AI Act Article 93: Obligations, Deadlines & Penalties

All obligations under Article 93

Obligation 1

The Commission may request providers to take appropriate measures to comply with the obligations set out in Articles 53 and 54. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 93, Article 93

Obligated entity

provider

Sector scope

general-purpose AI models

Action required

comply

Deadline

—

Penalty

—

Obligation 2

The Commission may request providers to implement mitigation measures where the evaluation carried out in accordance with Article 92 has given rise to serious and substantiated concern of a systemic risk at Union level. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 93, Article 93

Obligated entity

provider

Sector scope

general-purpose AI models

Action required

implement

Deadline

—

Penalty

—

Obligation 3

The Commission may request providers to restrict the making available on the market, withdraw or recall the model. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 93, Article 93

Obligated entity

provider

Sector scope

general-purpose AI models

Action required

restrict

Deadline

—

Penalty

—

Obligation 4

If the provider offers commitments to implement mitigation measures during the structured dialogue, the Commission may make those commitments binding by decision. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 93, Article 93

Obligated entity

provider

Sector scope

general-purpose AI models with systemic risk

Action required

commit

Deadline

—

Penalty

—

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 93

Who must comply with Article 93 of the AI Act? +

provider.

What does Article 93 of the AI Act require? +

comply implement restrict