EU AI Act Risk Navigator

The EU AI Act: If You Use AI in the EU, You Are Affected

The EU AI Act is a European law that regulates how companies build and use artificial intelligence. It sorts every AI system into a risk category, from banned uses to no special rules at all.

Your obligations and your deadline depend entirely on which category your system falls into.

• February 2, 2025 — Banned AI practices are already illegal today.
• August 2, 2026 — Rules on AI transparency and general-purpose AI models take effect.
• December 2, 2027 — Rules for most high-risk AI systems take effect.
• August 2, 2028 — Rules for AI built into regulated products, such as medical devices, take effect.

Fines for Non-Compliance

• Using a banned AI practice: up to €35 million or 7% of global annual revenue, whichever is higher.
• Breaking high-risk or other obligations: up to €15 million or 3% of global annual revenue, whichever is higher.
• Giving false or incomplete information to regulators: up to €7.5 million or 1% of global annual revenue, whichever is higher.
• Smaller companies and startups pay the lower of the two amounts, not the higher one.

This assessment indicates to you which category applies to your system today, and what deadline and fine tier that puts you under.

It is not legal advice (Rechtsberatung) and does not constitute legal advice otherwise under the Rechtsberatungsgesetz (RDG). It comes without any guarantee, warranty or similar obligations. The receiving party is solely responsible and accountable to prove and take the corresponding actions.