EU AI Act: General application: transparency obligations, GPAI fines, most other rules
Tech · Compliance deadlines · Sun, August 2, 2026 · European Union
The AI Act's general date of application. Article 50 transparency obligations (chatbot disclosure, deepfake labelling, machine-readable marking of synthetic content) and Commission fines on GPAI providers (Art 101) apply Not legal advice.
Every year
| Date | Event | When |
|---|---|---|
| Thu, Aug 1, 2024 | EU AI Act: AI Act enters into force | 2 yr ago |
| Sun, Feb 2, 2025 | EU AI Act: Prohibited practices and AI literacy apply | 2 yr ago |
| Sat, Aug 2, 2025 | EU AI Act: GPAI, governance, notified bodies and penalties apply | 14 mo ago |
| Mon, Jul 27, 2026 | EU AI Act: Digital Omnibus on AI enters into force | 2 mo ago |
| Sun, Aug 2, 2026 | EU AI Act: General application: transparency obligations, GPAI fines, most other rules | 2 mo ago |
| Wed, Dec 2, 2026 | EU AI Act: New bans on sexual deepfakes and CSAM generation; Art 50(2) grace period ends | in 2 mo |
| Mon, Aug 2, 2027 | EU AI Act: Legacy GPAI models must comply; national AI sandboxes operational | in 10 mo |
| Thu, Dec 2, 2027 | EU AI Act: High-risk obligations apply to Annex III systems | in 14 mo |
| Wed, Aug 2, 2028 | EU AI Act: High-risk obligations apply to Annex I product-embedded systems | in 2 yr |
| Fri, Aug 2, 2030 | EU AI Act: Public-authority high-risk systems must comply | in 4 yr |
| Tue, Dec 31, 2030 | EU AI Act: Large-scale EU IT systems must comply | in 4 yr |
Also on Aug 2, 2026
| Date | Event | When |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Aug 2, 2026 | 2026 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony | 2 mo ago |
| Sun, Aug 2, 2026 | California AI Transparency Act (SB 942): Covered provider duties apply | 2 mo ago |
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- 2026-09-25: added to 2026-08-02