EU AI Act Article 50 Transparency Kit
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In brief
The EU AI Act Article 50 Transparency Kit is a free DOCX and XLSX kit for EU AI Act. Notice texts and a checklist for the transparency duties of Article 50: chatbot disclosure, synthetic content marking, deepfake and emotion-recognition notices, with the application date from the record. It is licensed CC BY 4.0 and is not legal advice.
- Format
- DOCX and XLSX · Kit
- Version
- v47, built 12 Nov 2026
- Duties cited
- 8 from 1 instruments
- Rows from the records
- 12
- Frameworks
- EU AI Act
- Written for
- Deployer / user organisation, Public authority / government body, Provider / developer
- Price and licence
- Free · CC BY 4.0
What's inside
- Document: a notice template for each Article 50 duty, with the duty it serves cited
- Checklist sheet: each duty, applies-from date, owner, status, evidence
- The dates as recorded, with the record's own note where they may be superseded
Dates: Dates are as recorded on the build date. EU AI Act: Dates below follow Article 113 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (the "Digital Omnibus on AI"), published in the Official Journal on 24 July 2026 and in force from 27 July 2026: the Chapter III high-risk obligations now apply from 2 December 2027 for stand-alone Annex III systems and from 2 August 2028 for AI embedded in Annex I products, while general application and the Article 50 transparency duties kept 2 August 2026. Recorded on 26 September 2026 from concordant secondary reporting; the amending regulation itself has not yet been read against the Official Journal by a reviewer here, so these dates are pending review.
Preview
The sheets and sections of version v47, as built. Columns marked ▾ have a dropdown; ƒ is a formula.
Sheet: Checklist
| Article 50 duty | Reference | Applies from | Owner | Status ▾ | Evidence | Machine-readable marking in place ▾ | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclose AI interaction and label synthetic content | Article 50 | 2026-08-02 | https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/eu-ai-act-transparency-article-50 | ||||
| Providers of generative AI must mark synthetic output as artificially generated in a machine-readable way | Article 50(2) | 2026-08-02 | https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/eu-ai-act-art-50-2-synthetic-content-marking | ||||
| Deployers of emotion recognition or biometric categorisation must inform exposed persons | Article 50(3) | 2026-08-02 | https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/eu-ai-act-art-50-3-emotion-recognition-notice | ||||
| Deployers must disclose deepfakes and AI-generated text published on matters of public interest | Article 50(4) | 2026-08-02 | https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/eu-ai-act-art-50-4-deepfake-and-public-interest-text-disclosure |
Dates as recorded; see the record for any note that they may be superseded.
Sheet: Transparency duties
| Duty | Category | Instrument | Jurisdiction | Who it binds | Nature | Source reference | Applies from | What it requires | Evidence a reviewer expects | ISO/IEC 42001 | NIST AI RMF | Verification | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provide deployers with clear instructions for use | Transparency and disclosure | EU AI Act | European Union | Provider / developer | Legal requirement | Article 13 | 2027-12-02 | High-risk AI systems must be designed so their operation is sufficiently transparent for deployers to interpret output and use it appropriately, and must be acc | Instructions for use | Annex A controls on information for interested parties | GOVERN 4.x, MAP 1.x | Pending review · source-linked | https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/eu-ai-act-transparency-to-deployers |
| Disclose AI interaction and label synthetic content | Transparency and disclosure | EU AI Act | European Union | Provider / developer, Deployer / user organisation | Legal requirement | Article 50 | 2026-08-02 | Providers must ensure AI systems intended to interact with people inform them they are dealing with AI unless obvious; providers of systems generating synthetic | Disclosure and watermarking design record | Annex A control on communication with interested parties | GOVERN 4.x; NIST AI 600-1 content provenance suggestions | Pending review · source-linked | https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/eu-ai-act-transparency-article-50 |
| Employers must inform workers and their representatives before using high-risk AI at work | Transparency and disclosure | EU AI Act | European Union | Deployer / user organisation, Public authority / government body | Legal requirement | Article 26(7) | 2027-12-02 | Before putting a high-risk AI system into service or using it at the workplace, a deployer that is an employer must tell the workers' representatives and the af | Worker and works-council notification; Consultation minutes | Annex A.8.5 | GOVERN 5.1, MAP 1.6 | Verified against the official source 26 Sep 2026 | https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/eu-ai-act-art-26-7-worker-information |
| Deployers must tell natural persons that a high-risk AI system is used in decisions about them | Transparency and disclosure | EU AI Act | European Union | Deployer / user organisation, Public authority / government body | Legal requirement | Article 26(11) | 2027-12-02 | Deployers of Annex III high-risk AI systems that take decisions about natural persons, or help take them, must inform those persons that they are subject to the | Affected-person notice template and placement record | Annex A.8.5 | GOVERN 5.1, MANAGE 4.1 | Verified against the official source 26 Sep 2026 | https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/eu-ai-act-art-26-11-notice-to-affected-persons |
