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  "id": "world/ai-security/eu-ai-act-max-fine",
  "catalog": "BC-001253",
  "title": "EU AI Act — maximum administrative fine (prohibited practices)",
  "title_en": "EU AI Act — maximum administrative fine (prohibited practices)",
  "value": 35000000,
  "unit": "EUR",
  "period": "2026",
  "valid_from": "2025-08-02",
  "valid_to": null,
  "applies_to": "EU",
  "note": "Article 99(3). Highest fine tier (breach of Article 5 prohibitions): up to EUR 35,000,000 or 7% of total worldwide annual turnover, whichever is higher. Lower tiers: up to EUR 15,000,000 / 3% for most other obligations, and EUR 7,500,000 / 1% for supplying incorrect information. Penalties apply from 2025-08-02 (Article 113(b)).",
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    "ai act",
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    "ai governance",
    "ai bezpecnost",
    "2026",
    "ai act fine",
    "ai act maximum penalty",
    "35 million eur fine",
    "7 percent turnover ai",
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    "ai act article 99"
  ],
  "source": {
    "name": "EU Artificial Intelligence Act — Article 99 (Penalties)",
    "url": "https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/article/99/",
    "retrieved": "2026-06-07",
    "quote": "Non-compliance with the prohibition of the AI practices referred to in Article 5 shall be subject to administrative fines of up to 35 000 000 EUR or, if the offender is an undertaking, up to 7 % of its total worldwide annual turnover for the preceding financial year, whichever is higher.",
    "published": "2025-08-02",
    "published_kind": "effective",
    "quote_en": "Non-compliance with the prohibition of the AI practices referred to in Article 5 shall be subject to administrative fines of up to 35 000 000 EUR or, if the offender is an undertaking, up to 7 % of its total worldwide annual turnover for the preceding financial year, whichever is higher."
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "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": "White & Case — EU AI Act becomes law after publication in the OJ",
      "url": "https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/long-awaited-eu-ai-act-becomes-law-after-publication-eus-official-journal",
      "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": "2025-08-02",
    "retrieved": "2026-06-07",
    "last_checked": "2026-06-07",
    "next_check": "2026-09-05",
    "cadence_days": 90,
    "stale": false,
    "source_hash": "62207f042c584716"
  }
}