Kilde › The compliance deadline radar: 2026–20…
Current to 12 September 2026 · updates land in the changelog.
One page, every regulatory fuse we track — EU and Hong Kong, 2026 through 2028 — each row verified against the instrument's own text before it earns a place here. Dates are the product: this page exists so you learn about a deadline while there is still time to act on it. Changes land in the updates feed (RSS).
| 2026-09-27 | EmpCo: twelve banned green-claims practices apply confirmed Directive (EU) 2024/825 inserts twelve per-se banned practices into the UCPD blacklist: generic environmental claims, offset-based neutrality claims, self-awarded badges, and seven durability/software practices. The date is fixed and does not slide with late national transposition. All EmpCo guides. |
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| ~2026-10-30 | CRA: first harmonised standards expected in the OJ estimate The first CRA harmonised standards are currently expected to be cited around this date — the event that opens the Class I self-assessment route. The timeline has already slipped once; until citation, Class I products effectively need a third party. Conformity routes by class. |
| 2026-12-02 | AI Act: marking deadline for pre-August systems confirmed Generative AI systems placed on the market before 2 August 2026 must meet the Article 50(2) machine-readable marking duty from this date (Omnibus Regulation (EU) 2026/1744). Systems placed on or after 2 August 2026 had no runway; the other Article 50 duties have applied since August. Exactly what the transition covers. |
| 2026-12-09 | New Product Liability Directive: the switch date confirmed Directive (EU) 2024/2853 applies to products placed on the market or put into service after 9 December 2026 — with 'product' expressly including software and digital manufacturing files — while Member States must transpose by the same date and the 1985 directive is repealed with effect from it. Verified verbatim at EUR-Lex (CELEX 32024L2853). Free and open-source software outside a commercial activity is carved out. Guides cluster in preparation. Tracked in updates. |
| 2026-12-11 | CRA: conformity-assessment-body chapter applies confirmed The machinery for notifying conformity-assessment bodies starts one year ahead of full application — the milestone that lets notified bodies stand up before the 2027 rush. The full CRA timeline. |
| 2026-12-31 | SWIFT CSP: 2026 attestation window closes confirmed The annual KYC-SA attestation against CSCF v2026 (26 mandatory + 6 advisory controls, control 2.4 newly mandatory) must be submitted and approved by year end. Counterparties see status colour-coded; supervisors hold real-time access. Window, roles, consequences. |
| ~2026-Q4 | CRA: certification delegated act for critical products expected estimate The delegated act that can mandate European cybersecurity certification for Annex IV critical products (security boxes, smart meter gateways, smartcards/secure elements) sits on the Commission's slate for late 2026. What certification-where-mandated means. |
| 2027-12-02 | AI Act: Annex III high-risk obligations apply confirmed The Omnibus moved the Annex III high-risk compliance date to 2 December 2027 (and Annex I products to 2 August 2028). Article 50 transparency was untouched by these delays — it has applied since August 2026. High-risk guides planned. The duties already live. |
| 2027-12-11 | CRA: full application confirmed The complete obligation set for products placed on the market: Annex I essential requirements, conformity assessment and CE marking, technical documentation, support-period duties — and the penalties chapter squarely in force. The 2027 requirements, mapped. |
| 2028-08-02 | AI Act: Annex I high-risk products confirmed The second high-risk wave under the Omnibus schedule: products under Annex I sectoral legislation reach their AI Act compliance date. Role analysis that carries over. |
| ~2028 | SWIFT CSCF: legacy back-office flows tentatively mandatory announced — not in force Control 2.4's remaining advisory slice — legacy direct back-office flows — is tentatively slated to become mandatory around the v2028 framework. Announced direction, not in force; the flow inventory built for 2026 is the asset that makes 2028 a non-event. Control 2.4, the wedge. |
A date appears here only once we have verified it at the source — the Official Journal text, the operator's own published mechanics, or our audited research files. Estimates are labeled as estimates and carry their slip history; announced-but-not-in-force items say so. When a row's status changes, the change is dated in the updates feed rather than silently edited.
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