Roles

Which AI Act role do these answers suggest?

Structured questions for provider, deployer, importer, distributor, product manufacturer, GPAI, and an outside-EU provider whose output is used in the Union.

Saved preset fields: role, systemCategory, contentType, marketStatusDate, euUse

Do you place the system on the Union market or put it into service under your own name?Do you use the system under your own authority?Do you import the system into the Union?Do you make the system available without placing it yourself?Do you place a product on the market with this system inside it?Is a general-purpose model part of this role question?Are you established outside the Union?Is the system output used in the Union?

Working roleAI system categoryContent typeMarket status dateOutput used in the EU?

What this checks

Structured questions for provider, deployer, importer, distributor, product manufacturer, GPAI, and an outside-EU provider whose output is used in the Union.

Who should use this screen

People placing, using, importing, or distributing an AI system, or embedding it in a product.

Current dates

Article 50 applies from 2026-08-02. Marking transition for earlier systems ends 2026-12-02. Annex III high-risk Chapter III sections 1-3 starts 2027-12-02. Annex I high-risk starts 2028-08-02. Transparency and high-risk stay on separate tracks.

Official sources

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, Commission Guidelines of 20 July 2026, the Commission FAQ, and the transparency code of practice on EUR-Lex and the Commission site.

Limitations

Decision support only. No high-risk conformity assessment, CE marking, quality-system build, or fundamental-rights workflow is included.

How to read the result

A likely role or several possible roles. Unknown answers stay on specialist review.

The screen can show more than one role at once.

A listed role is a working classification, not a finding by a court or an authority.

Ruleset EU_AI_ACT_ROLE_2026 is stored with a saved run.

Separate tracks

Transparency dates and high-risk dates are never mixed in the result.

Limits

Does a likely role settle the legal question?

No. The outcome is decision support and can say that more than one role is possible.

What if several boxes are yes?

The result is that multiple roles are possible.

What about a company outside the Union?

If the output is used in the Union, that outside-EU provider path is shown.

Where is the legal text?

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on EUR-Lex.