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. If a market-surveillance authority later asks, the useful pack is a dated list of the tools you use, how people were shown their limits, and how you tell others when AI is involved.
Answered by GlassBots' AI assistant — not a person, not legal advice. We review new questions and publish them as permanent answers.
The AI Act does not create a border stamp or a single Union form to wave at customs.
If a market-surveillance authority later asks, the useful pack is a dated list of the tools you use, how people were shown their limits, and how you tell others when AI is involved. 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
"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.
- Keep: tool inventory, a short literacy note, and how you disclose AI to people who talk to a bot or see listed AI-made content.
- High-risk systems have extra logging. Most shops using a writing assistant are not in that set.
- Date the notes. A list you cannot prove existed last month is a weak record.
- Scans your computer and lists every AI tool your business actually uses.
- Checks your settings files for the transparency basics and produces a plain-language readiness report.
- Runs in your browser, free, nothing uploaded.
- Every month: re-scan, and the report can be updated each month — "what changed since last check" is written for you.
- Your records build into a printable readiness pack: tool inventory, training journal, disclosure checklist.
- Keeps the dated history an inspector would ask to see.
Did this answer your question?
Readiness guidance, not legal advice. GlassBots checks your own computer — nothing leaves it.