Which EU AI Act obligations are in force in 2026?

This is Article 113's calendar, not YOUR 2026 file

Audience: a compliance lead, CTO, founder, or counsel walking Regulation (EU) 2024/1689's application dates. This page is not legal advice. It does not start a clock. Reading it does not start a clock. Mapping a row is not a determination that the Act applies, that you are a provider or a deployer, or that a 2026 obligation binds YOU.

The AI Act is Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of 13 June 2024, OJ L 2024/1689, 12.7.2024. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj. Article 113 is the entry-into-force and application article. The EU AI Act overview on this site is the pillar page. Last verified 9 September 2026. Not legal advice.

• Statute versus guidance: Article 113 of 2024/1689 is a legal requirement of the original regulation. Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 is an amending regulation — legal requirement if it applies. Commission AI Act pages and AI Office materials are Commission materials — guidance, not the regulation. This page quotes which kind of text it is relying on.
• The EU AI Act overview on this site is the pillar page. A dedicated GPAI-requirements, AI-incident-reporting, and readiness-checklist guide is not on this site yet. Naming them is not a link.
• This page does not invent a 2 August 2026 date for Annex I product-embedded high-risk. Article 113(c) of 2024/1689 as originally enacted assigns Article 6(1) and the corresponding obligations to 2 August 2027.

Check for changes since last verified 9 September 2026

Last verified 9 September 2026 against the authentic Official Journal texts cited below. Article 113 of 2024/1689 and 2026/1744 can be amended. Corrigenda can issue. Commission and AI Office pages can be rewritten without changing the regulation. If a later OJ text, corrigendum, or amending regulation changes a date, this page has not re-checked yet.

Do not treat a blog, a vendor timeline, or this product's obligation map as Article 113. Do not treat a Commission summary as a substitute for the authentic OJ article. Counsel re-reads EUR-Lex. This page does not determine that YOU are bound in 2026. Not legal advice.

• Re-read Article 113 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on EUR-Lex (OJ L 2024/1689, 12.7.2024).
• Re-read Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 on EUR-Lex (OJ L 1744, 24.7.2026). EUR-Lex records it as in force from 27 July 2026. The consolidated record 02024R1689-20260727 is a documentation tool with no legal effect.
• Treat the European Commission's AI Act page (last update 3 August 2026) and the AI Act Service Desk as Commission materials — guidance, not the regulation.
• This page does not watch the Official Journal for you. Check for changes since last verified 9 September 2026.

What Article 113 of 2024/1689 actually says

Last verified 9 September 2026 against Article 113 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on EUR-Lex (OJ L 2024/1689, 12.7.2024). Article 113 first paragraph: this Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal. Publication was 12 July 2024, so entry into force is 1 August 2024. Article 113 second paragraph: this Regulation shall apply from 2 August 2026. However: (a) Chapters I and II shall apply from 2 February 2025; (b) Chapter III Section 4, Chapter V, Chapter VII and Chapter XII and Article 78 shall apply from 2 August 2025, with the exception of Article 101; (c) Article 6(1) and the corresponding obligations in this Regulation shall apply from 2 August 2027. Those dates are not one number. This page does not move them.

The 2 August 2026 date is the residual general-application date: everything the original regulation did not put in (a), (b), or (c). It is not a slogan that 'the AI Act applies in 2026' to every obligation. Article 113(c) keeps Annex I product-embedded high-risk — Article 6(1) and the corresponding obligations — on 2 August 2027, not 2 August 2026. This page does not invent a 2 August 2026 date for Annex I.

Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 of 8 July 2026 (Digital Omnibus on AI), OJ L 1744, 24.7.2026, is an amending regulation. Recital 40 of that regulation states that the date of application of Chapter III Sections 1, 2 and 3 is set to 2 December 2027 for AI systems classified as high-risk pursuant to Article 6(2) and Annex III, and to 2 August 2028 for AI systems classified as high-risk pursuant to Article 6(1) and Annex I. Recital 40 is a recital of the amending regulation, not a substitute for the operative article. The Commission's AI Act page (last update 3 August 2026) presents those same amended high-risk dates. That page is Commission materials — guidance on the amendment, not the OJ article itself. Counsel reads the authentic operative text of 2026/1744. This table is not YOUR dates. Not legal advice.

Per-obligation timeline — in force from, not YOUR clock

Each row is an obligation family as the cited text dates it. 'In force from' is the date in that cited text, not a finding that the family binds YOU. Walk the decision-tree questions below with counsel. Last verified 9 September 2026. Not legal advice.

Does this obligation bind us in 2026? — questions, not a filing

Walk these questions with counsel. Answering them here would be a determination that YOU are bound in 2026. This page does not make that determination. It is a question list, not a filing, not YOUR notice, and not auto-filing. Last verified 9 September 2026. Not legal advice.

