EU AI Act general application begins; Article 50 transparency duties now apply
Concerns EU AI Act
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In brief
EU AI Act general application begins; Article 50 transparency duties now apply. Recorded for the European Union on 2 August 2026. It concerns the EU AI Act. The general application date in Article 113 arrived. Afterwards the instrument is recorded as partially applicable. In practice: Label AI interactions and synthetic content now; high-risk conformity work runs to the deferred dates.
- Date
- 2 August 2026
- Jurisdiction
- European Union
- Instrument
- EU AI Act
- Impact
- High
- Status afterwards
- Partially applicable
- Official source
- Official Journal of the European Union
What changed?
The general application date in Article 113 arrived. Chatbot disclosure, synthetic-content marking and deepfake labelling under Article 50 now apply; the high-risk obligations do not, having been deferred by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744. Recorded from secondary reporting; confirm against the Official Journal text.
What does it mean in practice?
Label AI interactions and synthetic content now; high-risk conformity work runs to the deferred dates.
Official source
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 113 as amendedOfficial Journal of the European Union · 24 Jul 2026
Cite this record
AIPolicyTracker (2026). “EU AI Act general application begins; Article 50 transparency duties now apply” [AIPT-CHG-0143, record version 1, verified 8 October 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0143 (accessed 12 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Cite the official text alongside it: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 113 as amended, Official Journal of the European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj.
BibTeX
@misc{aipolicytracker2026_euaiactgeneralapplicatio,
author = {{AIPolicyTracker}},
title = {{EU AI Act general application begins; Article 50 transparency duties now apply}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2026-08-02-eu-ai-act-general-application-and-article-50-transparency-begin}},
url = {https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2026-08-02-eu-ai-act-general-application-and-article-50-transparency-begin},
urldate = {2026-11-12},
note = {Data licensed CC BY 4.0. Accessed 12 November 2026}
}
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