AI Act Article 76: Obligations, Deadlines & Penalties

All obligations under Article 76

Obligation 1

Market surveillance authorities shall have competences and powers to ensure that testing in real world conditions is in accordance with this Regulation. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 76, Article 76

Obligated entity

market surveillance authorities

Action required

ensure

Deadline

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Penalty

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Obligation 2

Where testing in real world conditions is conducted for AI systems supervised within an AI regulatory sandbox, market surveillance authorities shall verify compliance with Article 60 as part of their supervisory role. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 76, Article 76

Obligated entity

market surveillance authorities

Action required

verify

Deadline

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Penalty

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Obligation 3

Where a market surveillance authority has been informed of a serious incident or has grounds to consider conditions are not met, it may suspend or terminate the testing in real world conditions. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 76, Article 76

Obligated entity

market surveillance authorities

Action required

suspend or terminate

Deadline

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Penalty

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Obligation 4

Where a market surveillance authority has been informed of a serious incident or has grounds to consider conditions are not met, it may require the provider or prospective provider and the deployer or prospective deployer to modify any aspect of the testing in real world conditions. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 76, Article 76

Obligated entity

market surveillance authorities

Action required

require modification

Deadline

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Penalty

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Obligation 5

Where a market surveillance authority has taken a decision to suspend, terminate, or modify testing, or issued an objection, the decision or objection shall indicate the grounds therefor and how the provider or prospective provider can challenge it. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 76, Article 76

Obligated entity

market surveillance authorities

Action required

indicate grounds and challenge procedure

Deadline

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Penalty

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Obligation 6

Where applicable, where a market surveillance authority has taken a decision referred to in paragraph 3, it shall communicate the grounds therefor to the market surveillance authorities of other Member States in which the AI system has been tested. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 76, Article 76

Obligated entity

market surveillance authorities

Action required

communicate

Deadline

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Penalty

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EU AI Act compliance deadlines

• 2025-02-02 Article 4 AI literacy in_force
• 2025-02-02 Article 5 prohibitions (unacceptable risk) in_force
• 2025-08-02 GPAI model obligations (Articles 51 to 56) in_force
• 2026-08-02 Article 50(2) machine-readable marking (watermarking) of AI-generated content provisionally_amended
• 2026-08-02 Article 50 transparency obligations OTHER than the 50(2) marking grace (for example disclosure that a user is interacting with an AI system) scheduled
• 2026-08-02 Annex III stand-alone high-risk obligations provisionally_amended
• 2026-08-02 National AI regulatory sandboxes (establishment deadline) provisionally_amended
• 2026-12-02 NEW Article 5 prohibition: AI generation of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) and CSAM provisionally_amended
• 2027-08-02 Annex I embedded (regulated-product) high-risk obligations provisionally_amended

Questions about Article 76

Who must comply with Article 76 of the AI Act? +

market surveillance authorities.

What does Article 76 of the AI Act require? +

ensure verify suspend or terminate