{
  "title": "EU AI Act key dates (after the 2026 AI Omnibus)",
  "publisher": "ActAI Compliance",
  "url": "https://actaicompliance.com/guides/eu-ai-act-explained/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-11",
  "disclaimer": "General information, not legal advice. Check the official texts on EUR-Lex.",
  "dates": [
    {
      "date": "2024-08-01",
      "event": "EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) enters into force",
      "applies_to": "All",
      "note": "",
      "status": "in effect"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-02-02",
      "event": "Prohibited AI practices (Article 5) and AI literacy provisions (Article 4) start to apply",
      "applies_to": "All",
      "note": "",
      "status": "in effect"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-08-02",
      "event": "Obligations for general-purpose AI models apply",
      "applies_to": "General-purpose AI model providers",
      "note": "",
      "status": "in effect"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-27",
      "event": "Digital Omnibus on AI (Regulation (EU) 2026/1744) enters into force",
      "applies_to": "All",
      "note": "Moves the high-risk dates below.",
      "status": "in effect"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-02",
      "event": "Article 50 transparency obligations apply",
      "applies_to": "Providers and deployers of chatbots and AI-generated content",
      "note": "Systems already on the market before this date have until 2026-12-02 for machine-readable marking of AI-generated content (Article 50(2)).",
      "status": "in effect"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-02",
      "event": "Grace period ends for Article 50(2) marking of AI-generated content (systems already on the market)",
      "applies_to": "Providers of generative AI systems",
      "note": "",
      "status": "upcoming"
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-12-02",
      "event": "High-risk obligations apply to stand-alone Annex III systems",
      "applies_to": "Providers and deployers of Annex III high-risk systems",
      "note": "Previously 2026-08-02.",
      "status": "upcoming"
    },
    {
      "date": "2028-08-02",
      "event": "High-risk obligations apply to AI built into regulated products (Annex I)",
      "applies_to": "Providers of AI in Annex I regulated products",
      "note": "Previously 2027-08-02.",
      "status": "upcoming"
    }
  ]
}