EU AI Act,
simplified for SMEs.
Find your AI role, your risk category, and your first steps — a free assessment, in under 5 minutes, no lawyer required. Not legal advice.
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Your answer
“We use ChatGPT to help our support team draft responses to customer emails before a human sends them.”
Priority checklist
- Add a clear disclosure in your product UI that users are interacting with an AI system (Article 50) — this must be shown at the start of the interaction, not buried in terms.(Art 50)
- If your system generates text, images, audio, or video, label AI-generated outputs as required by Article 50 — users must be able to identify synthetic content.(Art 50)
- Document how you have implemented Article 50 disclosures so you can demonstrate compliance if asked by an authority.(Art 50)
The context
Why ActEase exists
Every company adopting AI faces the same rules — but not the same resources. ActEase turns the regulation into your role, your risk level, and your next steps.
Why we built this for SMEs
- 99% of EU businesses are SMEs — adopting AI fast, without a legal department to keep up
- Real support under Article 62 Article 62 — sandboxes, reduced fees, tailored guidance
- Fines scaled to your size under Article 99 Article 99 — not flat penalties built for large tech companies
What the Act means for you
Every AI use case sorts into one of four risk tiers:
- Unacceptable risk: banned entirely
- High risk: HR, scoring, biometrics — strict audits
- Limited risk: generative AI and bots — transparency required
- Minimal risk: internal filters — no obligations
Fines and risks
Understand your position
Which role do you assume?
The Act imposes different obligations depending on whether you build the system, simply run it, or move it through the supply chain. Our assessment pinpoints exactly which one applies to you.
Provider
You build or white-label an AI system for the market.
Core duties
- Establish a risk management system (Art 9)
- Draft technical documentation (Art 16)
- Register high-risk systems in the EU database (Art 16)
Deployer
You use AI tools within your own professional workflow.
Core duties
- Ensure meaningful human oversight (Art 14)
- Monitor performance and keep logs (Art 26)
- Inform affected people when required (Art 26)
Importer
You bring a non-EU AI system into the European market.
Core duties
- Verify the provider's conformity assessment (Art 23)
- Confirm CE marking and documentation are present (Art 23)
- Ensure storage and transport don't compromise compliance (Art 23)
Distributor
You make an AI system available on the EU market without being its provider or importer.
Core duties
- Verify CE marking and declaration of conformity (Art 24)
- Confirm the provider and importer met their duties (Art 24)
- Withdraw the system if non-conformity is found (Art 24)
Authorised representative
You act in the EU on behalf of a non-EU provider, under a written mandate.
Core duties
- Verify the declaration of conformity and technical file (Art 22)
- Keep records available for 10 years (Art 22)
- Provide documentation to authorities on request (Art 22)
Mixed
You hold more than one of these roles at once — the Act allows this explicitly.
Core duties
- Meet the full duties of every role you hold (Art 25)
- Modifying a system can shift you into provider duties (Art 25)
- Responsibility follows conduct, not just title (Art 25)