{"slug":"eu-ai-act-art-52-systemic-risk-notification","id":"AIPT-OBL-0042","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0042","title":"Providers of GPAI models must notify the Commission within two weeks of meeting the systemic-risk threshold","short_title":"Notifying a systemic-risk GPAI model","category":"governance_accountability","summary":"A provider whose general-purpose AI model meets the Article 51(1)(a) high-impact capability condition, which is presumed once cumulative training compute exceeds 10^25 floating-point operations, must notify the Commission without delay and in any event within two weeks of the condition being met or of learning that it will be met. The notification may include arguments that the model nonetheless does not present systemic risk; the Commission decides and keeps a public list of designated models.\n","practical_action":"Track cumulative training compute per model against the threshold and pre-draft the notification and any rebuttal arguments.\n","is_binding":true,"applies_from":"2025-08-02","section":"Articles 51–56","source_reference":"Article 52(1)","official_source_url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj","review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"high","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":null,"actors":["gpai_provider"],"sectors":["cross_sector"],"use_cases":["generative_ai"],"applicability":[{"description":"Providers of general-purpose AI models approaching or exceeding the compute threshold, including during training.","actors":["gpai_provider"],"conditions":null}],"evidence_examples":[{"title":"Training compute tracking record","description":null,"artifact_type":"register"},{"title":"Notification to the Commission","description":null,"artifact_type":"document"}],"framework_mappings":[{"framework":"iso_42001","framework_name":"ISO/IEC 42001:2023","reference":"Clause 4.2; Annex A.8.3","note":"Interested-party requirements and external reporting.","confidence_level":"low","is_original":true},{"framework":"nist_ai_rmf","framework_name":"NIST AI RMF 1.0","reference":"GOVERN 1.1, MAP 1.1","note":"Legal requirement tracking and system context.","confidence_level":"medium","is_original":true}],"controls":[{"slug":"frontier-model-safety-framework","title":"Frontier model safety and security framework","kind":"policy","relationship":"satisfies","note":"Compute tracking and threshold notification are part of the framework.","confidence_level":"high","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/frontier-model-safety-framework"}],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/eu-ai-act-art-52-systemic-risk-notification","policy":{"slug":"eu-ai-act","title":"Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — Artificial Intelligence Act","status":"partially_applicable","jurisdiction":"eu","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/eu-ai-act"}}