What happens at a border control or audit — what do I show?
The AI Act does not create a border stamp or a single Union form to wave at customs.
Drafted with AI help and checked against the official EU text before publishing.
The AI Act does not create a border stamp or a single Union form to wave at customs. Good practice, not a legal duty: short dated notes of which AI tools you use, how your staff were helped to understand them, and how you tell people when AI is involved. Then you are ready if a market-surveillance authority asks.
We looked for a national inspection checklist in September 2026 and did not find one published by any Member State. If one appears, it goes on this page.
This is general information, not legal advice.
What the law actually says
Original text (2024), replaced 27 July 2026
"Providers and deployers of AI systems shall take measures to ensure, to their best extent, a sufficient level of AI literacy of their staff and other persons dealing with the operation and use of AI systems on their behalf."
Amended. The Digital Omnibus on AI (Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, in force 27 July 2026) replaced Article 4. The duty is now to take measures to support the development of AI literacy, and it does not require you to guarantee any particular level. The quote above is the original wording — the European Commission has not yet published the consolidated text. We will quote it here the day they do.
— EU AI Act, Article 4 (original wording, amended 2026) (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) · eur-lex.europa.eu"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 […]. This obligation does not require providers or deployers to guarantee any specific level of AI literacy of any individual."— Article 4(1) as replaced by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, Article 1(5)
In plain words
- Article 70 puts market surveillance with national authorities, not with a customs “AI passport”.
- We looked for a national inspection checklist in September 2026 and did not find one published by any Member State. If one appears, it goes on this page.
- Where the power comes from: Article 74 gives market-surveillance authorities their powers through Regulation (EU) 2019/1020. That is the machinery, not a form you fill in.
- High-risk systems have extra logging. Most shops using a writing assistant are not in that set.
- Will look for signs of AI use in the folders you choose, and write them down for you.
- Will write a plain-language readiness report. No evidence reads "Not assessed", never a green tick.
- Will run as a free Windows program on your own computer and send nothing from it.
- Coming with Guard: a check every month, kept so you can see your history and what changed since the last one.
- Coming with Guard: a printable readiness pack built from your check results — AI use found, training notes, disclosure checklist.
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