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

Concerns EU AI Act

Verified against the official source 8 Oct 2026 · reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review or legal advice)
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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

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

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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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