| Providers of generative AI must mark synthetic output as artificially generated in a machine-readable way | Transparency and disclosure | EU AI Act | European Union | Provider / developer, General-purpose AI model provider | Legal requirement | Article 50(2) | 2026-08-02 | Providers of AI systems, including general-purpose AI systems, that generate synthetic audio, image, video or text must ensure the output is marked in a machine | Provenance marking design and robustness test report; Output sample with embedded machine-readable mark | Annex A.8.2, A.6.2.4 | MEASURE 2.7, MANAGE 4.1 | Verified against the official source 26 Sep 2026 | https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/eu-ai-act-art-50-2-synthetic-content-marking |
| Deployers of emotion recognition or biometric categorisation must inform exposed persons | Transparency and disclosure | EU AI Act | European Union | Deployer / user organisation, Public authority / government body | Legal requirement | Article 50(3) | 2026-08-02 | A deployer of an emotion recognition system or a biometric categorisation system must inform the natural persons exposed to it that the system is operating and | Exposure notice and signage; Lawful-basis record for biometric processing | Annex A.8.5 | GOVERN 5.1, MEASURE 2.10 | Verified against the official source 26 Sep 2026 | https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/eu-ai-act-art-50-3-emotion-recognition-notice |
Document outline (DOCX)
- What Article 50 requires
- Disclose AI interaction and label synthetic content
- Notice for systems that interact with people
- Providers of generative AI must mark synthetic output as artificially generated in a machine-readable way
- Marking of synthetic content
- Deployers of emotion recognition or biometric categorisation must inform exposed persons
- Notice for systems that interact with people
- Deployers must disclose deepfakes and AI-generated text published on matters of public interest
- Disclosure for deepfakes
How to use it
- 1Request the files. Enter your name, company and work email in the form on this page. The DOCX and XLSX download links arrive by email and work for 7 days.
- 2Read the README page. It states the version (v47), the dataset it was built from and the licence, so anyone reviewing your copy knows which records it reflects.
- 3Check the duties against your situation. The "Checklist" and "Transparency duties" sheets list the recorded duties with their source references. Mark which apply to you and follow each link to the official text.
- 4Complete the document. Work through the DOCX sections (What Article 50 requires) and replace each placeholder with your organisation's answer.
- 5Keep the evidence and watch for new versions. Link each completed row to the evidence that supports it. When the law on record changes, this template gets a new version and a changelog on this page.
Duties this template covers (8)
Each is cited in the file with its source reference and a link back to the record.
- Provide deployers with clear instructions for use
- Disclose AI interaction and label synthetic content
- Employers must inform workers and their representatives before using high-risk AI at work
- Deployers must tell natural persons that a high-risk AI system is used in decisions about them
- Providers of generative AI must mark synthetic output as artificially generated in a machine-readable way
- Deployers of emotion recognition or biometric categorisation must inform exposed persons
- Deployers must disclose deepfakes and AI-generated text published on matters of public interest
- Deployers must explain individual decisions taken with high-risk AI on request
Legal basis
Version history
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Only the latest version is served. A rebuild that changes the content adds a version; a rebuild that does not is skipped.
Frequently asked questions
What is in the EU AI Act Article 50 Transparency Kit?
Document: a notice template for each Article 50 duty, with the duty it serves cited. Checklist sheet: each duty, applies-from date, owner, status, evidence. The dates as recorded, with the record's own note where they may be superseded.
Which duties does it cite?
8 recorded duties from EU AI Act, including Article 13, Article 50, Article 26(7), Article 26(11), Article 50(2) and Article 50(3). Each row links to the record, and the record to the official source.
Who is it for?
The duties it cites fall on deployer / user organisation, public authority / government body and provider / developer. Whoever owns AI governance for those roles usually completes it, with the system owner supplying the facts.
Is it free?
Yes. Request the DOCX and XLSX with your work email on this page; the download links arrive by email, valid for 7 days. No account and no charge. Licensed CC BY 4.0. You may use, adapt and share this template, including commercially, with attribution to aipolicytracker.org.
How will I know when it changes?
Version v47 was built on 12 November 2026. The library is rebuilt daily; when a change to the records reaches this template it gets the next version, a changelog below and an entry in the templates feed.
Are the dates in it current?
Dates are as recorded on the build date. EU AI Act: Dates below follow Article 113 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (the "Digital Omnibus on AI"), published in the Official Journal on 24 July 2026 and in force from 27 July 2026: the Chapter III high-risk obligations now apply from 2 December 2027 for stand-alone Annex III systems and from 2 August 2028 for AI embedded in Annex I products, while general application and the Article 50 transparency duties kept 2 August 2026. Recorded on 26 September 2026 from concordant secondary reporting; the amending regulation itself has not yet been read against the Official Journal by a reviewer here, so these dates are pending review.
Is there a self-assessment that goes with it?
Yes: the AI Transparency & Disclosure Assessment (20 questions, about 5 minutes). It is free and runs on Certifyi, a related product. A score is a self-check, not an audit; this template is where the work it points to gets written down.
Does completing it make us compliant?
No. It is an informational resource, not legal advice; it helps produce the evidence a regulator, customer or auditor asks for. Whether a duty applies to you is a judgement the template cannot make.
Disclaimer: informational only, not legal advice. Verify every claim against the linked official sources and consult a qualified lawyer before acting.