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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 2026-09-032 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
03 Sept 2026
Official text
eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj

What the document requires

  • Article 4 requires providers and deployers to ensure sufficient AI literacy among staff, applicable from 2 February 2025.
  • 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.official
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 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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