- Applies to: Industry
- All industries
- Applies to: Type of AI
- All AI systems, General-purpose AI models, Frontier models above a compute or capability threshold, Automated decision-making systems, Biometric identification and categorisation, Emotion recognition, Generative AI services, Synthetic media and deepfake generation, Employment and workplace AI, Education AI, Law enforcement and justice AI
- Who must comply
- AI developers and providers, Deployers and operators, Importers and distributors, Manufacturers, Public bodies
- Proposed
- 21 Apr 2021
- Effective
- 1 Aug 2024
- Enforcement from
- 2 Aug 2025
- Compliance deadline
- 2 Aug 2028
- Company-size thresholds
- Simplified documentation and lower fine ceilings for SMEs and, after the Digital Omnibus, small mid-caps
- Revenue thresholds
- Fines up to 7% of worldwide annual turnover for prohibited practices, 3% for other obligations, 1% for incorrect information
- User thresholds
- General-purpose AI models with systemic risk presumed above 10^25 FLOP of training compute
- Enforced by
- National market surveillance authorities and notifying authorities in each member state; the European AI Office for general-purpose AI models; the European Artificial Intelligence Board for coordination
- Penalty type
- Administrative fine, Revenue-based fine, Product recall or ban, Injunction or order
- Penalties
- Up to €35 million or 7% of worldwide annual turnover for prohibited practices; up to €15 million or 3% for other obligations; up to €7.5 million or 1% for supplying incorrect information; SMEs pay the lower of the two amounts. Authorities may also order withdrawal or recall of non-compliant systems.