the placing on the market of general-purpose AI models;
  6. (f)rules on market monitoring, market surveillance, governance and enforcement;
  7. (g)measures to support innovation, with a particular focus on small mid-cap enterprises (SMCs) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including start-ups.

What it requires, coded

SafeLegalAI's reading of each duty in this article: who, what, from when, under which fine tier, and whether it reaches a firm, chambers, court or legal-AI vendor. Descriptive, not advice; the quoted words are the Regulation's.

  1. Art. 1(1)Scope or definitionNot tier-specific

    The Regulation states its purpose as improving the internal market, promoting human-centric trustworthy AI, and protecting health, safety, fundamental rights, democracy, rule of law and the environment.

    "The purpose of this Regulation is to improve the functioning of the internal market and promote the uptake of human-centric and trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI), while ensuring a high level of protection of health, safety, fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter, including democracy, the rule of law and environmental protection, against the harmful effects of AI systems in the Union and supporting"
    Who
    Other
    From
    (Art. 113(a))
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — Frames how AI obligations apply to legal technology, court systems and public-sector uses of AI.

  2. Art. 1(2)Scope or definitionNot tier-specific

    The Regulation lays down harmonised rules on AI systems, prohibitions, high-risk requirements, transparency, GPAI, governance, enforcement and innovation support.

    "This Regulation lays down:"
    Who
    Any operator, Member State, Commission
    From
    (Art. 113(a))
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — Identifies the regulatory categories that can reach legal-AI vendors, deployers and courts.

Cite

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 1 (Subject matter'), as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, consolidated text of 27 July 2026, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/2026-07-27/eng#art_1 — text © European Union; only the Official Journal is authentic. Coding: SafeLegalAI (published by Cognesio LLP), "EU AI Act, structured", safelegalai.com/regulation/eu-ai-act/article-1, accessed 2026-09-08, CC BY 4.0.