EU AI Act Timeline: Compliance Deadlines to 2027
The EU AI Act does not arrive on a single date. It applies in stages between 2024 and 2027, and each stage switches on a different set of obligations for the organizations that build or use AI systems in Europe.
Two of those stages are already live. The next one, the high-risk regime, lands on 2 August 2026, which makes the remaining months the window most compliance teams are working against right now.