EU AI Act
EU-AIA-2024 · EU
EU AI Act is a Binding regulation from EU, adopted on 2024-07-12 and effective 2024-08-01. Current status: In force. Risk-based framework. Prohibited practices (Art. 5) effective Feb 2025; general-purpose AI obligations Aug 2025; high-risk system obligations Aug 2026.
Scope and obligations
Risk-based framework. Prohibited practices (Art. 5) effective Feb 2025; general-purpose AI obligations Aug 2025; high-risk system obligations Aug 2026.
EU AI Act addresses 10 contested AI-governance topics explicitly, 1 via general principles,.
Topics governed
- governsFoundation Models / GPAI— Arts. 51-55 (general-purpose AI + systemic risk)
- governsBiometric Identification— Art. 5(1)(h) prohibition + Art. 26(10) post-hoc rules
- governsDeepfakes / Synthetic Content— Art. 50(4) (disclosure obligation for deep fakes)
- governsAI in Employment— Annex III §4 (high-risk: employment management)
- governsAI in Healthcare— Annex III §5(a) (high-risk: essential services) + MDR overlap
- governsAI in Criminal Justice— Annex III §6 (high-risk: law enforcement)
- governsAI in Education— Annex III §3 (high-risk: educational access)
- governsCompute-Threshold Reporting— Art. 52 + Annex XIII (10²⁵ FLOP presumption)
- governsTransparency Obligations— Arts. 13, 50 (transparency obligations)
- governsIndividual Redress— Art. 85 (right to lodge complaints)
- implicitTraining-Data Rights— Recital 105; CDSM Directive provides primary copyright framework
Cross-jurisdiction comparison
How peer instruments treat the topics EU AI Act governs.
| Topic | US-EO-14110 | UK-WHITEPAPER-2023 | CN-GENAI-2023 | G7-HIROSHIMA | OECD-AI-PRIN | COE-AI-CONV | UN-RES-2024 | NIST-AI-RMF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Models / GPAI | governs | implicit | governs | governs | implicit | implicit | silent | governs |
| Biometric Identification | implicit | implicit | silent | silent | silent | implicit | silent | silent |
| Deepfakes / Synthetic Content | governs | silent | governs | governs | silent | silent | implicit | implicit |
| AI in Employment | implicit | implicit | silent | silent | silent | implicit | silent | silent |
| AI in Healthcare | implicit | implicit | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent |
| AI in Criminal Justice | governs | implicit | silent | silent | silent | governs | silent | silent |
| AI in Education | implicit | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | implicit | silent |
| Compute-Threshold Reporting | governs | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent |
| Transparency Obligations | implicit | implicit | conflicts | governs | governs | governs | implicit | governs |
| Individual Redress | silent | implicit | governs | silent | governs | governs | silent | implicit |
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BibTeX
@misc{policywindow-eu-ai-act,
title = {EU AI Act},
author = {Policy Window},
year = {2024},
howpublished = {Regulation (EU) 2024/1689},
url = {https://policywindow.org/wiki/eu-ai-act},
note = {Primary source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32024R1689}
}Related instruments
- Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI · US
- Interim Measures for Generative AI Service Management · CN
- G7 Hiroshima AI Process Code of Conduct · G7
- OECD AI Principles (Recommendation) · OECD
- Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI · council_of_europe
- NIST AI Risk Management Framework · US
References
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
- Arts. 51-55 (general-purpose AI + systemic risk)
- Art. 5(1)(h) prohibition + Art. 26(10) post-hoc rules
- Art. 50(4) (disclosure obligation for deep fakes)
- Annex III §4 (high-risk: employment management)
- Annex III §5(a) (high-risk: essential services) + MDR overlap
- Annex III §6 (high-risk: law enforcement)
- Annex III §3 (high-risk: educational access)
- Art. 52 + Annex XIII (10²⁵ FLOP presumption)
- Arts. 13, 50 (transparency obligations)
- Art. 85 (right to lodge complaints)
- Recital 105; CDSM Directive provides primary copyright framework
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