{
  "post": {
    "title": "EU AI Act dates and guidance, tracked",
    "url": "https://bardak.ai/posts/eu-ai-act-dates",
    "updated": "2026-10-29T15:31:55.853Z"
  },
  "citation": "EU AI Act dates and guidance, tracked, Ivan Bardak, bardak.ai, https://bardak.ai/posts/eu-ai-act-dates",
  "datasets": [
    {
      "key": "eu-ai-act-what-applies-when",
      "title": "EU AI Act: what applies when",
      "type": "benchmarkTable",
      "source": "European Commission, AI Act Service Desk: Timeline for the implementation of the EU AI Act; Article 113 (consolidated)",
      "caption": "",
      "csv": "https://bardak.ai/data/eu-ai-act-dates/eu-ai-act-what-applies-when.csv",
      "header": [
        "Date",
        "What applies",
        "Status"
      ],
      "rows": [
        [
          "1 August 2024",
          "The Act enters into force",
          "In force"
        ],
        [
          "2 February 2025",
          "Prohibited practices and the AI literacy duty",
          "Applies"
        ],
        [
          "2 August 2025",
          "Obligations for general-purpose AI models, and governance",
          "Applies; models already on the market have until 2 August 2027"
        ],
        [
          "2 August 2026",
          "General application: transparency rules (Article 50) and enforcement",
          "Applies"
        ],
        [
          "2 December 2026",
          "New ban on systems that generate non-consensual intimate images or child sexual abuse material; marking deadline for generative systems already on the market",
          "Coming"
        ],
        [
          "2 August 2027",
          "At least one AI regulatory sandbox in every Member State",
          "Coming"
        ],
        [
          "2 December 2027",
          "High-risk systems in Annex III: employment, education, biometrics, critical infrastructure and others",
          "Coming (originally 2 August 2026)"
        ],
        [
          "2 August 2028",
          "High-risk AI in regulated products under Annex I, such as medical devices and machinery",
          "Coming (originally 2 August 2027)"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "the-ai-omnibus-step-by-step",
      "title": "The AI Omnibus, step by step",
      "type": "benchmarkTable",
      "source": "European Parliament Legislative Observatory, procedure 2025/0359(COD); European Commission",
      "caption": "",
      "csv": "https://bardak.ai/data/eu-ai-act-dates/the-ai-omnibus-step-by-step.csv",
      "header": [
        "Date",
        "Step"
      ],
      "rows": [
        [
          "19 November 2025",
          "Commission proposal, with high-risk rules tied to the availability of standards"
        ],
        [
          "7 May 2026",
          "Provisional agreement between Parliament and Council, with fixed dates instead"
        ],
        [
          "16 June 2026",
          "Adopted by the European Parliament"
        ],
        [
          "29 June 2026",
          "Adopted by the Council"
        ],
        [
          "24 July 2026",
          "Published in the Official Journal as Regulation (EU) 2026/1744"
        ],
        [
          "27 July 2026",
          "In force"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "eu-ai-act-maximum-fines",
      "title": "EU AI Act: maximum fines",
      "type": "benchmarkTable",
      "source": "AI Act Service Desk: Article 99 (consolidated)",
      "caption": "For SMEs, start-ups and small mid-caps, the lower of the two amounts applies.",
      "csv": "https://bardak.ai/data/eu-ai-act-dates/eu-ai-act-maximum-fines.csv",
      "header": [
        "Breach",
        "Maximum fine"
      ],
      "rows": [
        [
          "Prohibited practices",
          "EUR 35 million or 7% of worldwide annual turnover, whichever is higher"
        ],
        [
          "Most other obligations, including transparency",
          "EUR 15 million or 3%"
        ],
        [
          "Incorrect or misleading information to authorities",
          "EUR 7.5 million or 1%"
        ],
        [
          "General-purpose AI model providers (Article 101)",
          "EUR 15 million or 3%"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ]
}