The European Commission's draft Article 50 AI Act transparency guidelines are out for consultation. If your business provides or deploys AI systems, they clarify how to comply with Article 50 requirements.
The Article 50 transparency obligations apply from 2 August 2026 (with one narrow exception for watermarking under the AI Omnibus). On 8 May 2026, the European Commission published draft guidelines on the implementation of those obligations (guidelines), open for stakeholder consultation until 3 June 2026.
The guidelines (once final) are non-binding, and any authoritative interpretation of the AI Act may ultimately only be given by the CJEU. In practice, however, market surveillance authorities are expected to follow them closely, and businesses that diverge without good reason take a real regulatory risk.
