Direct AI interaction
Determine whether natural persons interact directly with the AI system and whether the applicable disclosure route is triggered or an exception may apply.
ARTICLE 50 IS NOW APPLYING.
CAN YOU SHOW WHAT YOUR SYSTEM DOES?
Article 50 creates transparency duties for several kinds of AI interaction and AI-generated or manipulated content. The operational question is not only whether a disclosure exists, but whether the organization can identify the applicable route, preserve the implementation evidence and revalidate it when the system changes.
BOUNDARYThis page is educational and operational guidance. It is not legal advice, certification, conformity assessment or regulatory approval.
CURRENT SOURCE ANCHOR
OPEN OFFICIAL EU SOURCE ↗European Commission · Article 50 transparency guidance
The European Commission published guidance on Article 50 transparency obligations in July 2026. The relevant Article 50 obligations began applying on 2 August 2026.
WHAT BUSINESSES NEED TO ESTABLISH
Do not start with a generic checklist.
Start with the actual system, role, use case and evidence boundary. The same regulation can produce different obligations for different actors and systems.
Synthetic-content marking
For covered AI-generated or manipulated audio, image, video or text, preserve how machine-readable marking and detectability are implemented and tested where required.
Biometric or emotion-recognition notice
Identify whether a deployment uses covered biometric categorisation or emotion-recognition functionality and preserve the affected-person notice pathway and any exception analysis.
Deepfakes and public-interest text
For relevant deployer uses, preserve content classification, disclosure placement, editorial-control facts, publication chronology and exception reasoning.
THE TA-14 OPERATING ROUTE
Turn the question into a governed record.
The goal is not merely to reach an answer. It is to preserve what facts, evidence, scope and limitations supported that answer at that time.
Identify the system and actor
Record the system, version, intended purpose, deployment context and whether the organization is acting as provider, deployer or another regulated actor.
Select the Article 50 route
Separate Article 50(1), 50(2), 50(3) and 50(4) questions instead of collapsing them into one generic transparency checkbox.
Bind the evidence
Preserve screenshots, marking architecture, detectability testing, notice wording, exception analysis, editorial-control facts and version history where relevant.
Revalidate after change
A model, interface, content pipeline, deployment or source-state change can make yesterday’s evidence insufficient even if the historical record remains true.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
Questions businesses are asking now.
When did Article 50 start applying?
The Article 50 transparency obligations covered by the current Commission guidance began applying on 2 August 2026. Applicability still depends on the specific system, actor, use and relevant exceptions.
Does every chatbot need the same disclosure?
No. The correct analysis depends on the system, the interaction, the actor and the applicable exception or boundary. A generic chatbot label is not a substitute for a system-specific determination.
Does adding a disclosure prove compliance?
No. A disclosure can be one piece of evidence. The organization may still need to support applicability, timing, placement, wording, marking, detectability, exceptions and continuing validity.
Can TA-14 certify Article 50 compliance automatically?
No. TA-14 can structure classification, evidence, gaps, review and revalidation. Software access does not itself constitute legal advice, regulatory approval, conformity assessment or certification.