EU AI Act operator obligations. A 2026 compliance guide.
A practical walk through the Chapter III deployer duties, the human oversight standard, and the documentation every European operator should hold on file before 2 August 2026.
An index of analyses, briefings, and references maintained by the editorial desk. Entries are dated, footnoted, and kept current as new guidance arrives from European supervisors and standards bodies. The archive covers regulation, case monitoring, market intelligence, and the standards work underneath operator liability.
A practical walk through the Chapter III deployer duties, the human oversight standard, and the documentation every European operator should hold on file before 2 August 2026.
A reading of the Revised Product Liability Directive, the AI Act, and national case law beginning to shape deployer responsibility for autonomous decisions.
The nine artefacts a European operator should produce and maintain to satisfy Article 9, Article 12, and Article 26 in a single coherent file.
A walk through Article 26 and its neighbours in the order a deployer meets them. Updated to reflect the April guidance from the AI Office.
Verification, governance, standards. Why insurers cannot yet price autonomous agent risk, and the artefacts that close the distance.
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority opens its consultation on AI and insurance. An early reading of the paper, the questions that matter most, and the deadline for submissions.
The Dutch institute for human rights issues a non binding opinion on algorithmic hiring tools and points toward Article 27 as the appropriate documentation vehicle.
A short reading of the first publicly circulated draft of harmonised standards work supporting the AI Act. What has moved since the autumn and where the most contested language sits.
When a retrieval layer, a system prompt, or a fine tune converts an operator into a provider with full upstream obligations. A set of worked examples for compliance teams.
The archive is maintained as a working record. Entries are revised in place rather than republished when the underlying text changes. Each revision is stamped with a date and a short note in the footnotes section. Readers who need the earlier wording should write to the editors.