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Classify your system under the EU AI Act in 3 minutes.
A few questions return one of the six categories of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 with the applicable articles and the date from which obligations apply.
The Regulation's six categories
What this calculator classifies
Prohibited (Art. 5)
The system falls under one of the Art. 5(1) prohibited practices. It cannot be put into service or placed on the EU market from 2 February 2025.
High risk (Art. 6)
The system falls under the high-risk regime: risk management system, data governance, technical documentation, human oversight, conformity assessment and registration in the EU database.
GPAI · general-purpose AI (Art. 53)
General-purpose AI model (GPAI for short) below the systemic-risk threshold. Requires technical documentation, information for downstream providers, copyright policy and a public summary of training data.
GPAI systemic · general-purpose AI (Art. 51 and 55)
General-purpose AI model (GPAI) with high-impact capabilities. In addition to general GPAI obligations: adversarial evaluation, systemic risk management, serious incident notification and a reinforced level of cybersecurity.
GPAI integrator · general-purpose AI (Art. 26 and 53(1)(b))
Your system integrates a third-party general-purpose AI (GPAI) model. Art. 53/55 obligations belong to the model provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta…), not to you. As integrator: receive and retain the Annex XII documentation the provider must hand down (Art. 53(1)(b)) and the deployer obligations of Art. 26 depending on the specific use.
Limited risk (Art. 50)
The system is not high risk but triggers transparency obligations: inform users they are interacting with AI, mark synthetic content or disclose emotion recognition and biometric categorisation.
Minimal risk (Art. 95)
Residual category: the system does not fall in any of the above. No mandatory obligations under the Regulation beyond voluntary adherence to codes of conduct.
This tool is informational. A final classification requires a specific analysis of the system and its context. It is not legal advice.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is the classification the calculator returns final?
No. The calculator applies the decision tree of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 to your answers and returns the corresponding category. A final classification requires a specific analysis of the system and a legal reviewer. Treat it as a starting point, not a substitute for advice.
Do I need to provide an email to use the calculator?
No. The wizard, the classification and the full result (cited articles, deadline, obligations) are free and require no email. Email is only requested if you want a copy by mail.
What sources does the calculator use?
The decision tree is built on top of the consolidated text of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 published on EUR-Lex. Each article cited in the result links directly to EUR-Lex in the page's language.
Why six categories?
These are the categories the Regulation defines or that derive from it: prohibited practices (Art. 5), high risk (Art. 6 + Annex I/III), GPAI (Chapter V Art. 51-56), GPAI with systemic risk (Art. 51 and 55), limited risk with transparency obligations (Art. 50) and the residual minimal risk category (Art. 95).
Can I download the classification as a PDF?
Yes. After classifying there is a Download as PDF button that generates an A4 document with the classification, the cited articles, the applicable deadline, the obligations to map and the next actions. Generation happens locally in your browser.