EU AI Act · Article 4

Your team uses AI. Can you show what you did about it?

Article 4 of the EU AI Act has applied since February 2025. Supervision by national authorities began in August 2026. The obligation to ensure AI literacy rests on the company deploying AI — not on the tool vendor.

Evidence FileArticle 4

Document your AI literacy measures — not a certification

AI Literacy Measures — Evidence Report

Example GmbH, Munich · 16/09/2026

NameCompletion dateScore
Anna Berger29/04/202692%
Jonas Weber09/05/202688%
Maria Hoffmann11/05/202685%

Measures Log

· Policy issued — 28/02/2026

· Training delivered — 29/04/2026

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Inventory your AI tools

Every tool with its purpose, department and risk rating.

02

Issue the policy

An AI acceptable-use policy in English and German, versioned and dated.

03

Train and assess your staff

Scenario-based course with an 80% pass mark, documented with date and score.

04

Generate the evidence file

One PDF that combines everything for your managing director.

What is inside the evidence file

AI Act Article 4 readiness for European SMEs

AI system inventory

Each AI tool with purpose, department, data types and risk rating.

Acceptable-use policy

In German and English, pre-filled with your company details, versioned and dated.

Staff training records

Dated completion records with assessment scores, per employee.

Measures log

An append-only, dated record of every measure taken.

The evidence report

The combined document, ready to hand to your managing director.

What this is not

We say this plainly, because a serious vendor states what it does not do.

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It is not a certification.

02

No certification scheme for Article 4 exists.

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Article 4 is an obligation of effort, not of result.

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The documentation records the measures taken; legal sufficiency remains for your company's own counsel.

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