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Every step to get AI Act-ready, on one checklist.

A plain-English readiness checklist that walks you from “what is this?” to documented compliance with the EU AI Act. One free PDF covering providers, deployers, and SMEs, so you can follow the steps that apply to you.

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What's inside

  • A role check up front - provider, deployer, or both - so you follow the obligations that actually apply to you.
  • The Article 4 AI literacy step: what it requires, how to document your programme, and why it is already in force.
  • A risk classification walkthrough: prohibited, high-risk (Annex I and Annex III), limited-transparency, and minimal.
  • High-risk provider steps in order: risk management, technical documentation, conformity assessment, CE marking, registration.
  • High-risk deployer steps: instructions for use, human oversight assignment, log-keeping, and FRIA where required.
  • GPAI model provider obligations (Chapter V): technical documentation, copyright policy, training data summary, and systemic-risk duties.
  • The key deadlines - what is already in force (2 Feb 2025 and 2 Aug 2025) and what is still upcoming - with the Digital Omnibus proposal flagged where it affects dates.
  • The official sources behind each step, so it stays checkable.

Built for providers, deployers, and SMEs

For providers

Every obligation under Chapter III - risk management system, technical documentation, conformity assessment, CE marking, EU database registration, and post-market monitoring - explained in plain English and in the right order.

For deployers

Article 26 obligations step by step: use the system according to instructions, assign human oversight, keep logs for 6 months, monitor operation, and carry out a FRIA if required. Includes GPAI deployer notes.

For SMEs

For companies without a dedicated compliance team: a prioritised path covering the obligations most likely to apply to a smaller organisation, including the proportionality provisions and the AI literacy duty already in force.

All three paths are in one checklist. Follow the sections that apply to your role and size.

Who this is for

Anyone who has been handed “the AI Act” and needs to know what to do first. Whether you develop AI products, use AI tools in your business, manage a compliance programme, or advise clients on AI regulation, the checklist gives you a clear order to work in and a way to track your progress.

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