Jurisdiction
European Union: Agent Authority Ledger
European Union carries 4 records on the Agent Authority Ledger as of September 2026: 3 verified at a primary source, 0 reported, 0 announced with no document yet, 1 searched and absent, and 0 open questions. By kind: binding law 4.
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4 records
No EU instrument defines an AI agent
European Union · verified 15 September 2026
The Commission states that the term AI agent is not legally defined and is used colloquially for different kinds of artefacts.
EU AI Act Article 26, deployer obligations
European Union · verified 15 September 2026
Deployers must take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure they use high risk systems in accordance with the instructions for use.
EU AI Act Article 14, human oversight
European Union · verified 15 September 2026
Article 14(1) requires high risk AI systems to be designed and developed so they can be effectively overseen by natural persons during the period in which they are in use, including through appropriate human machine interface tools.
EU AI Act Article 12, record keeping
European Union · verified 15 September 2026
Article 12(1) states that high risk AI systems shall technically allow for the automatic recording of events, or logs, over the lifetime of the system.
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What binds an agent's operator today in European Union?
No EU instrument defines an AI agent (absent); EU AI Act Article 26, deployer obligations (verified); EU AI Act Article 14, human oversight (verified); EU AI Act Article 12, record keeping (verified). Each record page quotes the document and says what it changes for a team deploying an agent.
What has nobody settled in European Union?
No open question for European Union is on the ledger yet.
What does European Union not have?
No EU instrument defines an AI agent. Each absent record says where the ledger looked and when, so the search can be repeated.
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