EU AI Act: Every Deadline You Need to Track
The Act rolled out in stages. Missing a deadline is not a compliance gap, it is a violation.
Published in the Official Journal
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 was published in the Official Journal of the European Union, starting the countdown to entry into force.
Act enters into force
The AI Act became law across all 27 EU member states. Obligations apply in stages over the following 36 months.
Prohibitions and AI literacy
Unacceptable-risk AI practices are banned. Providers and deployers must ensure staff operating AI have a sufficient level of AI literacy.
GPAI rules, governance, and penalties
Obligations for general-purpose AI model providers apply. The AI Office and national competent authorities are operational, and member state penalty regimes take effect.
High-risk classification guidelines
The European Commission provides guidelines and practical examples for classifying high-risk AI systems under Article 6, including post-market monitoring templates.
High-risk AI and transparency obligations
The bulk of the Act applies. Annex III high-risk AI systems must fully comply, risk management, data governance, documentation, logging, human oversight, accuracy, conformity assessment, and registration. Article 50 transparency obligations also apply. Each member state must have at least one AI regulatory sandbox operational.
Embedded high-risk products and legacy GPAI
High-risk AI that is a safety component of products under Annex I (medical devices, machinery, toys, vehicles) must comply. GPAI models placed on the market before August 2025 must be brought into compliance.
Track every regulatory milestone in one place with the EU AI Act Deadline Tracker.
Penalties for Non-Compliance
Fines are calculated as a fixed amount or a percentage of global annual turnover, whichever is higher. SMEs and startups pay the lower of the two.
Prohibited AI practices
Deploying any banned practice under Article 5. Whichever amount is higher applies.
Other obligation breaches
Non-compliance with high-risk, GPAI, transparency, or operator obligations.
Misleading information
Supplying incorrect, incomplete, or misleading information to authorities or notified bodies.
Find out what applies to you on the risk tiers page, then follow the compliance guide.
Know where your AI systems stand before August 2026.
The 2-minute readiness assessment maps your AI deployments to the EU AI Act's risk tiers and shows where your compliance gaps are.