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August 2, 2026 Deadline — 139 Days, 2h 12m 10s

The EU AI Act Is Already Being Enforced. Are You Ready?

Prohibited AI practices have been enforceable since February 2025. GPAI transparency obligations since August 2025. High-risk AI system requirements take full effect August 2, 2026. Aguardic automates compliance with pre-built policy packs and continuous enforcement.

Pre-built EU AI Act policy pack with auto-updating rules

AI System Registry with EU AI Act risk classification (Minimal, Limited, High-Risk, Unacceptable)

Continuous evaluation with audit trails mapped to framework requirements

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Enforcement Timeline

What's Already in Effect — and What's Coming

February 2, 2025Already in Effect

Prohibited AI Practices

AI systems posing unacceptable risk are banned. Social scoring, manipulative AI, and most real-time biometric identification prohibited.

Penalty: Up to €35M or 7% of global revenue

August 2, 2025Already in Effect

GPAI Model Obligations

Providers of general-purpose AI models must comply with transparency requirements, copyright policies, and systemic risk assessments.

August 2, 2026Coming in 139 days

High-Risk AI Systems (Annex III)

Full compliance required: quality management systems, risk management frameworks, technical documentation, conformity assessments, EU database registration. Transparency obligations (Article 50) enforceable.

Penalty: Up to €15M or 3% of global revenue

August 2, 2027Future

Full Application

All remaining provisions. Legacy GPAI systems must comply. Product-embedded high-risk systems deadline.

How Aguardic Helps

Automate EU AI Act Compliance Instead of Building It Yourself

AI System Registry

Register and classify your AI systems using EU AI Act risk tiers (Minimal, Limited, High-Risk, Unacceptable). Track deployment status, data categories, and affected subjects. AI-assisted risk classification suggestions.

Pre-Built EU AI Act Policy Pack

Enforceable rules covering AI disclosure requirements, high-risk AI use detection, prohibited AI practice detection, and AI-generated content labeling — with additional rules added as guidance evolves. Rules auto-update when regulations change.

Continuous Compliance Evidence

Every AI output, code commit, and document evaluated automatically. Audit trails generated with full context — who triggered it, what was checked, why it passed or failed. Export evidence for regulators.

The Cost of Non-Compliance

EU AI Act Penalties Exceed GDPR

€35M or 7%

Maximum penalty for prohibited AI practices

Already enforceable

€15M or 3%

Maximum penalty for high-risk AI system non-compliance

August 2026

€7.5M or 1.5%

Maximum penalty for providing incorrect information to authorities

August 2026

Penalties are calculated as the higher of the fixed amount or the percentage of total worldwide annual turnover.

Does This Apply to You?

The EU AI Act Applies If You Serve EU Users — Regardless of Where You're Based

You're a Provider if you:

  • Develop AI systems placed on the EU market
  • Build AI products used by EU customers
  • Offer GPAI models (LLMs, foundation models) to EU deployers

You're a Deployer if you:

  • Use AI systems in your EU operations
  • Deploy AI for decisions affecting EU citizens (hiring, credit, healthcare)
  • Integrate third-party AI into products serving EU users

Both providers and deployers have compliance obligations. If your AI product has a single EU user, the Act applies to you.

Organizations that proactively demonstrate EU AI Act compliance gain a competitive advantage in enterprise sales — turning regulation into a trust signal.

Get Compliant in Three Steps

From Zero to EU AI Act Compliance

Step 1

Register Your AI Systems

Use Aguardic's AI System Registry to inventory every AI system. Classify risk level using EU AI Act tiers. Get AI-assisted classification suggestions.

Step 2

Install the EU AI Act Policy Pack

One-click install from the marketplace. Pre-configured rules covering disclosure, high-risk detection, prohibited practices, and content labeling — with new rules added as guidance evolves.

Step 3

Connect and Enforce

Link your AI tools (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, GitHub, Slack). Every output is evaluated against EU AI Act rules automatically. Evidence generates itself.

Already have internal AI governance documents? Upload them and extract enforceable rules automatically

August 2026 Is 139 Days Away. Start Now.

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