VITNAWhich Article 50 obligations
apply to you?
The EU AI Act's transparency obligations apply from 2 August 2026, and they reach any company whose output is used in the EU — established there or not. A few questions tell you which of the five obligations appear to apply to you. No account, no email, and the result is a shareable link.
This tool determines what applies. It never claims to determine whether you have met it, and it does not score you.
Do people in the EU use your product, or does its output reach people in the EU?
Tell people they are talking to an AI
Systems that interact directly with people must be designed so a person knows they are interacting with an AI.
Mark synthetic output so machines can detect it
Generated audio, images, video and text must carry machine-readable marks — watermarking, metadata, or content credentials. Applies 2 August 2026 to systems placed on the market from that date (no grace period); systems already on the market before then have until 2 December 2026 under the Digital Omnibus.
Tell people when emotion or biometric categorisation is used
People exposed to emotion recognition or biometric categorisation must be informed of its operation.
Disclose deepfakes
AI-generated or manipulated content showing real people, places, or events in a way that could appear authentic must be disclosed at first encounter.
Disclose AI-generated public-interest text
AI-generated text informing the public on matters of public interest must be disclosed, unless the text is reviewed by a person and a named person or organisation holds editorial responsibility.
Penalties for Article 50 violations reach EUR 15,000,000 or 3% of total worldwide annual turnover, whichever is higher (Article 99(4)). This page covers Article 50 only — the prohibited practices in Article 5, high-risk obligations under Annex I and Annex III, and general-purpose AI model obligations are separate assessments with separate dates.