When did the EU AI Act start applying to my business?
Some duties are already in force.
Drafted with AI help and checked against the official EU text before publishing.
Some duties are already in force. AI literacy (Article 4) applied from 2 February 2025. The transparency rules in Article 50 apply from 2 August 2026. Extra high-risk rules were put back to 2027 and 2028.
Extra high-risk rules in Chapter III were put back to 2 December 2027 and 2 August 2028 by the Digital Omnibus on AI. Those later dates are extra time for high-risk systems. They do not pause Article 4 or Article 50.
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What the law actually says
"It shall apply from 2 August 2026. However: (a) Chapters I and II shall apply from 2 February 2025."— EU AI Act, Article 113 (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) · eur-lex.europa.eu
"Chapter III, Sections 1, 2, and 3, with the exception of Article 6(5), shall apply from: (i) 2 December 2027 as regards AI systems classified as high-risk pursuant to Article 6(2) and Annex III; and (ii) 2 August 2028 as regards AI systems classified as high-risk pursuant to Article 6(1) and Annex I."— Article 113 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI) · eur-lex.europa.eu
In plain words
- Chapter I includes Article 4 (AI literacy). That has applied since 2 February 2025.
- Article 50 transparency — tell people they are talking to AI, and mark AI-made content — applies from 2 August 2026.
- The Digital Omnibus on AI (Regulation (EU) 2026/1744) changed Article 113 so high-risk duties in Chapter III Sections 1–3 apply from 2 December 2027 for Annex III uses, and from 2 August 2028 for Annex I product-safety systems.
- Those later dates are extra time for high-risk systems. They do not pause Article 4 or Article 50.
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