AI compliance obligations

Practical requirements extracted from policy instruments, with the source article, the actors they bind, evidence examples and original framework mappings. Legal requirements are marked; everything else is voluntary guidance.

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Legal requirement governance accountability European Union

Use high-risk AI as instructed, monitor it and inform affected people

EU AI Act · Article 26

Deployers of high-risk AI must take technical and organisational measures to use systems according to the instructions, assign human oversight, ensure input data is relevant where they control it, monitor operation, inform the provider and authorities of risks or serious incidents, keep logs, inform workers' representatives before deploying at the workplace, inform affected natural persons where decisions are made about them, and cooperate with authorities.

Source-linked Applies from 2 Aug 2026
Legal requirement impact assessment European Union

Carry out a fundamental rights impact assessment before deployment

EU AI Act · Article 27

Before deploying most Annex III high-risk systems, deployers that are bodies governed by public law or private entities providing public services, and deployers using systems for creditworthiness assessment or life and health insurance pricing, must assess the impact on fundamental rights: the processes, period and frequency of use, categories of affected persons, specific risks of harm, human-oversight measures and mitigation, and notify the market-surveillance authority of the results.

Source-linked Applies from 2 Aug 2026
Legal requirement impact assessment Colorado (United States)

Deployers must complete impact assessments for high-risk AI

Colorado AI Act · C.R.S. 6-1-1703(3)

Deployers must complete an impact assessment before deployment, annually, and within 90 days of any intentional and substantial modification, covering purpose, risks of algorithmic discrimination and mitigation, data categories, performance metrics, transparency measures and post-deployment monitoring, and retain assessments for at least three years.

Source-linked Applies from 30 Jun 2026
Legal requirement risk management United States

Apply minimum risk-management practices to high-impact AI

OMB M-25-21 · Section 4

For AI whose output serves as a principal basis for decisions with significant effects on rights, safety or access to services, agencies must complete pre-deployment testing, an AI impact assessment, ongoing monitoring, operator training, human oversight and a mechanism for affected people to seek remedy, or stop using the AI.

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Legal requirement risk management Colorado (United States)

Deployers must implement a risk management policy and programme

Colorado AI Act · C.R.S. 6-1-1703(2)

Deployers of high-risk AI must implement a risk-management policy and programme governing deployment, specifying principles, processes and personnel used to identify, document and mitigate known or reasonably foreseeable risks of algorithmic discrimination, and reasonable in light of recognised frameworks such as the NIST AI RMF or ISO/IEC 42001.

Source-linked Applies from 30 Jun 2026
Legal requirement technical documentation Colorado (United States)

Developers must document high-risk systems and disclose known risks

Colorado AI Act · C.R.S. 6-1-1702

Developers must make available to deployers a general statement of intended uses, documentation of known or reasonably foreseeable risks of algorithmic discrimination, training-data summaries, limitations, performance evaluation and mitigation measures, and information needed for deployer impact assessments, and must publish a public statement describing their high-risk systems and how they manage discrimination risks.

Source-linked Applies from 30 Jun 2026
Legal requirement transparency Colorado (United States)

Notify consumers and explain adverse consequential decisions

Colorado AI Act · C.R.S. 6-1-1703(4)

Before a high-risk system makes a consequential decision, deployers must notify the consumer that AI is used, describe its purpose and nature, and provide contact and opt-out information where applicable. After an adverse decision they must state the principal reasons, the data used and its sources, and offer an opportunity to correct data and to appeal for human review where feasible.

Source-linked Applies from 30 Jun 2026
Voluntary guidance governance accountability Nepal

Government bodies to promote ethical, responsible and inclusive AI (policy commitment)

Nepal National AI Policy · Policy objectives and strategies (to be confirmed against the official text)

The policy commits the government to ethical, transparent and inclusive AI, data governance and institutional oversight. The specific strategies and any obligations on private actors must be confirmed from the official document; this record intentionally does not state details that could not be verified.

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