Key takeaways
- The EU AI Act is Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (EUR-Lex), a risk-based law for AI systems in the EU. Obligations differ by role (provider vs deployer), system type, and risk tier.
- Article 50 transparency obligations apply from 2 August 2026; prohibited-practice rules already apply. Under current law, Annex III high-risk obligations follow from 2 August 2026; the provisionally agreed Digital Omnibus (not yet in force) would move them to 2 December 2027 (Annex III) and 2 August 2028 (Annex I). See the EU AI Act Ireland guide for the full timeline and Irish enforcement model.
- An “AI System Register” is not a named statutory artefact, but the underlying duties are: Article 11 / Annex IV technical documentation, Article 49 EU-database registration for providers of Annex III high-risk systems (merely using a high-risk tool does not trigger registration), and an Article 27 FRIA for in-scope Annex III deployers. For AI that processes personal data, the DPC (Ireland) and ICO (UK) still expect a current Article 30 RoPA and an Article 35 DPIA.
- Code Scan AI Governance mode is live today; the AI System Register and 30 Member-State conformity templates are available on opt-in (early access). Classification stays human-approved — no language model in the write path.