Compliance Deadline

EU AI Act
Countdown

High-risk AI system obligations and transparency rules take effect on August 2, 2026. Is your AI agent compliant?

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Until August 2, 2026 — High-risk AI obligations & transparency rules

What's at Stake

The EU AI Act applies to any company offering AI systems in the EU market, regardless of where they're headquartered.

7%
Global Revenue

Max fine for prohibited AI practices. Up to EUR 35 million.

3%
Global Revenue

Max fine for high-risk system non-compliance. Up to EUR 15 million.

1%
Global Revenue

Fine for supplying incorrect info to authorities. Up to EUR 7.5 million.

Implementation Timeline

February 2, 2025 In Effect

Prohibited Practices & AI Literacy

  • No social scoring, manipulative AI, or untargeted facial scraping
  • No emotion recognition in workplaces or schools
  • All staff interacting with AI must be adequately trained
August 2, 2025 In Effect

GPAI Model Obligations & Governance

  • General-purpose AI model providers must comply (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.)
  • Copyright policy compliance and training data transparency
  • National competent authorities designated by each member state
  • EU AI Board, Scientific Panel, and Advisory Forum established
August 2, 2026 Upcoming

High-Risk AI Obligations & Transparency Rules

  • Transparency: All AI interactions must disclose they are AI
  • Synthetic content: AI-generated images, audio, video must be labeled
  • High-risk systems: Conformity assessments, risk management, human oversight
  • Documentation: Technical docs, logging, record-keeping required
  • AI agents in HR, finance, insurance, education: Full compliance required
Note: The EU's "Digital Omnibus" proposal may push high-risk deadlines to December 2027, but legal experts recommend treating August 2026 as the binding deadline.
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August 2, 2027 Future

Full Enforcement

  • All remaining provisions fully enforced
  • GPAI models placed on market before Aug 2025 must be fully compliant
  • Product safety AI systems (Annex I) fully regulated

Is Your AI Agent High-Risk?

AI systems in these categories face the strictest requirements under the EU AI Act (Annex III).

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Employment & HR

Recruitment, screening, hiring decisions, performance evaluation, task allocation, termination

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Financial Services

Credit scoring, loan decisions, insurance risk assessment, fraud detection

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Education

Student assessment, admissions decisions, learning path personalization

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Justice & Law Enforcement

Evidence assessment, crime analytics, profiling, judicial decision support

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Critical Infrastructure

Energy, water, transport, digital infrastructure management

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Biometrics

Remote identification, biometric categorization, emotion recognition

Compliance Checklist for AI Agent Teams

What you need to have in place before August 2, 2026.

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How AgentShield Gets You Compliant

AgentShield covers 6 of 8 EU AI Act requirements out of the box.

Risk Management

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Human Oversight

Human-in-the-loop approval workflows. Your agent pauses on high-risk actions, waits for human approval, then proceeds.

Logging & Audit Trail

Full agent tracing with span trees. Every LLM call, tool use, and decision logged with timestamps, tokens, and costs.

Compliance Reports

Auto-generated EU AI Act compliance reports. Agent inventory, risk summaries, audit trail, and approval history — ready for regulators.

Bias & Adversarial Testing

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Cost & Performance Monitoring

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