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EU AI Act: the compliance clock from 2024 to 2027

The EU AI Act did not arrive all at once. It entered into force on 1 August 2024, then rolled out in waves through 2025, 2026, and 2027[1][2].

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First wave: 2 February 2025. That is when prohibitions and AI literacy obligations entered into application, including Article 4 AI literacy duties[3][4][5].

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Second wave: 2 August 2025. The governance rules and obligations for general-purpose AI models became applicable, and the Commission says providers face a softer first-year posture if they cooperate in good faith[6][7][8].

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Third wave: 2 August 2026. The Act is fully applicable, Article 50 transparency obligations apply, and the main high-risk rules enter into application. From this date, Article 4 AI literacy supervision starts too[9][10][11][12][13].

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There is one later runway: 2 August 2027 for high-risk AI systems embedded in regulated products. The sources frame it as an extended transition period, not a new rule set[14][15][16].

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