Regulatory deadline
EU AI Act — prohibited practices in force
EU AI Act · EU
Date
2025-02-02
Status
In force since 2025-02-02
Type
Deadline
Authority
EU AI Act
What changes
Eight unacceptable-risk practices (social scoring, manipulative AI, untargeted face-scraping, most real-time biometric ID) are banned.
What to do
Confirm none of your use cases fall under a prohibited practice.
Who it applies to
Every AI system in scope of this regime.
What you must be able to show
From the obligation clock the Workbench runs against your own systems.
- Prohibited-practice screen for every use case (documented)
Controls this deadline requires
Other dates under EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Reg. 2024/1689)
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 — 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 III high-risk obligations apply
EU AI Act — Annex I embedded high-risk obligations apply