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AI Act: phased application timeline
Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI), published in the Official Journal on 24 July 2026 and in force since 27 July 2026, sets the final calendar of the AI Act. The dates below are definitive.
The Article 5 prohibitions and the AI literacy obligation (Article 4) apply since this date, unchanged.
The obligations on general-purpose AI models (Chapter V) apply since this date, unchanged. Models placed on the market before this date benefit from a transition until 2 August 2027 (Article 111(3)).
The AI Act enters into general application. The Article 50 transparency obligations apply. The Article 101 fines for providers of general-purpose AI models become applicable.
The new Article 5 prohibition of AI systems generating non-consensual intimate imagery or child sexual abuse material applies. The transitional period of the Article 50(2) machine-readable marking obligation ends for generative AI systems already on the EU market before 2 August 2026.
The high-risk obligations apply to AI systems listed in Annex III.
The high-risk obligations apply to AI systems embedded in products covered by Annex I.
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Philippe Sigal · Avocat à la Cour
Former Senior Legal Counsel at a US-listed company. 15 years of in-house practice in tech law, strategic contracts and EU compliance, within international organizations and multinationals.
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PSL Avocat works primarily with two profiles, on contractual and regulatory matters across France, Spain and the European Union, including for non-EU companies scaling into the European market.
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For CEOs, COOs, VP Sales, VP Operations, Heads of RevOps, CFOs and General Counsels of scale-ups across France, Spain and Europe. Coverage: SaaS contracts, MSAs, DPAs, commercial partnerships, GDPR and AI Act compliance, recurring contractual support. Specific sectoral specialisations: ed-tech, HR-tech and AI applied to regulated environments.
Groups and growing companies
For General Counsels and Heads of Legal who want to transform their function beyond the daily flow. Coverage: industrialisation of the contracting function, deployment of legal tech tools on concrete cases, structuring of legal KPIs, support on cross-cutting topics such as AI Act, operational GDPR and international compliance.
15 years as in-house counsel: technology transactions and regulatory compliance within global organisations
OECD · ESA · ITER Organization · CMA CGM · ADP
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