AI Act

The EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) is the European Union’s horizontal regulatory framework for AI systems, establishing risk-based obligations for providers and deployers of AI, including prohibited practices and requirements for high-risk AI systems and certain GPAI models.

• Risk-based approach: prohibited, high-risk, limited-risk transparency, and general-purpose AI provisions
• Obligations for providers, deployers, importers, and distributors as defined
• Phased application dates published in the official regulation and Commission guidance materials

The EU AI Act is central to AI product compliance roadmaps for organizations placing AI systems on the EU market or putting them into service. Conformity assessment, documentation, and transparency duties vary by system classification.

• Obligations and timelines are classification-dependent; do not assume every AI product is “high-risk”
• Secondary legislation and standards development continue after adoption

Global vendors selling into the EU must track classification and compliance duties.

• Product compliance planning
• Risk classification workshops
• Documentation and monitoring design

• Shared vocabulary for AI risk in the EU market

• Legal interpretation requires counsel
• Guidance continues to develop

• Not every AI system is “high-risk”
• The Act is not a substitute for sector rules (e.g., medical devices)

Does Brel provide legal advice on the AI Act?

No. Glossary entries summarize publicly described structure and link official sources.

• EUR-Lex — Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act)
• European Commission — AI Act policy page