Minimal risk
No specific AI Act obligations; voluntary codes of conduct are recommended.
EU AI Act quick check
EU AI Act quick check: which obligations apply to your AI use?
The EU AI Act assigns AI applications to four risk levels – from minimal through limited and high risk to prohibited practices – and attaches graduated obligations. For many obligations, full applicability starts in August 2026. This quick check gives you a first assessment of your use case in a few minutes.
In 2 minutes
Quick check: your indicative risk class
Answer five short questions about your AI use – you get an indicative classification into one of the four AI Act risk levels.
Risk levels
What the four risk classes mean
Limited risk
Transparency obligations: people must be able to tell they are interacting with AI or that content is AI-generated.
High risk
Strictest obligations: risk management, technical documentation, human oversight and conformity assessment.
Prohibited
Practices banned under the EU AI Act (Art. 5) – such use is not permitted.
Checklist
The key AI Act steps as a checklist
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1 · Inventory your AI use cases
2 · Determine the risk class
3 · Obligations for high-risk systems
4 · Transparency obligations (limited risk)
5 · General-purpose AI (GPAI)
6 · Data protection & governance
Key dates
- 02/2025 – ban on unacceptable practices (Art. 5) takes effect.
- 08/2025 – obligations for general-purpose AI apply.
- 08/2026 – obligations for most high-risk systems apply in full.
- 08/2027 – transition periods for certain product-related high-risk systems end.
This checklist is a first orientation and does not constitute legal advice. The applicable wording of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 prevails; classification in individual cases should be done with expert advice.
How Habicht helps
Risk class and evidence – built in, not pieced together afterwards.
Habicht automatically classifies every AI use case by risk class and produces the corresponding documentation. The obligation becomes a button press.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions on the EU AI Act
In stages: prohibited practices since February 2025, obligations for general-purpose AI since August 2025; for most high-risk systems the obligations apply in full from August 2026.
AI in sensitive areas – such as recruitment, credit scoring, critical infrastructure, law enforcement or biometric identification. It is subject to the strictest obligations: documentation, oversight and conformity assessment.
No. It is a non-binding orientation and does not replace legal advice. Classification in individual cases should be done with expert advice.
Not necessarily. But a platform with built-in risk classification and automatic documentation reduces the effort considerably.
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