EU AI Act Articles 51 and 52 - GPAI systemic-risk classification and notification
Assess GPAI high-impact capabilities and Commission designation, including the greater-than-10^25 FLOP presumption and Article 52 notification procedure
Where this comes from
Provision: Articles 51 and 52 - GPAI systemic-risk classification and notification
Instrument: EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689)
Citation: Articles 51(1)-(3) and 52(1)-(4), Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
Text version: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, consolidated 27 July 2026; original OJ L 12 July 2024 and amendment (EU) 2026/1744
Checked against the source: 6 September 2026
Who it applies to
GPAI model provider in scope (Art. 2, Art. 3(63)) — all of these:
- Project involves providing a general-purpose AI model (GPAI)
- GPAI assessed Union model scope: YES
What engineering work it implies
Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:
- Assess high-impact capabilities and any Commission designation independently of the compute estimate
- Apply the Article 51(2) presumption only where cumulative training computation is greater than 10^25 FLOPs
- Where Article 51(1)(a) is met, record Commission notification without delay and within two weeks of meeting or knowing the requirement will be met
- Preserve any substantiated Article 52(2) arguments and Commission response; a unilateral rebuttal cannot establish exemption
- Record the model-provider scope, relevant model version and Article 111(3) placement-date transition before an enforcement conclusion
Evidence an auditor expects
- Assessment documentDocument reviewReviewed before placing on the market, and on each training run that could cross the threshold
Systemic-risk classification assessment for the general-purpose AI model
Assessment against Art. 51(1)(a) high impact capabilities — evaluated on appropriate technical tools and methodologies, including indicators and benchmarks — recording the cumulative training compute measured and the Art. 51(2) presumption threshold applied, or the Commission designation under Art. 51(1)(b). The Regulation lets the Commission amend the thresholds and Annex XIII criteria by delegated act: cite the version in force at the date of assessment
- Process recordDocument review
Notification to the Commission / AI Office where the threshold is met (Art. 52(1))
Evidence of notification without delay and in any event within two weeks after the requirement is met or it becomes known that it will be met, together with any Art. 52(2) submission arguing exceptionally that the model does not present systemic risk
Questions people ask
- Does EU AI Act Articles 51 and 52 - GPAI systemic-risk classification and notifica… apply to my service?
- It applies when Project involves providing a general-purpose AI model (GPAI); GPAI assessed Union model scope: YES.
- When does this become enforceable?
- EU AI Act Articles 51 and 52 - GPAI systemic-risk classification and notifica… is enforceable from 2 August 2025. Its current status is: in force.
- What evidence does an auditor expect?
- Systemic-risk classification assessment for the general-purpose AI model; Notification to the Commission / AI Office where the threshold is met (Art. 52(1)).
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