--- title: "EU AI Act timeline" url: "https://ailawframework.com/eu-ai-act" type: "eu_ai_act" site: "AI Law Framework" last_reviewed: "2026-11-01" --- # EU AI Act timeline > When each part of the EU AI Act applies after the Digital Omnibus on AI (Regulation (EU) 2026/1744), with EUR-Lex sources. Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/eu-ai-act Last reviewed: 2026-11-01 Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt ## EU AI Act timeline When each part of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 applies, after the Digital Omnibus on AI moved the high-risk rules to December 2027 and August 2028. Checked against the sources below on 1 November 2026. ### Dates of application #### 2 February 2025: General provisions and prohibited practices Chapters I and II apply: the scope, the definitions, the AI literacy duty in Article 4 and the prohibited practices in Article 5. The Omnibus has since replaced Article 4 so that providers and deployers must take measures to support AI literacy, with no duty to guarantee a specific level for any individual. Source: [Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the AI Act), EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng). #### 2 August 2025: General-purpose AI models, governance and penalties Chapter III Section 4 (notified bodies), Chapter V (general-purpose AI models), Chapter VII (governance), Chapter XII (penalties) and Article 78 apply, except Article 101. Source: [Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the AI Act), EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng). #### 2 August 2026: General date of application The Regulation applies generally from this date, including the transparency duties in Article 50. The high-risk rules for Annex III systems were due on this date and have been deferred to 2 December 2027. The rules for Annex I products were due on 2 August 2027 and are now 2 August 2028. Source: [Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the AI Act), EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng). #### 2 December 2026: New prohibitions and the marking transition ends The new prohibitions in Article 5(1)(ba) and (bb) apply: AI systems that generate or manipulate intimate images of an identifiable person without that person’s consent, and AI systems that generate or manipulate child sexual abuse material (subject to a "without right" defence under national law). Providers of generative AI systems placed on the market before 2 August 2026 must also comply with the Article 50(2) marking duty by this date. Source: [Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (the Digital Omnibus on AI), Official Journal, 24 July 2026](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj/eng). Date set or changed by the Omnibus. #### 2 December 2027: High-risk AI systems listed in Annex III Chapter III Sections 1, 2 and 3 apply to AI systems that are high-risk under Article 6(2) and Annex III (for example employment, education, essential services and law enforcement uses). The Omnibus moved this from 2 August 2026 and fixed a calendar date instead of linking it to the completion of standards. Source: [Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (the Digital Omnibus on AI), Official Journal, 24 July 2026](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj/eng). Date set or changed by the Omnibus. #### 2 August 2028: High-risk AI systems that are safety components of regulated products Chapter III Sections 1, 2 and 3 apply to AI systems that are high-risk under Article 6(1) and Annex I. The original date was 2 August 2027. Source: [Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (the Digital Omnibus on AI), Official Journal, 24 July 2026](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj/eng). Date set or changed by the Omnibus. ### What the Digital Omnibus changed - The Commission proposed the Digital Omnibus on AI on 19 November 2025 and a political agreement was reached on 7 May 2026. - Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 is dated 8 July 2026, was published in the Official Journal on 24 July 2026 and entered into force on 27 July 2026, before the original 2 August 2026 high-risk date. - It does not reopen the risk framework. It moves the high-risk dates, adds the two prohibitions in Article 5(1)(ba) and (bb), replaces the AI literacy duty in Article 4, and gives a transition to 2 December 2026 for the Article 50(2) marking duty for generative systems already on the market. - Providers and deployers of high-risk AI systems intended for use by public authorities must take the necessary steps to comply by 2 August 2030 where the systems were placed on the market before the date of application of Chapter III. ### Sources and limits - [Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the AI Act), EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng) - [Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (the Digital Omnibus on AI), Official Journal, 24 July 2026](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj/eng) - [European Commission, "AI Omnibus enters into force"](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/ai-omnibus-enters-force) - [European Commission, AI Act policy page](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai) - [European Commission, AI Act Service Desk, timeline for the implementation of the EU AI Act](https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/timeline/timeline-implementation-eu-ai-act) This is general information, not legal advice. The dates are those in the text of the two Regulations as published. Check the current consolidated text on EUR-Lex before you rely on a date.