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  "id": "world/ai-security/eu-ai-act-general-application",
  "catalog": "BC-001251",
  "title": "EU AI Act — general application date",
  "title_en": "EU AI Act — general application date",
  "value": "2026-08-02",
  "unit": "date",
  "period": "2026",
  "valid_from": "2026-08-02",
  "valid_to": null,
  "applies_to": "EU",
  "note": "Article 113 (main rule). The bulk of the AI Act applies from 2026-08-02, including high-risk obligations for Annex III use-case systems (classified under Article 6(2)). CAUTION: the proposed 'Digital Omnibus on AI' (Commission proposal 2025-11-19; provisional Council/Parliament agreement 2026-05; NOT yet formally adopted as of 2026-06-07) would defer Annex III high-risk obligations to 2027-12-02. The in-force Article 113 date is 2026-08-02 — monitor for adoption of the deferral.",
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    "ai act general application",
    "ai act fully applies",
    "high-risk annex iii date",
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  "source": {
    "name": "EU Artificial Intelligence Act — Article 113 (Entry into force and application)",
    "url": "https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/article/113/",
    "retrieved": "2026-06-19",
    "quote": "It shall apply from 2 August 2026.",
    "published": "2026-08-02",
    "published_kind": "effective",
    "quote_en": "It shall apply from 2 August 2026."
  },
  "confidence": "medium",
  "status": "ok",
  "corroboration": [
    {
      "name": "European Commission — AI Act | Shaping Europe's digital future",
      "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai",
      "retrieved": "2026-06-07"
    },
    {
      "name": "EU Artificial Intelligence Act — Article 6 (Classification Rules for High-Risk AI Systems)",
      "url": "https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/article/6/",
      "retrieved": "2026-06-07"
    }
  ],
  "sources_count": 3,
  "verification": {
    "is_real": true,
    "method": "cross-checked against multiple independent official sources (web research 2026-06-07)",
    "checked": "2026-06-07",
    "checked_by": "botcorpus verifikácia (web research, cross-check)",
    "note": "Real fact verified from multiple independent sources — not a hallucination.",
    "note_en": "Real fact verified from multiple independent sources — not a hallucination."
  },
  "freshness": {
    "source_dated": "2026-08-02",
    "retrieved": "2026-06-19",
    "last_checked": "2026-06-19",
    "next_check": "2026-09-17",
    "cadence_days": 90,
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