For deployers · Betreiber
You use AI under your own authority. Here is what that costs you in paperwork.
A recruiting tool from a vendor, a credit score, a chatbot on the site, an internal assistant: the Act assigns you duties per system, by date.
What applies to you
- Art. 4: measures to support AI literacy of staff (since 2 February 2025)
- Art. 5: no prohibited practice in use (since 2 February 2025; new bans 2 December 2026)
- Art. 50(3) and (4): inform persons about emotion recognition or biometric categorisation; disclose deep fakes and AI-generated public-interest text (since 2 August 2026)
- Art. 26: for high-risk systems, use per the instructions, human oversight by competent persons, logs for at least six months, inform workers and affected persons (Annex III from 2 December 2027, Annex I from 2 August 2028)
- Art. 27: fundamental rights impact assessment for public bodies, public-service providers and credit or insurance pricing systems
- Art. 25: you become the provider if you rebrand or substantially modify a high-risk system
By date
- 2 February 2025Literacy and prohibitionsIn force
- 2 August 2025GPAI, governance, penaltiesIn force
- 2 August 2026General applicationIn force
- 2 December 2026New prohibitions and marking deadline24 days left
- 2 August 2027Pre-existing GPAI models267 days left
- 2 December 2027Annex III high-risk389 days left
- 2 August 2028Annex I high-risk633 days left
What you would need to document
- AI inventory with owner and intended purpose per system
- Art. 5 screening record per system
- AI literacy record: type, content, date, participants
- Art. 50 notices and disclosure captures
- Deployment record per high-risk system: instructions, oversight persons, log retention
- Worker and affected-person notices (Art. 26(7) and (11))
- FRIA where Art. 27 applies
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744; dates per Art. 113 and Art. 111. Corpus snapshot 02024R1689-20260727. Information, not legal advice.
Start with one AI system.
Run the free check, keep the result as your first inventory entry, and invite your team when you are ready.