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EU AI Act Art. 52: notification of a GPAI model meeting the systemic-risk threshold

Notify the Commission without delay, and within two weeks, once a GPAI model meets the Art. 51(1)(a) condition or it becomes known that it will

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from EU AI Act Art. 52 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseEU AI ActArt. 52Duty holderGPAI providerApplies from2025-08-02In forceArtefactCompute ledgerper model…LayersLayer 02Layer 05Evidence recordClassificationdecision recordSame topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from EU AI Act Art. 52 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseEU AI Act · Art. 52Duty holderGPAI providerApplies from2025-08-02 · In forceArtefactCompute ledger per model…LayersLayer 02Layer 05Evidence recordClassification decision recordSame topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-EUAIA-ART52. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: EU AI Act, Art. 52.
  • Duty holder: GPAI provider.
  • Applies from: 2025-08-02, In force.
  • Artefact: Compute ledger per model….
  • Layers: Layer 02, Layer 05.
  • Evidence record: Classification decision record.
  • Record schemas: Classification decision record .
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
Id
AIGE-OBL-EUAIA-ART52
Instrument
EU AI Act (post-Omnibus) law
Compared side by side
ISO 42001 vs EU AI Act · NIST AI RMF vs EU AI Act
Clause
Art. 52
Duty holder
GPAI provider
Authority
AI Office
Applies from
In force · Obligations from 2025-08-02; enforcement from 2026-08-02
Later dates
  • Commission enforcement powers apply
  • GPAI models placed on the market before 2025-08-02 comply by this date (Art. 111(3))
System class
GPAI model with systemic risk

The artefact that evidences it

Compute ledger per model lineage with a planned-compute threshold alert; notification record filed within two weeks.

Patterns that build it

No pattern in the catalogue names this clause on its "Maps to" line yet; the artefact above is the engineering answer.

Source

Chapter 08, section EU AI Act, post-Omnibus, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). EU AI Act Art. 52: notification of a GPAI model meeting the systemic-risk threshold (AIGE-OBL-EUAIA-ART52). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-euaia-art52. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{EU AI Act Art. 52: notification of a GPAI model meeting the systemic-risk threshold (AIGE-OBL-EUAIA-ART52)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-euaia-art52},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}