# Official Documents

## [Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R1689)

*Status*: **Regulation in Force,** published in Official Journal on 12 July 2024.

This Regulation shall apply from 2 August 2026. *However:*

*(a) Chapters I and II shall apply from 2 February 2025;*

*(b) Chapter III Section 4, Chapter V, Chapter VII and Chapter XII and Article 78 shall apply from 2 August 2025, with the exception of Article 101;*

*(c) Article 6(1) and the corresponding obligations in this Regulation shall apply from 2 August 2027.*

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

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