EU AI Act deadlines at a glance
The Act does not arrive all at once. These are the dates that matter for a deployer, with the one most SMBs plan around marked.
Updated May 2026
The dates
Article 4 literacy duty and Article 5 prohibitions apply.
General-purpose AI model obligations and governance provisions apply.
Article 50 transparency duties apply, such as disclosing AI interactions and labelling AI-generated content.
The core deployer obligations for Annex III high-risk systems apply. Postponed from 2 August 2026 by the 2026 Digital Omnibus.
High-risk systems that are safety components of regulated products. Postponed from 2 August 2027.
Systems placed on the market before the Act, in certain cases.
The one to plan around
For most SMBs, the core deployer obligations for high-risk systems apply on 2 December 2027 (postponed from 2 August 2026 by the 2026 Digital Omnibus). The nearer date, 2 August 2026, brings the Article 50 transparency duties. The literacy duty and the prohibitions have applied since February 2025 already. Your Compliance Roadmap shows the closest deadline for your own setup, and there is a live countdown in the library deadlines page.
Veillo is compliance tooling, not a law firm. Even counsel-reviewed content is general reference, not legal advice on your specific situation.
How the roadmap derives your duties from your register, how the weighted health score is calculated, and how to work through it.
Where to read up on the EU AI Act itself: the plain-English guides, the Annex III explorer, the deadlines, and the FAQ.
The Updates feed carries curated guidance from the AI Office and national regulators, flagged to your sector and systems. How relevance is decided and what changes when guidance does.
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