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The AI Regulatory Calendar.

Deadlines, implementation dates and standards milestones — with the actors each one actually affects. Regulation is not a single date. It arrives in phases, and different obligations attach to different roles.

Tracked events7 demo
Jurisdictions3
Next milestoneSep 2026 · Standards
Last monitored11 Aug 2026
Demo calendar
AUG 202602 Aug 2026
In force Obligation EU

General-purpose AI model obligations — transparency documentation

Documentation and transparency obligations applying to providers of general-purpose AI models placed on the EU market.

Affects
SEP 2026Sep 2026
In progress Standards EU

CEN-CENELEC standards work programme milestone

Harmonised standards development milestone. Conformity via harmonised standards is the practical route for most high-risk providers.

Affects
Q4 2026Q4 2026
In progress Implementation Norway

Norway — EEA incorporation assessment concludes

Outcome determines the timing and mechanism by which AI Act obligations take effect in Norwegian law.

Affects
Q4 2026Q4 2026
In progress Implementation Italy

Italy — competent authority designation

Designation of national competent authorities and market surveillance responsibilities.

Affects
AUG 202702 Aug 2027
Phased Obligation EU

High-risk AI system obligations — full application

Risk management, data governance, technical documentation, logging, human oversight, accuracy and robustness obligations apply in full to high-risk systems.

Affects
20272027
Phased Obligation EU

Post-market monitoring and incident reporting maturity

Providers must operate post-market monitoring and report serious incidents to competent authorities.

Affects
20282028
Phased Obligation EU

High-risk systems embedded in regulated products

Extended transition for AI systems that are safety components of products covered by existing EU harmonisation legislation.

Affects
Reading the calendarAGNUS analysis

A date on this calendar is not a compliance deadline for every organization. Obligations attach to the role you play for a specific system — provider, deployer, importer or distributor. The same organization can hold different roles for different systems, and can change role by modifying a system it merely deployed.