The AI Act entered into force on 1 August 2024 and will be fully applicable from 2 August 2027.
In other words, some chapters and articles will become applicable in stages between these two dates.
These stages are outlined below.
| 1.08.2024 |
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✔ Entry into force |
| 🠋 + 6 months 🠋 |
| 2.02.2025 |
|
✔ AI-literacy ✔ Prohibited AI-Practices |
| 🠋 + 12 months 🠋 |
| 2.08.2025 |
|
✔ Notifying authorities and notified bodies ✔ General Purpose AI-models ✔ Governance ✔ Penalties |
| 🠋 + 24 months 🠋 |
| 2.08.2026 |
|
❍ Surveillance for High-risk AI systems (annex 3) ❍ Operationality of the AI regulatory sandbox ❍ AI systems other than high-risk ❍ Supervision of the transparency obligations ❍ Other obligations |
| 🠋 + 36 months 🠋 |
| 2.08.2027 |
|
❍ High-risk AI systems (annex 1) |