Status: Adopted and in force since 1 August 2024.  Adopted version can also be found here.

Full name: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act)

Type: Regulation

Objective and key elements:

• First ever attempt to enact a horizontal regulation of AI
• Aiming to:
  • harmonise AI-regulation within the EU,
  • protect fundamental rights,
  • enhance the positive aspects of AI, and
  • ensure free movement of AI systems
• Applies to AI Systems and General Purpose AI
• Includes a risk-based approach depending on AI purposes (and risk levels divided in categories "unacceptable risk", "high risk", "limited risk" and "minimal risk")

Relevant to: Developers and deployers (users) of AI systems and General Purpose AI

Documents (newest on top):

• Adopted version can be found here.
• Corrigendum (text adopted by the Parliament), published on 19 April 2024, link
• Parliament's adopted negotiation position mandate,  compromise text
  • Updated with inter alia tailor-made regimes for general-purpose AI and foundation models (like ChatGPT), read more
  • General approach by the Council published 6 December 2022, link
• EU Commission draft 21 April 2021, link

(Last updated 6 August 2024)