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Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act)

European Parliament and Council of the European Union

last revised 2026-07-27last verified 2026-10-072 versionscountry page →

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The EU AI Act sets risk-based obligations for providers and deployers of AI systems, including law firms and legal tech vendors operating in the European Union. Prohibited practices and AI literacy duties applied from 2 February 2025, GPAI rules from 2 August 2025 and Article 50 transparency from 2 August 2026, with high-risk obligations now deferred to 2027 and 2028.

Applies to
providers, firms, all
Effective
01 Aug 2024
Current version
As amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 · 27 Jul 2026
Last verified
07 Oct 2026
Official text
eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/2026-07-27/eng

What the document requires

  • Article 4, as replaced by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 from 27 July 2026, requires providers and deployers to take measures to support the AI literacy of staff and others dealing with AI systems on their behalf; it does not require any specific level for any individual (the original text, applicable from 2 February 2025, required a sufficient level).
  • Article 5 prohibited practices applied from 2 February 2025.
  • General-purpose AI model obligations applied from 2 August 2025; Commission enforcement powers from 2 August 2026.
  • Article 50 transparency obligations, including marking of synthetic content, applied from 2 August 2026.
  • Annex III stand-alone high-risk obligations apply from 2 December 2027; Annex I product-embedded systems from 2 August 2028.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
As amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744current2026-07-27Digital 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.official · archive
Original (OJ L, 12 July 2024)2024-07-12First version recorded.official

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act)" (European Parliament and Council of the European Union, As amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, 2026-07-27), safelegalai.com/regulation/eu/eu-ai-act (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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