Direct answer
What fines and enforcement does the AI Act have and who supervises?
You describe: You want to know what can happen in case of non-compliance: which supervisors exist, what the fine ceilings are and which rules are already enforced. Likely role: every role.
This applies now
- Article 5: prohibited practicesApplicable
- Article 50: transparencyApplicable
- Article 53: GPAI model providersApplicable
Enforcement runs at EU and national level since 2 August 2026. The ceilings differ per category: up to 35 million euro or 7 percent for prohibited practices, up to 15 million euro or 3 percent for most other infringements, with the same ceiling for GPAI providers via Article 101. In the Netherlands, the implementation act formally designating the supervisors is still in progress.
Your first actions
- Screen every use case against Article 5 first. Before procurement, build or deployment, check whether the use case falls under a prohibited practice and stop or redesign early rather than after the fact.
- Implement the applicable disclosure, marking or label. First determine which paragraph of Article 50 applies, then implement the specific transparency measure.
- Maintain GPAI documentation and transparency information. Maintain technical documentation, information for downstream providers, a copyright policy and a public summary of training content.
Record this
- Article 5 screening record
- Transparency implementation record
- GPAI compliance file
General interpretation, not legal advice. Checked against Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 and the Digital Omnibus (EU) 2026/1744; the official source remains authoritative.
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Execution
Demonstrably rule out prohibited practices
This prohibition is already enforceable and carries the highest fine ceiling. Embed AI includes the Article 5 screening as the first step of classification and delivers the screening record per system.
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