AI Act Article 5(1)(c): the placing on the market, the putting into service or the use of AI systems for the evaluation...
Article 5(1)(c) prohibits: the placing on the market, the putting into service or the use of AI systems for the evaluation or classification of natural persons or groups of persons over a... It has applied since 2 February 2025.
- Provision
- Article 5(1)(c)
- Chapter
- Chapter II: prohibited AI practices
- Applies from
- 2 February 2025 (Article 113, third paragraph, point (a))
- Version
- Consolidated text of 27.7.2026, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744
- Official source
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, consolidated text
Official wording
Article 5(1): The following AI practices shall be prohibited:
(c) the placing on the market, the putting into service or the use of AI systems for the evaluation or classification of natural persons or groups of persons over a certain period of time based on their social behaviour or known, inferred or predicted personal or personality characteristics, with the social score leading to either or both of the following:
(i) detrimental or unfavourable treatment of certain natural persons or groups of persons in social contexts that are unrelated to the contexts in which the data was originally generated or collected;
(ii) detrimental or unfavourable treatment of certain natural persons or groups of persons that is unjustified or disproportionate to their social behaviour or its gravity;
When it applies
Article 113, third paragraph, point (a): Chapters I and II shall apply from 2 February 2025, with the exception of Article 5(1), first subparagraph, points (ba) and (bb), and Article 5(1a) and (1b) which shall apply from 2 December 2026.
This entry is not one of the exceptions. The date for this entry is 2 February 2025.
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