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Which Article 50 surfaces should your team review?

Answer five product questions. This does not decide legal scope; it identifies the user-facing controls and implementation surfaces that deserve review.

People interact directly with an AI system.

Examples: chatbot, support assistant, sales agent, AI phone/voice agent, embedded copilot.

The system generates or manipulates text, audio, images or video.

This can raise provider-side marking/detection questions under Article 50(2), subject to scope, exceptions and transition rules.

People are exposed to emotion recognition or biometric categorisation.

This can create a deployer-side notice surface.

The deployment publishes deepfakes or certain AI-generated/manipulated public-interest text.

This can create visible-disclosure questions under Article 50(4), subject to the detailed conditions.

A relevant synthetic-content generator was placed on the market before 2 August 2026.

The Commission describes a limited transition until 2 December 2026 for the Article 50(2) marking/detection obligation for certain pre-existing systems.

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TraceNotice is technical/operational implementation support, not a law firm. This check is not legal advice, certification or a legal compliance determination. Primary references: European Commission Article 50 guidelines and Q&A, and Regulation (EU) 2024/1689.