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Article 4
AI literacy

Chapter I — Subject matter'. 4 distinct duties, powers or definitions are coded from this article, applying from 2025-02-02. 3 reach legal practice directly.

Amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI), in force 2026-07-27 — about 124 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. Providers and deployers of AI systems shall take measures to support the development of AI literacy of their staff and other persons dealing with the operation and use of AI systems on their behalf, taking into account their technical knowledge, experience, education and training and the context the AI systems are to be used in, and considering the persons or groups of persons on whom the AI systems are to be used. This obligation does not require providers or deployers to guarantee any specific level of AI literacy of any individual.

2. The Commission and the Member States shall support and facilitate the efforts of providers and deployers of AI systems, in particular SMEs, in fulfilling their obligation under paragraph 1 of this Article. For that purpose, the Commission shall publish practical examples of how to comply with that obligation on the single information platform referred to in Article 62(3), point (b).

3. The Board shall adopt recommendations, taking into account European competence frameworks, to support the Commission and Member States in the promotion of AI literacy required under paragraph 1, including by setting out common objectives.

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. 4(1)RequirementAll AI systemslegal practice

    Providers and deployers must take measures to support development of AI literacy for staff and others operating or using AI systems on their behalf, taking role, context and affected persons into account.

    "Providers and deployers of AI systems shall take measures to support the development of AI literacy of their staff and other persons dealing with the operation and use of AI systems on their behalf, taking into account their technical knowledge, experience, education and training and the context the AI systems are to be used in, and considering the persons or"
    Who
    Provider, Deployer
    From
    (Art. 113(a) as amended by Reg. (EU) 2026/1744)
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal practice directly — Direct for every law firm, legal team, court or legal-AI vendor whose staff operate or use AI systems.
    See
    Art. 3(56)

  2. Art. 4(1) (limitation)Scope or definitionAll AI systemslegal practice

    Article 4 does not require providers or deployers to guarantee any specific level of AI literacy for any individual.

    "This obligation does not require providers or deployers to guarantee any specific level of AI literacy of any individual."
    Who
    Provider, Deployer
    From
    (Art. 113(a) as amended by Reg. (EU) 2026/1744)Inserted by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, in force 2026-07-27.
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal practice directly — Clarifies the softened AI-literacy duty for legal employers and vendors: the obligation is to take supporting measures, not to guarantee individual attainment.
    See
    Art. 3(56)

  3. Art. 4(2)Support measureAll AI systemslegal practice

    The Commission and Member States must support and facilitate provider and deployer efforts on AI literacy, and the Commission must publish practical compliance examples on the Article 62 platform.

    "The Commission and the Member States shall support and facilitate the efforts of providers and deployers of AI systems, in particular SMEs, in fulfilling their obligation under paragraph 1 of this Article. For that purpose, the Commission shall publish practical examples of how to comply with that obligation on the single information platform referred to in Article 62(3), point (b)."
    Who
    Commission, Member State
    From
    (Art. 113(a) as amended by Reg. (EU) 2026/1744)Inserted by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, in force 2026-07-27.
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal practice directly — The support and examples will shape how legal practices and legal-AI vendors evidence AI-literacy measures.
    See
    Art. 4(1) · Art. 62(3)(b)

  4. Art. 4(3)Support measureAll AI systems

    The Board must adopt recommendations, taking European competence frameworks into account, to support AI-literacy promotion and set common objectives.

    "The Board shall adopt recommendations, taking into account European competence frameworks, to support the Commission and Member States in the promotion of AI literacy required under paragraph 1, including by setting out common objectives."
    Who
    AI Board
    From
    (Art. 113(a) as amended by Reg. (EU) 2026/1744)Inserted by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, in force 2026-07-27.
    Legal practice
    Reaches legal-AI vendors or public bodies — Board recommendations can inform AI-literacy programmes for legal deployers and legal-AI providers, but they are institutional guidance.
    See
    Art. 4(1)

Cite

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 4 (AI literacy), 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_4 — 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-4, accessed 2026-09-08, CC BY 4.0.