Your EU AI Act obligations depend on your role
The Act doesn’t assign duties by company or by industry — it assigns them by operator role. The same AI system can make one company a provider and another a deployer, with completely different obligations. Find your role below, then run the free check to see exactly what applies to your systems.
Provider
If you build or brand an AI system, you're a provider under the EU AI Act. See every provider obligation — Art. 9–21, conformity assessment, CE marking — in plain English.
15 obligations →Deployer
Using an AI tool built by someone else? You're a deployer under the EU AI Act. Learn your Article 26 duties — human oversight, monitoring, FRIA — and how to comply.
10 obligations →Importer
Placing a non-EU provider's AI system on the EU market? You're an importer under the EU AI Act. See your Article 23 verification duties before you can sell.
8 obligations →Distributor
Reselling or making an AI system available in the EU? You're a distributor under the EU AI Act. Learn your Article 24 checks and when duties escalate to provider level.
7 obligations →GPAI model provider
Building a foundation model or LLM? You're a GPAI provider under the EU AI Act. See Article 53–55 duties: technical docs, copyright policy, training-data summary, systemic risk.
9 obligations →Which role am I? A 10-second test
- You built it or put your name on it → Provider (Art. 16)
- You use someone else’s AI professionally → Deployer (Art. 26)
- You bring a non-EU provider’s system into the EU → Importer (Art. 23)
- You resell / make it available, not provider or importer → Distributor (Art. 24)
- You train a foundation model / LLM → GPAI provider (Art. 53)
Note: you can hold more than one role, and rebranding or substantially modifying a high-risk system (Art. 25) turns a deployer, importer or distributor into a provider.
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