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title: "AI Act dates, as amended"
url: https://euaiactaudit.com/en/dates
published: 2026-10-29T14:55:45.194Z
updated: 2026-10-29T14:55:45.194Z
summary: "Every application date of the EU AI Act as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, with the article, the source and the dates that moved."
---

# AI Act dates, as amended

> Every application date of the EU AI Act as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, with the article, the source and the dates that moved.

The AI Act applies in phases. In July 2026 the amending Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 moved the dates for high-risk systems. The table below shows every date as the law stands now. Where a date moved, the old one stays, struck through.

## What the dates mean, in general terms

- **2 February 2025.** The prohibited practices of Art. 5 apply, and so does the duty to support AI literacy (Art. 4). These apply to everyone who provides or uses AI in the EU, whatever the risk class.
- **2 August 2025.** Duties for providers of general-purpose AI models, the governance chapter and the penalty rules apply.
- **2 August 2026.** The transparency duties of Art. 50 apply, and authorities can enforce the rules that apply so far.
- **2 December 2026.** New prohibitions apply to AI that generates non-consensual sexual deepfakes or child sexual abuse material. AI systems placed on the market before 2 August 2026 must mark their synthetic output by this date (Art. 50(2), Art. 111(4)).
- **2 December 2027.** The high-risk rules apply to systems listed in Annex III, such as AI used in hiring, education, credit or essential services. This date was 2 August 2026 before the amendment.
- **2 August 2028.** The high-risk rules apply to AI that is part of products covered by the EU product laws in Annex I. This date was 2 August 2027 before the amendment.

:::note The next date: 2 December 2026
The new prohibitions and the marking duty for older systems start on 2 December 2026. Read what changes on the page on prohibited practices and on transparency.
:::

## Read what applies to deployers

Most firms use AI they did not build. The Act calls them deployers.

## Sources

- [EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:L_202401689)
- [EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:L_202601744)
- [AI Act Service Desk, implementation timeline](https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/ai-act/timeline/timeline-implementation-eu-ai-act)
- [Bundesnetzagentur, press release 29 Jul 2026](https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2026/20260729_KI_VO.html)