Applicability

Does the EU AI Act apply to small businesses?

Yes — and the most common assumption in SME boardrooms is wrong. The EU AI Act applies to any business that uses AI tools professionally, regardless of size. There is no minimum employee count, no revenue threshold, and no grace period for smaller organisations.

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UK Businesses

Does the EU AI Act apply to UK businesses?

Brexit did not exempt UK businesses from the EU AI Act. Where AI outputs are used by people in the EU, the regulation applies — regardless of where your business is based. This is stated explicitly in the text of the Act, not inferred by analogy.

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Documentation

What documentation does the EU AI Act require?

Article 4 doesn't enumerate specific documents — it sets an obligation and leaves implementation to each business. But there is a clear difference between activity that looks like compliance and documentation that would survive scrutiny from a regulator or enterprise procurement team.

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Compliance

EU AI Act compliance checklist for SMEs

For the vast majority of SMEs, the primary EU AI Act obligation is the AI literacy requirement — enforceable since February 2025. This checklist walks through what you need to have in place, and what demonstrable compliance actually looks like in practice.

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AI Tools Register

What is an AI tools register — and do I need one?

An AI tools register is a structured inventory of every AI system your business uses professionally. It is the starting point for EU AI Act compliance — you cannot document that your staff understand how to use AI responsibly until you know which AI systems they are actually using.

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