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European Commission Guidelines on the transparency obligations under the AI Act

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August | 2026

On 20 July 2026, the European Commission published Guidelines on the implementation of the transparency obligations laid down in Article 50 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the "AI Act"), applicable to certain artificial intelligence ("AI") systems. 

European Commission Guidelines on the transparency obligations under the AI Act

These non-binding Guidelines aim to assist competent authorities, providers and deployers of AI systems in ensuring a uniform, consistent, effective and proportionate application of these obligations, which take effect as from 2 August 2026 or 2 December 2026, if and when applicable.