You have lost track of the many official documents that have been published after the political negotiations ended in January 2024? Well, you are lucky - this regular updated blog post provides you with all reading materials that you should know with regards to the implementation and enforcement of the new legal framework!
The AI Act was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 12 July 2024. Twenty days later on 1 August 2024, the law entered into force and becomes, in accordance with Article 113, applicable between 2 February 2025 and 2 August 2027, depending on the respective transition period. Download the applicable law below:
(A) Governance: The Commission has to execute in total 39 tasks with the aim to establish an EU governance system, to be delivered between 21 February 2024 until 02 August 2026. Below, you find the key documents under this category:
Establishment of the AI Office
◾ The AI Office had so far one recruitment phase in March 2024, when they announced the existence of several positions as contract agent (function group IV) with a contract duration up to six years. A successful candidate with more than five years of experience and two children under six years old will earn approximately 6.200 € after taxes. More info can be found in a recorded info-session from 20 March 2024.
◾ Get in touch directly with the AI Office for general inquiries and for inquiries related to job opportunities. Regularly check also the job section of the AI Office and subscribe for their newsletter.
(B) Secondary legislation: The Commission needs to create 39 pieces of secondary legislation, which can be divided into 8 Delegated Acts, 9 Implementing Acts, 9 guidelines, 8 templates / benchmarks, 2 Codes of Practice, 2 categories of Codes of Conducts, and 1 standardization request. Some of them feature clear deadlines, others depend on the Commission's discretion. You find below the key documents in this category:
(1) Technical harmonized standards
(2) GPAI Code of Practice
(3) AI Pact
(C) Enforcement: The AI Office has to perform in total 34 different categories of enforcement activities on EU level, some of them already from 2 February 2025 onwards.
(D) Post-Evaluation: The AI Act has 18 tasks that oblige the AI Office to to conduct ex-post evaluation of the law. They need to be executed between 2025 and 2031.
(E) Innovation: Besides the regulatory initiatives and the established AI coordinated plan, the Commission has announced additional initiatives to promote the development and deployment of AI. Below, you find the key documents under this category:
(F) Other useful materials: Besides those officials documents, the AI Office also organizes webinars to clarify certain sections of the AI Act.
Webinar on risk management on 30 May 2024 (watch the recording here).