AI Act vs AI Basic Act: what they share and how they differ
AI Act and AI Basic Act share 9 of 24 control themes and 10 checks. 86% of AI Basic Act requirements can be proven with checks AI Act already uses, 27% the other way round.
Phasing in
AI Act
How to make an AI system compliant with the EU AI Act
33 requirementsNext Aug 2, 2027
In force
AI Basic Act
How to comply with the South Korea AI Basic Act
7 requirementsNext Jan 2027
9/24shared control themes
10shared checks
86%of AI Basic Act requirements covered by AI Act evidence
27%of AI Act requirements covered by AI Basic Act evidence
At a glance
| AI Act | AI Basic Act | |
|---|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | European Union | South Korea |
| Kind | Regulation | Statute |
| Status | Phasing in | In force |
| Binding | Yes same | Yes same |
| Object analysed | AI system same | AI system same |
| Scope | Providers, deployers, importers and distributors of AI systems; providers of GPAI models. | Operators developing or using AI, including foreign ones above thresholds. |
| Territorial reach | Extraterritorial: applies when the system is placed on the EU market or its output is used in the EU. | Activities affecting the Korean market or users. |
| Penalties | Up to €35M or 7% of worldwide turnover (prohibited practices); €15M or 3% (other obligations); €7.5M or 1% (incorrect information). | Administrative fine up to KRW 30M; grace period of at least one year on fines. |
| Qualification axes | AI Act risk level, Organisation role, General-purpose model | Category |
| Roles | Provider, Deployer, GPAI provider | Developing operator, Using operator |
| Requirements | 33 | 7 |
| Next milestone | Aug 2, 2027, Annex I high risk (regulated products); GPAI placed on the market before Aug 2025 | Jan 2027, Announced end of the fine grace period |
Theme by theme
requirements per theme
AI ActAI Basic Act
Governance
Assessment
Build
People & use
Lifecycle & third parties
What they share: one piece of evidence, two frameworks
10
| Code | Check | Requirements AI Act | Requirements AI Basic Act |
|---|---|---|---|
| VER-003-01 | Documented and up-to-date risk register | ||
| VER-005-01 | Complete technical documentation compliant with Annex IV | ||
| VER-008-02 | System designed to allow human oversight (stop button, override) | ||
| VER-018-D-01 | Persons informed of the interaction with an AI system | ||
| VER-018-D-03 | AI-generated content marked as such | ||
| VER-020-D-01 | FRIA carried out in accordance with Art. 27 | ||
| VER-025-F-01 | Authorised representative appointed by written mandate | ||
| VER-032-G-02 | Systemic risks assessed and mitigation measures documented | ||
| VER-032-G-03 | Serious incidents documented and reported to the AI Office | ||
| VER-033-D-02 | System explanation capability verified |
Differences: requirements specific to each framework
Requirements with no check serving the other framework: the extra work.
AI Act
24
EX-001
AI literacy Art. 4
EX-002
Prohibited practices Art. 5
EX-004
Data and data governance Art. 10
EX-006
Record-keeping / logging Art. 12
EX-007
Transparency to deployers Art. 13
EX-009
EX-010
QMS Art. 17
EX-011
10-year retention Art. 18
EX-012
Automatically generated logs Art. 19
EX-013
Corrective actions Art. 20
EX-015
EU declaration of conformity Art. 47
EX-016
CE marking Art. 48
EX-017
EU database registration Art. 49
EX-019
DPIA Art. 26§9
EX-021
Post-market monitoring Art. 72
EX-022
Serious incident reporting Art. 73
EX-023
Accessibility Art. 16(l)
EX-024
Conformity assessment Art. 43
EX-026
Value chain Art. 25
EX-027
Compliant use Art. 26§1
EX-028
Input data Art. 26§4
EX-029
Information to affected persons Art. 26§11
EX-030
Information to workers' representatives Art. 26§7
EX-031
GPAI obligations Art. 53
AI Basic Act
1
KR-03
Timelines
PastSet in the textPotentialTo verify
Apr 21, 2021AI Act · Commission proposal
Jul 12, 2024AI Act · Published in the Official Journal
Aug 1, 2024AI Act · Entry into force
Dec 26, 2024AI Basic Act · Passed by the National Assembly
Jan 21, 2025AI Basic Act · Promulgated
Feb 2, 2025AI Act · Prohibited practices (Art. 5) and AI literacy (Art. 4)
Jul 10, 2025AI Act · GPAI Code of Practice published
Aug 2, 2025AI Act · GPAI obligations, governance, penalties, notified bodies
Nov 19, 2025AI Act · Digital Omnibus proposal: high-risk delay tied to standards
Jan 22, 2026AI Basic Act · Entry into force
Aug 2, 2026AI Act · General application: Art. 50, sandboxes, Annex III high risk (unless Omnibus delay)
Jan 2027AI Basic Act · Announced end of the fine grace period
Aug 2, 2027AI Act · Annex I high risk (regulated products); GPAI placed on the market before Aug 2025
Dec 2, 2027AI Act · Omnibus backstop for Annex III high risk
Aug 2, 2028AI Act · Omnibus backstop for Annex I high risk
Aug 2, 2030AI Act · High-risk systems of public authorities already in service (Art. 111)
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