# EU AI Act general application begins; Article 50 transparency duties now apply

- **Record type**: Change log entry
- **Occurred on**: 2026-08-02
- **Jurisdiction**: European Union
- **Instrument**: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — Artificial Intelligence Act
- **Impact level**: High
- **Status after the change**: Partially applicable

## 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 it means in practice

Label AI interactions and synthetic content now; high-risk conformity work runs to the deferred dates.

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2026-08-02-eu-ai-act-general-application-and-article-50-transparency-begin
- **Official source**: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj
- **Source document**: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 113 as amended
- **Published by**: Official Journal of the European Union
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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