EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689)
The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act. Article 12 requires high-risk AI systems to technically allow automatic event logging over their lifetime; Articles 19 and 26 require providers and deployers to keep those logs, to the extent under their control, for a period appropriate to the purpose and at least six months unless other law provides otherwise. The Digital Omnibus package (Council of the EU, 29 June 2026) deferred when these high-risk obligations start to apply, to 2 December 2027 (stand-alone Annex III systems) and 2 August 2028 (embedded Annex I systems); build to the requirement now, because that is the runway to be ready, not a reason to wait (see Topic 10.1).
Defined in 4 GAGE programs, which carry 9 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP).
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act. Article 12 requires high-risk AI systems to technically allow automatic event logging over their lifetime; Articles 19 and 26 require providers and deployers to keep those logs, to the extent under their control, for a period appropriate to the purpose and at least six months unless other law provides otherwise. The Digital Omnibus package (Council of the EU, 29 June 2026) deferred when these high-risk obligations start to apply, to 2 December 2027 (stand-alone Annex III systems) and 2 August 2028 (embedded Annex I systems); build to the requirement now, because that is the runway to be ready, not a reason to wait (see Topic 10.1).
The European Union's binding AI regulation, applying directly in every member state without separate national implementing legislation. Contains, among other provisions, Articles 14 and 15, which impose enforceable obligations on high risk AI systems, including autonomous agents operating in domains like credit decisions, insurance pricing, and investment advice.
The European Union's single, horizontal statute regulating AI systems by risk tier (unacceptable, high-risk, limited-risk, minimal-risk) with a separate cross-cutting regime for general-purpose AI models. In force 1 August 2024, phasing in through 2028 as delayed by the Digital Omnibus.
The European Union's comprehensive, risk-based AI law, in force since August 1, 2024, applying in phases. It governs AI systems placed on the EU market or whose outputs are used in the EU, and is the archetypal risk-based regime.
The European Union's binding Artificial Intelligence Act; Articles 14 (Human Oversight) and 15 (Accuracy, Robustness, Cybersecurity) apply to autonomous agents operating in high-risk domains, with high-risk obligations live from August 2026.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Regulatory Landscapes: AI Laws and Governance Frameworks · Ethical and Responsible AI and Operational Governance, Certified AI Practitioner: Workplace Foundations
- The Instrument Landscape · The Agent, Deconstructed, Certified Agentic AI Governance Professional (CAAGP)
- Why Singapore's Framework in Ohio · The Agent, Deconstructed, Certified Agentic AI Governance Professional (CAAGP)
- The World Beyond Singapore · The Law and the Regulators, Certified Agentic AI Governance Professional (CAAGP)
- The two gates: is it an AI system, and does the Act apply to your organization at all · The EU AI Act: The Executive Map, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- NIST AI RMF as an operating system: mapping your organization onto govern, map, measure, manage · The World's Rulebooks, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- The agent audit trail: logging actions so you can reconstruct any decision it made · Agents Under Command, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- The logging architecture: what your organization's systems must record, for whom, for how long · Evidence Engineering, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- China vs the EU AI Act: Mapping the GenAI Measures Against Europe's GPAI Regime · China, EU, US: The Comparative Playbook, Certified China AI Regulatory Professional (CCARP)
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) starts. The lessons above teach it inside the competencies below, which are what job descriptions ask for and what the GAGE credential records. Every link here is drawn from the same careers map that builds a role's readiness check.
Compares the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001 and sector rules by intent and control objective, and says where they do not overlap.
6 lessons on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Classifies a system by role and risk tier, knows which obligations bind on which date after the Digital Omnibus, and what evidence conformity needs.
2 lessons on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Collects, labels and preserves the evidence that a control operated, a decision was made, and a claim can be defended to an auditor or regulator.
2 lessons on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Roles that hire for it
Each role page shows the full competency set, what the seat decides, and a readiness check against your own evidence.
- Senior AI Compliance Analystneeds it at depth
- AI Compliance Managerneeds it at depth · 2 open postings this week
- AI Compliance Specialistneeds working knowledge · 1 open posting this week
- Compliance Analystneeds working knowledge · 2 open postings this week
- Security Compliance Managerneeds it at depth · 4 open postings this week
- AI Controls Analystneeds working knowledge
How job descriptions say it
Postings rarely use the textbook word. These are the phrases the careers map reads as asking for the competencies above.
Where the frameworks place it: EU AI Act; NIST AI RMF; ISO/IEC 42001; Regulation (EU) 2024/1689.
One interview question about it
Map one control to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001 at once, and tell me where the mapping breaks.
Asked of candidates for framework crosswalking without false equivalence. Answering it in your own words is exactly how a GAGE topic is passed, and the credential records the pass where an employer can check it.
If you come from another field
Some backgrounds already carry this competency, and the readiness check gives credit for it.
- A law degree (JD, LLB or LLM), no AI work yet carries it as a claim to back up: The EU AI Act reads like the statutes you were trained on; the content is new, the method is not.
- Compliance and regulatory affairs carries it as work you can show: Audit-ready documentation is what you produce.
- Internal audit and IT audit carries it as work you can show: Evidence evaluation is the profession.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.