2 August 2026 — transparency & enforcement live

Ship AI under the EU AI Act without a six-figure GRC rollout.

Norma is API-first compliance infrastructure for SMEs and engineering teams: mark generative media, keep Annex IV files alive, prove agent logs, and catch Article 25 provider traps before procurement does.

  • Built for MLOps + legal, not policy binders
  • Point solutions, not enterprise theatre
  • Evidence you can export in minutes
  • Aligned to Art. 50, 12, 25 & Annex IV

Why now

The compliance vacuum for agile teams is widest exactly when enforcement starts.

Art. 50

Machine-readable marking of AI content is enforceable EU-wide.

Whistleblowing

Protected channels force verifiable controls over paper policies.

Art. 99

Up to 7% global turnover — existential for most SMEs on middle-tier failures.

High-risk runway

Annex III still needs multi-year documentation discipline, starting today.

Product suite

Four point solutions. Immediate demand.

Enterprise GRC platforms own policy packs. Norma owns the acute technical bottlenecks — signing an asset, regenerating a living technical file, proving a log, or killing a silent provider reclassification.

Regulatory timeline

Phased enforcement, not a single cliff

  1. Feb 2025

    Prohibitions live

    Unacceptable-risk practices banned; AI literacy duties begin.

  2. Aug 2025

    GPAI & authorities

    AI Office operational; Member State competent authorities designated.

  3. Aug 2026

    Transparency + enforce

    Article 50 marking; broad enforcement & whistleblower coverage.

  4. 2027–28

    High-risk depth

    Annex III / Annex I embedded systems deadlines — long runway required.

Article 99

The fine table is the sales deck

Middle-tier failures — missing documentation, weak oversight, transparency gaps — carry up to €15M or 3% of worldwide turnover.

Article 5

Prohibited AI practices

€35M or 7%

  • Social scoring systems
  • Untargeted facial image scraping
  • Emotion recognition in workplaces
  • Subliminal manipulation techniques
Articles 16–27, 50, Annex III

Substantive non-compliance

€15M or 3%

  • Missing risk management system
  • Inadequate technical documentation
  • No human oversight measures
  • Transparency labeling failures
Procedural enforcement

Misleading authorities

€7.5M or 1%

  • Incomplete information to authorities
  • Incorrect conformity claims
  • Misleading notified body filings

Open the workspace

Interactive demos for every tool in the brief — no enterprise sales call required.