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EU advances AI Act implementation

On August 2, 2025, the EU began enforcing the next phase of the Artificial Intelligence Act. In this phase, EU member states must configure the application of the Act’s rules for general-purpose AI platforms and services and corresponding supervisory framework. Each member state must establish a national supervisory authority and participate in the European AI Board. The broader obligations for “high-risk” AI systems also took effect in August, requiring transparency, dataset governance, documentation, and post-market monitoring. EU authorities continue to try to align the Act with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Cyber Resilience Act, and other digital regulatory frameworks, and they are currently preparing technical guidance to support conformity assessments and AI cyber resilience measures.

The European Commission continues to advance the Digital Omnibus and AI Omnibus proposals. Through these initiatives, the Commission seeks to streamline overlapping compliance obligations, adjust specific timelines to 2027, and reduce burdens for small and medium enterprises. EU policymakers aim to reinforce oversight of biometric technologies, workplace and consumer-facing AI systems, and developers of foundational models. Meanwhile, EU regulatory authorities are working to define provider and deployer obligations, strengthen registry and documentation requirements, and build coordinated enforcement processes to support consistent supervision across EU member states.

Last Updated 08/02/2025.


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History:

  • Aug 2, 2025: The EU applies the AI Act’s rules for general purpose AI providers and requires member states to establish national competent authorities and join the European AI Board.
  • Feb 2, 2025: The EU applies the AI Act’s prohibitions on unacceptable risk AI practices and activates the first AI literacy requirements.
  • Aug 1, 2024: The AI Act enters into force and begins its staged rollout. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689.
  • May 21, 2024: The Council approves the final text of the AI Act, which is later published in the Official Journal in July. Press Release. Press Release.
  • Dec 9, 2023: The Parliament and the Council reach a provisional political agreement on AI laws in trilogue. Press Release.
  • Jun 13, 2023: Parliament adopts its position on forthcoming AI laws and opens trilogue negotiations. Press Release.
  • Dec 6, 2022: The Council adopts its general approach on the draft AI Act. Press Release.
  • Apr 21, 2021: The Commission proposes the AI Act. COM(2021) 206 final.
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Tom advises clients in an array of matters related to blockchain technology, decentralized finance, banking and payments systems, financial products, and financial technology applications. He joined DLx Law as an attorney after working as in-house counsel for a payments and banking software service provider, advising on various legal and regulatory matters, operations, risk, customer due diligence, and corporate best practices.

Tom received his J.D. from George Mason University Law School in Virginia and his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Tom is a former journalist, and, while in law school, he interned for DLx Law and served as a law clerk for several federal institutions in Washington, D.C., including the CFTC, FCC, and House Judiciary Committee. Tom is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and the State of Oregon.

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