EU AI Act Timeline
All deadlines from 2024 to 2027
GPAI rules are now in effect. High-risk deadline approaching August 2026.
Priorities for January 2026
Based on current status and upcoming deadlines
Complete Timeline 2024-2027
All important milestones
The regulation is officially in force. Start of the phased implementation period.
- •Regulation published in Official Journal
- •Transition period begins
- •AI Office established
Prohibited AI practices (social scoring, manipulative AI) are enforced. AI literacy (Article 4) is mandatory for all organizations using AI.
- •Social scoring by governments prohibited
- •Manipulative AI practices prohibited
- •AI literacy mandatory (Article 4)
- •Employee training required
Original deadline for Code of Practice GPAI (delayed to July 2025).
- •Deadline postponed
- •Multi-stakeholder process continues
The European Commission publishes the definitive Code of Practice for general-purpose AI models with rules for transparency, copyright and safety.
- •4 chapters: Governance, Transparency, Copyright, Safety
- •Signed by Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon, Meta
- •Presumption of compliance when followed
Rules for General Purpose AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.) are in effect. Providers must maintain technical documentation, respect copyright and publish training data summaries.
- •Transparency obligations for GPAI providers
- •Model card and documentation mandatory
- •Copyright compliance required
- •Systemic risk models (>10²⁵ FLOPs): additional obligations
EC missed this deadline. Additional guidelines on risk management and post-market monitoring (Article 6) have not been published yet, but obligations remain unchanged.
- •Practical guidance for providers
- •Post-market monitoring procedures
- •Template forms for risk assessment
Full compliance required for high-risk AI systems (Annex III). Conformity assessments, CE marking, registration mandatory. GPAI enforcement also formally starts.
- •High-risk AI: conformity assessments
- •CE marking and EU database registration
- •Transparency obligations limited-risk AI
- •GPAI enforcement
- •National AI sandboxes operational
All provisions in force including high-risk AI in regulated products (Annex I machinery, medical devices, etc.). No more exceptions.
- •Annex I AI components in products
- •Legacy AI systems must be compliant
- •Full penalty authority
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