Useful links
Official EU resources relevant to the interpretation, application and enforcement of the AI Act
Official European Union sources specific to the AI Act that a practitioner is likely to need day to day, grouped by type and ordered by likely usefulness. All links were checked on 29 October 2026, except two on the Commission’s website, which could not be opened that day.
1. The legislation
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act), consolidated text as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (27 July 2026) eur-lex.europa.eu
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act), Official Journal text as adopted eur-lex.europa.eu
- Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI), amending the AI Act, Official Journal text eur-lex.europa.eu
- Digital Omnibus on AI: Commission page on the proposal that became Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (European Commission) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
2. EU-level guidance
- AI Act policy page (European Commission) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- Navigating the AI Act: questions and answers (European Commission) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- Guidelines on the definition of an AI system (Article 3(1)) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- Guidelines on prohibited AI practices (Article 5) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- Draft Commission guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems (Article 6), published 19 May 2026 for consultation digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- Guidelines on the scope of the obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models (Chapter V) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- Explanatory notice and template for the public summary of training content of general-purpose AI models (Article 53(1)(d)) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- Guidelines on transparency obligations for providers and deployers of AI systems (Article 50), adopted by the Commission and published 20 July 2026 (European Commission) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- Standardisation of the AI Act (European Commission) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- Governance and enforcement of the AI Act (European Commission) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
3. EU Codes of Practice
- General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (Article 56) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- Marking and labelling of AI-generated content: the Commission’s policy page on drawing up the Code of Practice under Article 50(7), with its timeline (European Commission) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- Commission publishes the final Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content, 10 June 2026 (European Commission) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- Commission opinion of 8 July 2026 on the assessment of the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-generated Content (published 9 July 2026) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
4. EU service desks and contact points
- AI Act Single Information Platform and Service Desk (Article 62(3)(b)) (European Commission) ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu
5. Notification and reporting platforms
- AI Act whistleblower tool (European Commission) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- AI Act complaints tool (European Commission) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
6. Regulators, authorities and bodies
- European AI Office (Article 64) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- European Artificial Intelligence Board (Article 65) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- Advisory Forum (Article 67) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- Scientific Panel of independent experts (Article 68) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- The enforcement framework of the AI Act, including national competent authorities (Article 70) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu