Legislation
EU
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act)
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689 and (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)
National (Germany)
Guidelines
Art. 96 AI Act contains the working plan for the provision of guidelines on the practical implementation of the AI Act. It can be assumed that the priorities of publication consider the stepwise application.
The AI Office is preparing guidelines to ensure a smooth implementation of the AI Act.
Definitions
- Artificial Intelligence – Questions and Answers
- Guidelines on prohibited artificial intelligence (AI) practices, as defined by the AI Act (C(2025 884)
- Guidelines on AI system definition to facilitate the first AI Act’s rules application (C(2025) 924)
General Purpose AI (GPAI)
- General-Purpose AI Models in the AI Act – Questions & Answers
- Guidelines on obligations for General-Purpose AI providers – Questions & Answers
- Guidelines on the scope of obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models under the AI Act (C(2025) 5045)
- General-Purpose AI Code of Practice
- Explanatory Notice and Template for the Public Summary of Training Content for general-purpose AI models (C(2025) 5035)
Obligations of high-risk AI system providers
Other
- Consultation to develop guidelines and Code of Practice on transparent AI systems
- Procurement of AI: Support public buyers in procuring AI-enabled solutions that are trustworthy, fair and secure
- AIB 2025-1 / MDCG 2025-6 Interplay between the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) & In vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (IVDR) and the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA)
Standards
- Commission Implementing decision of 23.6.2025 on a standardisation request to the European Committee for Standardisation and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation as regards high-risk AI-systems in support of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Implementing Decision C(2023)3215
- CEN and CENELEC Joint Technical Committee 21 (JTC 21)
- CEN/CLC/JTC 21 Work programme
- IEEE portfolio of AIS technology and impact standards and standards projects
- ETSI Artificial Intelligence
Other useful resources
EU
- AI Act Single Information Platform (AI Act Service Desk)
- European AI Board
- European AI Office
- EU publications: Artificial Intelligence
- Kai Zenner Blog
- Market Surveillance Authorities under the AI Act
National (Germany)
International
- OECD.AI AIM: AI Incidents and Hazards Monitor
- OECD.AI Catalogue of Tools & Metrics for Trustworthy AI
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