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EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689)
The EU's horizontal regulation for artificial intelligence, classifying systems by risk and attaching obligations to each tier. It entered into force on 1 August 2024; prohibited practices and AI literacy applied from 2 February 2025, general-purpose AI obligations from 2 August 2025, and Article 50 transparency obligations from 2 August 2026. The Digital Omnibus on AI, approved by the Council on 29 June 2026, deferred stand-alone high-risk (Annex III) obligations to 2 December 2027 and high-risk AI embedded in regulated products (Annex I) to 2 August 2028.