The EU AI Act timetable moved. Here is what actually applies now
The EU AI Act timetable moved. Here is what actually applies now
Companies that built their AI compliance plan around a single date in August 2026 need to revisit it. The timetable split. Transparency obligations under Article 50 applied from 2 August 2026, with a grace period to 2 December 2026 for systems already on the market before that date. Obligations for standalone high-risk systems under Annex III were deferred to 2 December 2027, and product-embedded high-risk systems moved further out again.
For an Azerbaijani business the relevant question is not location but market. If you place an AI system on the EU market, supply one to an EU customer, or your output is used there, the regulation reaches you. Article 50 is the near term item: disclosing when a person is interacting with an AI system, and labelling AI generated audio, image, video and text in a machine readable way. The deferral of the high-risk deadline is breathing room for documentation and conformity assessment, not a reason to stop the inventory work.
The sensible sequence has not changed: inventory your AI systems, classify them by risk tier, then build governance around the ones that need it. BDO Azerbaijan runs AI readiness reviews and advises on ISO 42001 as a governance foundation. Contact us to map your AI systems against the current timetable.
For an Azerbaijani business the relevant question is not location but market. If you place an AI system on the EU market, supply one to an EU customer, or your output is used there, the regulation reaches you. Article 50 is the near term item: disclosing when a person is interacting with an AI system, and labelling AI generated audio, image, video and text in a machine readable way. The deferral of the high-risk deadline is breathing room for documentation and conformity assessment, not a reason to stop the inventory work.
The sensible sequence has not changed: inventory your AI systems, classify them by risk tier, then build governance around the ones that need it. BDO Azerbaijan runs AI readiness reviews and advises on ISO 42001 as a governance foundation. Contact us to map your AI systems against the current timetable.