Regulatory deadline
EU AI Act — Annex III high-risk obligations apply
EU AI Act · EU
Date
2027-12-02
Status
465 days away
Type
Deadline
Authority
EU AI Act
What changes
Full high-risk regime (risk management, data governance, logging, human oversight, accuracy, conformity assessment, registration). Moved from Aug 2026 to 2 Dec 2027 by the Digital Omnibus — Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, published in the Official Journal 24 July 2026 and in force since 27 July 2026, so this date is settled law.
What to do
Start the Annex IV technical file, risk-management system, and conformity plan now.
Who it applies to
High risk systems
What you must be able to show
From the obligation clock the Workbench runs against your own systems.
- Risk-management system (continuous, documented)
- Per-dataset data-governance record incl. bias examination
- Annex IV technical file (9 sections)
- Automatic event logging, ≥6-month retention
- Instructions for use + human-oversight design
- Declared accuracy/robustness/cybersecurity metrics
- 13-element quality management system
- Conformity assessment → declaration of conformity → CE marking → EU database registration
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 — governance bodies & penalties live
EU AI Act — general-purpose AI (GPAI) obligations apply
EU AI Act — Art. 50 transparency obligations in force
EU AI Act — NCII/CSAM ban + end of marking grace period
EU AI Act — serious-incident reporting (Art. 73)
EU AI Act — Annex I embedded high-risk obligations apply