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Article 111
AI systems already placed on the market or put into service and general-purpose AI models already placed on the marked

Chapter XIII — Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 300/2008. 5 distinct duties, powers or definitions are coded from this article, applying from 2026-08-02. 3 reach legal practice directly.

Amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI), in force 2026-07-27 — about 110 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. Without prejudice to the application of Article 5 as referred to in Article 113(3), point (a), AI systems which are components of the large-scale IT systems established by the legal acts listed in Annex X that have been placed on the market or put into service before 2 August 2027 shall be brought into compliance with this Regulation by 31 December 2030.

2. Without prejudice to the application of Article 5 as referred to in Article 113, third paragraph, point (a), this Regulation shall apply to operators of high-risk AI systems, other than the systems referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, that have been placed on the market or put into service before the date of application of Chapter III referred to in Article 113, only if, as from that date, those systems are subject to significant changes in their designs. In any case, the providers and deployers of high-risk AI systems intended to be used by public authorities shall take the necessary steps to comply with the requirements and obligations laid down in this Regulation by 2 August 2030.

3. Providers of general-purpose AI models that have been placed on the market before 2 August 2025 shall take the necessary steps in order to comply with the obligations laid down in this Regulation by 2 August 2027.

4. Providers of AI systems, including general-purpose AI systems, generating synthetic audio, image, video or text content, that have been placed on the market before 2 August 2026 shall take the necessary steps in order to comply with Article 50(2) by 2 December 2026.

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. 111(1)Derogation or exemptionHigh-risk

    AI components of Annex X large-scale IT systems placed on the market or put into service before 2 August 2027 must be brought into AI Act compliance by 31 December 2030.

    "AI systems which are components of the large-scale IT systems established by the legal acts listed in Annex X that have been placed on the market or put into service before 2 August 2027 shall be brought into compliance"
    Who
    Provider, Deployer, Any operator
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph (general application))Compliance deadline for covered large-scale IT AI components: 31 December 2030.
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — Large-scale justice and security IT systems may involve public-sector legal contexts.
    See
    Annex X · Art. 5 · Art. 113(a)

  2. Art. 111(2)RequirementHigh-risklegal practice

    Providers and deployers of high-risk AI systems intended for use by public authorities must take necessary steps to comply with AI Act requirements and obligations by 2 August 2030.

    "the providers and deployers of high-risk AI systems intended to be used by public authorities shall take the necessary steps to comply with the requirements and obligations laid down in this Regulation by 2 August 2030."
    Who
    Provider, Deployer, Public-authority deployer
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph (general application))Public-authority high-risk systems compliance deadline: 2 August 2030.
    Fine tier
    Art. 99(4)
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal practice directly — Courts and other public legal bodies using high-risk AI receive the 2 August 2030 legacy-system compliance deadline.
    See
    Art. 111(2)

  3. Art. 111(2)Derogation or exemptionHigh-risklegal practice

    For other high-risk AI systems placed on the market or put into service before the Chapter III application date, the Regulation applies only if those systems are subject to significant design changes from that date.

    "this Regulation shall apply to operators of high-risk AI systems, other than the systems referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, that have been placed on the market or put into service before the date of application of Chapter III"
    Who
    Any operator
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph (general application))Legacy high-risk systems are covered only upon significant design changes from the Chapter III application date, except for the public-authority compliance deadline.
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal practice directly — Legacy high-risk legal-AI systems may be covered only upon significant design changes, subject to the public-authority rule.
    See
    Chapter III · Art. 113 · Art. 111(1)

  4. Art. 111(3)Derogation or exemptionGeneral-purpose AI

    Providers of GPAI models placed on the market before 2 August 2025 must take necessary steps to comply with AI Act obligations by 2 August 2027.

    "Providers of general-purpose AI models that have been placed on the market before 2 August 2025 shall take the necessary steps in order to comply with the obligations laid down in this Regulation by 2 August 2027."
    Who
    GPAI model provider
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph (general application))Legacy GPAI model compliance deadline: 2 August 2027.
    Fine tier
    Art. 101
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — GPAI model providers serving legal-AI markets may rely on this legacy compliance timetable.
    See
    Chapter V

  5. Art. 111(4)TransparencyTransparency obligationslegal practice

    Providers of AI systems, including GPAI systems, generating synthetic audio, image, video or text content placed on the market before 2 August 2026 must comply with Article 50(2) by 2 December 2026.

    "Providers of AI systems, including general-purpose AI systems, generating synthetic audio, image, video or text content, that have been placed on the market before 2 August 2026 shall take the necessary steps in order to comply with Article 50(2) by 2 December 2026."
    Who
    Provider, GPAI model provider
    From
    (Art. 113 second subparagraph (general application))Synthetic-content legacy systems compliance deadline: 2 December 2026.
    Fine tier
    Art. 99(4)
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal practice directly — Legal-AI systems generating synthetic legal or client-facing text, audio, images or video may need Article 50(2) compliance by the transitional deadline.
    See
    Art. 50(2)

Cite

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 111 (AI systems already placed on the market or put into service and general-purpose AI models already placed on the marked), 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_111 — 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-111, accessed 2026-09-08, CC BY 4.0.