Regulatory deadline
EU AI Act — Art. 50 transparency obligations in force
EU AI Act · EU
Date
2026-08-02
Status
In force since 2026-08-02
Type
Enforcement
Authority
EU AI Act
What changes
Now live. Chatbots must disclose they are AI; deepfakes and emotion-recognition/biometric-categorisation uses must be disclosed. The Commission adopted final Art. 50 guidelines on 20 July 2026, and the AI Office's enforcement powers over GPAI providers (fines up to €15M or 3% of turnover) became applicable the same day. Providers' machine-readable marking of synthetic content under Art. 50(2) has a grace period to 2 Dec 2026.
What to do
These duties are already binding — audit your live products for AI disclosure now, and close the Art. 50(2) marking gap before 2 Dec 2026.
Who it applies to
Limited risk or High risk systems · systems involving generative AI
What you must be able to show
From the obligation clock the Workbench runs against your own systems.
- In-product AI disclosure for chatbots
- Machine-readable marking of synthetic content + deepfake labels
- Disclosure of emotion-recognition / biometric-categorisation use
Controls this deadline requires
Other dates under EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Reg. 2024/1689)
EU AI Act — prohibited practices in force
EU AI Act — GPAI Code of Practice published
EU AI Act — general-purpose AI (GPAI) obligations apply
EU AI Act — governance bodies & penalties live
EU AI Act — NCII/CSAM ban + end of marking grace period
EU AI Act — serious-incident reporting (Art. 73)
EU AI Act — Annex III high-risk obligations apply
EU AI Act — Annex I embedded high-risk obligations apply