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EU AI Act Readiness Checklist
A practical 40-point checklist covering scope assessment, classification, conformity assessment, technical documentation, and deployer obligations. Updated for August 2026 enforcement.
About this resource
The EU AI Act enters full enforcement in August 2026. This checklist walks through the practical assessment work required to know whether you are in scope, what your obligations are, and what evidence you need to produce. Built from the regulatory text and current guidance, structured so a compliance lead can work through it section by section.
What you get
- Territorial and material scope assessment (with the extraterritorial reach explained)
- Risk classification framework: prohibited, high-risk, limited-risk, minimal-risk
- Provider vs deployer obligations matrix
- Technical documentation checklist for high-risk AI
- Conformity assessment routes and what they require
- Transparency obligations covering general-purpose AI and generative AI
- Post-market monitoring requirements
- Penalty exposure mapping by article
Who it's for
- Heads of compliance, legal counsel, and risk officers preparing for August 2026
- AI governance leads conducting initial scope assessment
- Procurement teams assessing vendor AI systems
- Boards seeking management assurance on AI Act readiness
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