Amended since publication
This article has been amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI), in force since 27 July 2026. The text below is the Official Journal text of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as adopted and does not include that amendment. Read the amending text for what changed.
amended 2026-07-27CELEX 32026R1744
CHAPTER IGENERAL PROVISIONS
EUR-Lex block 001.0011. The purpose of this Regulation is to improve the functioning of the internal market and promote the uptake of human-centric and trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI), while ensuring a high level of protection of health, safety, fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter, including democracy, the rule of law and environmental protection, against the harmful effects of AI systems in the Union and supporting innovation.
EUR-Lex block 001.0022. This Regulation lays down:
(a)
harmonised rules for the placing on the market, the putting into service, and the use of AI systems in the Union;
(b)
prohibitions of certain AI practices;
(c)
specific requirements for high-risk AI systems and obligations for operators of such systems;
(d)
harmonised transparency rules for certain AI systems;
(e)
harmonised rules for the placing on the market of general-purpose AI models;
(f)
rules on market monitoring, market surveillance, governance and enforcement;
(g)
measures to support innovation, with a particular focus on SMEs, including start-ups.
Source status
This library reproduces the Official Journal text of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as adopted. It is not a consolidated text: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 amended this Regulation and those amendments are not merged into the text below. Every provision they touch carries a notice saying so, with a link to the amending act. Guidance, proposals and political agreements are tracked separately and never merged into the law at all.
Official Journal text as adopted — amended sinceCELEX 32024R1689retrieved 2026-07-16