Free check: which duties land on you?
Three questions from the Commission's Article 50 FAQ. Nothing you pick leaves this page.
Sources: European Commission, Article 50 transparency FAQ; Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Articles 50 and 99.
The four duties, in plain words
| Duty | Who | What it takes |
|---|---|---|
| AI interaction disclosure | Providers | Chatbots, AI agents and avatars must inform people they are AI - the "it's obvious" exception is narrow |
| Machine-readable marking | Providers | AI-generated audio, image, video and text must carry detectable, interoperable marks. Older systems: from 2 December 2026 |
| Deepfake disclosure | Deployers | Clear disclosure on first exposure - a visible or audible label, not buried metadata |
| Public-interest text | Deployers | AI-written text published to inform the public needs a label unless a human reviewed it with editorial control |
Enforced by national market surveillance authorities. Fines up to 15 million euros or 3% of worldwide turnover, with proportionality for SMEs.
The EU AI Transparency Pack
- Role checker: provider, deployer or both - the question that decides your duties.
- Obligation inventory (Excel): every place AI touches your business, mapped to the article, the required disclosure and an owner.
- Disclosure wording library: chat widget, AI images, AI articles, voice, deepfakes - ready to adapt and place.
- The deepfake test: the Commission's three cumulative criteria, worked through.
- Timeline: 2 August 2026 in force; 2 December 2026 marking grace period ends; what to do at each.
What it is not: templates and checklists, not legal advice. It maps your AI uses to Article 50 and drafts the disclosures; it does not certify compliance.
One-off. Instant download after payment. Word, Excel and PDF files.
Buy the pack - $29 See a free sampleCheckout by Polar, in US dollars. If the file does not arrive, email fuseini.metadata@gmail.com with your receipt.
Questions
We built our chatbot on a big provider's model. Their problem? Both of yours. If you place the system on the market under your name you are a provider; running it on your site makes you a deployer too. The pack's role checker sorts this in two minutes.
We are outside the EU. Exempt? The AI Act applies where the output is used in the EU. If EU customers use your system, plan on complying.
Is this advice? No. It is a worksheet pack built from the Commission's Article 50 FAQ and Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. For enforcement risk on a specific system, take advice.