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DEMO

Objective

Ensure that AI systems are developed, marketed and used in a safe way that protects fundamental rights and the enviroment while suppoorting innovation and strengthening the internal market

Prevent the trade of products within the EU linked to deforestation and forest degradation

Ban products made with forced labour in the EU market, regardless of origin

Creates a framework for sustainable product design by boosting durability, repairability, recyclability, and transparency

Scope

AI providers, deployers, importers, distributors, product manufactures, who place AI on the EU market or whose AI outputs are used in the EU, including those established in third countries

7 commodities (and their derivatives): wood, coffee, cocos, cattle, palm, oil, soy, rubber

All products covered, no matter their sector or origin

All physical goods covered except food, medicinal products, living plants, animals and mioro-organismis etc.

Date of entry into application

General purose AI (GPAI) rules apply from August 2025, followed by transparency obligations in August 2026, and the high-risk AI requirements will be phased in, with some obligations taking effect in August 2026 and the remaining ones in August 2027

30 June 2027 (Micro and small enterprises)

30 December 2026 (Medium and large enterprises)

14 December 2027 (All size enterprises)

Gradual roll-out

Note: Starting on 18 Feburary 2027, Digital Product Passports (DPPs) will become mandatory for certain types of batteries

[Regulation (EU) 2023/1542]

EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) ActEU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)EU Forced Labour Regulation (EUFLR)Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)
ObjectiveAI providers, deployers, importers, distributors, product manufacturers, who place AI on the EU market or whose AI outputs are used in the EU, including those established in third countriesPrevent the trade of products within the EU linked to deforestation and forest degradationBan products made with forced labour in the EU market, regardless of originCreates a framework for sustainable product design by boosting durability, repairability, recyclability, and transparency
ScopeAI providers, deployers, importers, distributors, product manufactures, who place AI on the EU market or whose AI outputs are used in the EU, including those established in third countries7 commodities (and their derivatives): wood, coffee, cocos, cattle, palm, oil, soy, rubberAll products covered, no matter their sector or originAll physical goods covered except food, medicinal products, living plants, animals and mioro-organismis etc.
Date of entry into applicationGeneral purose AI (GPAI) rules apply from August 2025, followed by transparency obligations in August 2026, and the high-risk AI requirements will be phased in, with some obligations taking effect in August 2026 and the remaining ones in August 202730 June 2027 (Micro and small enterprises)
30 December 2026 (Medium and large enterprises)
Ensure that AI systems are developed, marketed and used in a safe way that protects fundamental rights and the enviroment while supporting innovation and strengthening the internal marketGradual roll-out
Note: Starting on 18 Feburary 2027, Digital Product Passports (DPPs) will become mandatory for certain types of batteries
[Regulation (EU) 2023/1542]

EU Artificial Intelligence (AI Act)
EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)
EU Forced Labour Regulation (EUFLR)
Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)
Objective
Ensure that AI systems are developed, marketed and used in a safe way that protects fundamental rights and the enviroment while suppoorting innovation and strengthening the internal market
Prevent the trade of products within the EU linked to deforestation and forest degradation
Ban products made with forced labour in the EU market, regardless of origin
Creates a framework for sustainable product design by boosting durability, repairability, recyclability, and transparency
Scope
AI providers, deployers, importers, distributors, product manufactures, who place AI on the EU market or whose AI outputs are used in the EU, including those established in third countries
7 commodities (and their derivatives): wood, coffee, cocos, cattle, palm, oil, soy, rubber
All products covered, no matter their sector or origin
All physical goods covered except food, medicinal products, living plants, animals and mioro-organismis etc.
Date of entry into application
General purose AI (GPAI) rules apply from August 2025, followed by transparency obligations in August 2026, and the high-risk AI requirements will be phased in, with some obligations taking effect in August 2026 and the remaining ones in August 2027
30 June 2027 (Micro and small enterprises) 30 December 2026 (Medium and large enterprises)
14 December 2027 (All size enterprises)
Gradual roll-out Note: Starting on 18 Feburary 2027, Digital Product Passports (DPPs) will become mandatory for certain types of batteries [Regulation (EU) 2023/1542