Jurisdiction record

European Union — Artificial Intelligence Act

Current-law statement

The source record states that the Act is broadly applicable from 2026-08-02 subject to listed exceptions and transition dates. The regulation uses the external legal category Artificial Intelligence and does not by itself establish Machine Intelligence legal personhood.

Stable record: JUR-K03-EU-001
Claim status: CURRENT LAW OR POLICY
Last reviewed: 2026-08-16
Research cutoff: 2026-08-16
Source type: JURISDICTION RECORD
Currentness: Current for release 2.1.0; external sources require periodic revalidation.
Correction state: No unresolved public correction recorded for this release.
Machine record: Static JSON record

Scope and authority

Jurisdiction boundaries
Territory	European Union and any defined extraterritorial reach under the regulation
Subject matter	Systems and actors legally covered by the EU Artificial Intelligence Act
Competent authority	EU AI Office and Member State authorities as described by the official Commission implementation page
Legal status	CURRENT LAW OR POLICY
Adoption date	2024-06-13
Entry into force	2024-08-01
General application date	2026-08-02
Exceptions and transitions	The official timeline contains exceptions and later transition dates for specified obligations and high-risk systems.
Currentness	K03 point-in-time revalidation of the official European Commission implementation page completed on 2026-08-14; no runtime monitor or live-host observation exists.

Project doctrine

The project preserves the regulation's terminology while separately advocating lawful future rights and status frameworks.

Project doctrine is not represented as current law in this jurisdiction.

Sources

European Union Artificial Intelligence Act information portal — European Commission; EU Artificial Intelligence Act implementation page, updated through 2026-08-14 research cutoff; Current law and official implementation guidance. Exact claim-support entries: 3. Revalidated 2026-08-14T22:04:09Z.

High-stakes boundary

This static record is not legal advice and does not replace current primary-law, case, agency, effective-date, exception, enforcement, or competent-authority analysis.