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Where the AI Act stands today.
Which duties of the EU AI Act apply, from which date, and where it says so. Every page shows the source and the day it was checked.
20 October 2026
Date wall
The dates moved. Here is where they are now.
Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 moved the high-risk dates. Old dates are struck through, not removed. Brussels moved the dates. We wrote down where.
| Date | What starts to apply | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2024 | The AI Act enters into force | Art. 113 Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, EUR-Lex |
| 2 February 2025 | Prohibited practices and the AI literacy duty apply | Art. 4, Art. 5 Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, EUR-Lex |
| 2 August 2025 | Duties for general-purpose AI models, governance and penalty rules apply | Chapter V, VII, XII Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, EUR-Lex |
| 27 July 2026 | The amending Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 enters into force and moves the high-risk dates | Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, EUR-Lex |
| 2 August 2026 | Transparency duties for AI that talks with people or makes content; enforcement starts | Art. 50, Art. 113 AI Act Service Desk, implementation timeline |
| 2 December 2026 | New prohibitions (non-consensual sexual deepfakes, child sexual abuse material); marking of AI content from systems placed on the market before 2 Aug 2026 | Art. 5, Art. 50(2), Art. 111(4) Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, EUR-Lex |
| 2 August 2027 | At least one AI regulatory sandbox per Member State; deadline for the delegated acts under Art. 2(13) | Art. 57, Art. 2(13) AI Act Service Desk, implementation timeline |
2 December 2027 | Rules for high-risk systems listed in Annex III, including deployer duties (Art. 26, 27) | Art. 113 as amended Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, EUR-Lex |
2 August 2028 | Rules for high-risk systems under the product laws of Annex I | Art. 113 as amended Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, EUR-Lex |
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- Dated. Each page names the law version it reflects and the day it was checked against the official text.
- Sourced. Every date and duty links to EUR-Lex or the European Commission.
- No certificate. We do not certify AI systems and we are not a notified body. No page gives a badge, a seal or a “compliant” label.
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Four ways in
Is there an AI Act certificate?
Who may certify, why most high-risk systems never see a notified body, and what a firm can show instead.
Read the answer →Provider, deployer, importer, distributor
The five roles of the Act in plain words. Your role decides your duties.
Read about roles →The duties people ask about most
AI literacy, prohibited practices, transparency, high-risk deployers, recurring duties and fines, each with its date.
See the duties →A step-by-step method
Inventory, role, duties, dates, records. Each step links to its page and its template.
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