Legal requirement versus Commission and AI Office guidance

The table below labels each text. Do not treat guidance as the article, and do not treat the article as optional because a FAQ exists. Last verified 9 September 2026. Not legal advice.

What to do now

As of last verification on 9 September 2026, Article 5 prohibitions and Article 4 literacy have applied since 2 February 2025, GPAI, governance and penalties since 2 August 2025, and the original general-application date of 2 August 2026 has passed. Original Annex I high-risk remains 2 August 2027 under Article 113(c). High-risk dates for Annex III and Annex I were amended by 2026/1744 as Recital 40 and the Commission page present them. The list below is operational preparation. It is not a determination that YOU are bound in 2026. Walk it with counsel.

• Ask counsel whether the Act applies to YOU at all. This page does not run that test. Marking eu_ai_act in an obligation map is not that determination.
• Walk the decision-tree questions on this page against YOUR facts. Answering them here would be a filing. This page is a question list, not a filing.
• Do not scope a 2026 programme as if Annex I product-embedded high-risk applied on 2 August 2026. Article 113(c) of 2024/1689 as originally enacted puts that family on 2 August 2027. Counsel reads 2026/1744 for the amended high-risk dates.
• Do not treat Commission or AI Office guidance as the regulation. Check for changes since last verified 9 September 2026.
• A dedicated GPAI-requirements, AI-incident-reporting, and readiness-checklist guide is not on this site yet. Naming them is not a link. The EU AI Act overview on this site is the pillar page.

Checklist

This is a question list, not a filing, and not YOUR notice. Walk it with counsel. The EU AI Act overview on this site is the pillar page.

• Does the Act apply? Articles 2 and 3. This page does not run that test.
• Which obligation family, if any, and which Article 113 limb dates it? (a) 2 February 2025, (b) 2 August 2025, residual 2 August 2026, (c) 2 August 2027 for Article 6(1). This page does not pick YOUR limb.
• Did 2026/1744 amend that limb? Counsel reads the authentic OJ. This page does not apply the amendment to YOU.
• Article 113 dates are not one number. Original Annex I high-risk is 2 August 2027, not 2 August 2026.
• Check for changes since last verified 9 September 2026.
• Document the assessment, including a not-in-scope or not-yet-in-force decision. This page does not keep YOUR file.

Where this shows up in ShipReady Metrics

The bundled framework key eu_ai_act is customer-visible. Its version label is Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 high-risk obligations (starter subset). It is not in INTERNAL_TESTER_ONLY_FRAMEWORKS. The control-set is a starter subset, illustrative, to be tailored by a compliance owner; not legal advice; not a conformity determination; not CE marking. Readiness is not compliance and not an EU-database registration.

If you already have a session: signed-in app → Compliance → AI governance holds the AI inventory and AI-governance posture. The AI risk register lives with that AI-governance surface. That inventory does not classify YOUR system under Article 6, does not decide that the Act applies, does not decide that YOU are bound in 2026, and does not file with the AI Office or a market-surveillance authority. A named human still owns the assessment.

The obligation map lists frameworks the organisation has marked in-scope, including eu_ai_act if that mark is set. Marking eu_ai_act in-scope is not a determination that you are a provider or a deployer, not a determination that a 2026 obligation binds YOU, and not auto-filing. This product does not auto-file with the AI Office. The cyber risk register lives under Security. It is not an Article 73 serious-incident file.

This page does not document a public demo URL. There is no public EU AI Act demo path. This product does not issue certifications and does not start a clock.

Primary sources (last verified 9 September 2026)

Every regulatory or guidance claim on this page is taken from one of these. If a later revision of a source changes the rule, the date above is how you can see we have not re-checked yet. Check for changes since last verified 9 September 2026.

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of 13 June 2024 (Artificial Intelligence Act), Article 113 and the articles it dates, is a legal requirement only if it applies. Entry into force 1 August 2024. Article 113(a) 2 February 2025; Article 113(b) 2 August 2025; general application 2 August 2026; Article 113(c) Article 6(1) from 2 August 2027. Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI), including Recital 40, is an amending regulation. The European Commission's AI Act page (last update 3 August 2026) and the AI Act Service Desk are Commission materials, not the regulation. EU AI Office GPAI materials are agency/Commission guidance, not the regulation. These are not a complete world list. Not legal advice.

The EU AI Act overview on this site is the pillar page. The EU AI Act framework guide on this site is the education page under frameworks. A dedicated GPAI-requirements, AI-incident-reporting, provider-vs-deployer, and readiness-checklist guide is not on this site yet. Naming them is not a link.

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