EU Artificial Intelligence Act — Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (official text)
~35 min readPublished 13 June 2024Foundational (2–3 yrs)· Official Journal of the European Union — EUR-Lex
Estimated time: ~35 min read — for the in-app brief plus opening the primary source.
What this is
The binding EU AI Act text as published in the Official Journal — risk-based obligations, prohibited practices, and governance duties. Primary legal source via EUR-Lex, not a news summary.
The EU AI Act creates risk-tiered duties with prohibited practices and high-risk system obligations.
- Official EUR-Lex text is the authoritative source for counsel and compliance.
- Structure spans prohibited practices, high-risk systems, transparency, and governance.
- Implementation timelines and Omnibus refinements can still shift — track with counsel.
- Scope can reach providers and deployers depending on role in the value chain.
Next action: With Legal, list AI uses that may be high-risk under the Act and assign documentation owners.
Primary source
Read the full source · published 13 June 2024.
What changes in how you lead
How decision rights, process, and ownership should change.
- Inventory AI uses by risk tier before scaling marketing, HR, or credit-adjacent tools.
- Procurement must capture deployer vs provider roles in contracts.
- Build documentation habits now — not only when an auditor asks.
Deep dive
The official EUR-Lex text is the authoritative EU AI Act source for counsel and compliance leads.
Focus structure: prohibited practices, high-risk systems, transparency, and governance duties.
July 2026 Digital Omnibus amendments may refine implementation — track with counsel.