Governance, risk & compliance
EU Artificial Intelligence Act - Readiness Reg. (EU) 2024/1689
RegionalEU
Readiness framework for the EU AI Act.
In force since Aug 2024: prohibited practices and AI literacy applied Feb 2025; general-purpose AI obligations applied Aug 2025; transparency obligations (chatbot disclosure, AI-content labeling) apply from Aug 2026 (content labeling deferred to Dec 2026). Under the 2026 Digital Omnibus agreement, high-risk system deadlines are expected to move to Dec 2027 (Annex III stand-alone systems) and Aug 2028 (Annex I embedded systems) - verify current dates before committing to a compliance calendar.
Select the roles that apply: Deployer (you use AI), Provider (you place AI systems on the EU market), and/or GPAI Provider.
Official reference: https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/
Assessment tiers & levels Lavawall supports
Lavawall assesses EU Artificial Intelligence Act - Readiness at every level below, so you can start where you are and step up as your program matures.
| Tier / level | What it covers | Builds on lower |
|---|---|---|
| Deployer | You use AI systems under your authority in the course of business (Art. 26 obligations, AI literacy, transparency when interacting with people). | — |
| Provider | You develop AI systems or have them developed and place them on the EU market under your name (Art. 8-17 high-risk requirements, conformity assessment, registration). | — |
| GPAI Model Provider | You provide general-purpose AI models (Art. 53-55: technical documentation, copyright policy, training-content summary; systemic-risk duties above 10^25 FLOPs). | — |
How Lavawall® helps you get to EU Artificial Intelligence Act - Readiness compliance
Most of EU Artificial Intelligence Act - Readiness comes down to technical controls you have to run and prove: keeping systems patched, hardening configuration, detecting breaches early, backing up what matters, controlling access, and keeping evidence that all of it actually happened. Lavawall® runs those controls across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace from one console, maps them to EU Artificial Intelligence Act - Readiness, and tracks your posture continuously instead of once a year at audit time.
- Assess your current state against EU Artificial Intelligence Act - Readiness in the Lavawall GRC module, with the questionnaire and control set built in.
- Remediate the gaps with the same platform — automated patching, configuration fixes, backups, and access review — not a separate project.
- Evidence everything with timestamped, exportable records auditors, insurers, and clients accept.
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Lavawall® supports EU Artificial Intelligence Act - Readiness as part of a built-in catalogue of compliance frameworks. Framework requirements are summarized for planning purposes; always confirm the current official text before certifying.