# EU AI Act (GPAI): European Union SI Safety Law Explained > EU AI Act (GPAI) (European Union): Providers placing general purpose SI models on the EU market, with added duties for models with systemic risk. Source: https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/eu-ai-act-gpai/ Updated: 2026-11-08 1. [Home](https://enterrsi.si/) 2. [Encyclopedia](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/) 3. EU AI Act (GPAI) RSI Encyclopedia · Law · European Union # EU AI Act (GPAI) EU AI Act (GPAI) is an SI safety measure in the European Union, status: in force. Providers placing general purpose SI models on the EU market, with added duties for models with systemic risk, presumed above 10^25 FLOP of training compute. Status : In force Jurisdiction : European Union Signed : Jun 13, 2024 Next date : Aug 2, 2027 ## What it is Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act), Chapter V: obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models Providers placing general purpose SI models on the EU market, with added duties for models with systemic risk, presumed above 10^25 FLOP of training compute. ## What it requires - Notify the Commission within two weeks of reaching or foreseeing the 10^25 FLOP systemic risk threshold - Keep technical documentation and give information to downstream providers - Publish a summary of training content and maintain a copyright policy - Systemic risk models: evaluate the model, including adversarial testing, and assess and mitigate systemic risks - Systemic risk models: track and report serious incidents to the AI Office - Systemic risk models: ensure adequate cybersecurity for the model and its infrastructure ## Penalties From August 2, 2026 the Commission can fine providers of general purpose SI models up to 3 percent of worldwide annual turnover or 15 million euros, whichever is higher. ## What happens next **August 2, 2027:** Deadline for general purpose SI models placed on the market before August 2, 2025 to comply. ## Status In force As of November 8, 2026, per the [Control Map page for European Union](https://enterrsi.si/control-map/european-union/). Statuses follow the Control Map method: in force means binding and applying now; passed means enacted but not yet applying; voluntary covers guidance and pledges; proposed means formally introduced; stalled means withdrawn, paused or dead. ## Sources 1. [Guidelines for providers of general-purpose AI models](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/guidelines-gpai-providers) European Commission · Jul 18, 2025 2. [Overview of Guidelines for GPAI Models](https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/gpai-guidelines-overview/) EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Future of Life Institute) 3. [EU AI Act: The AI Office sends its first requests for information to leading AI providers](https://www.reedsmith.com/our-insights/blogs/technology-law-dispatch/102o6as/eu-ai-act-the-ai-office-sends-its-first-requests-for-information-to-leading-ai/) Reed Smith · Oct 26, 2026 The measure Short name : EU AI Act (GPAI) Jurisdiction : [European Union](https://enterrsi.si/control-map/european-union/) Status : In force Key dates Introduced : n/a Signed or adopted : June 13, 2024 Effective : August 2, 2025 Next step : August 2, 2027 Other measures in European Union [GPAI Code of Practice (Safety and Security) **Law**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/eu-gpai-code-safety-security/)[AI Omnibus **Law**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/eu-digital-omnibus-ai/) Related terms [Incident disclosure **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/incident-disclosure/)[Compute threshold **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/compute-threshold/)[Red teaming **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/red-teaming/) Upcoming date [EU AI Act (GPAI) deadline, August 2, 2027 **Event**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/eu-ai-act-gpai-2027-08-02/) Cite this entry "EU AI Act (GPAI)." The RSI Encyclopedia, enterrsi.si, November 8, 2026. https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/eu-ai-act-gpai/ Free to cite under CC BY 4.0 with a link to enterrsi.si. The RSI Encyclopedia ## Keep reading 207 entries on the terms, labs, models, laws and events of rogue SI, plus every case in the Rogue Incident Database. [Previous law EO N-9-26](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/ca-eo-n-9-26/)[Next law FLI Statement](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/fli-superintelligence-statement/) Enter RSI ## Every term, lab, model and law Browse the full A to Z index, filter by category or search for a name. [Open the encyclopedia](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/) [Incident Database](https://enterrsi.si/incidents/) [Containment Board](https://enterrsi.si/containment-board/)