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  "dataset": "eu_ai_act_implementation_tracker_2026_v1_0",
  "title": "EU AI Act Implementation Tracker 2026 — Scoreboard",
  "version": "1.0",
  "publisher": "Alice Labs",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "publishDate": "2026-04-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-04-20",
  "accessDate": "2026-04-20",
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    { "metric": "ai_act_chapters_i_ii_apply", "value": "2025-02-02", "unit": "date", "geography": "EU", "publisher": "EUR-Lex", "confidence": "High", "note": "Prohibited practices + AI literacy duty" },
    { "metric": "prohibited_practices_guidance", "value": "2025-02-04", "unit": "date", "geography": "EU", "publisher": "European Commission", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "ai_system_definition_guidance", "value": "2025-02-06", "unit": "date", "geography": "EU", "publisher": "European Commission", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "gpai_code_of_practice_published", "value": "2025-07-10", "unit": "date", "geography": "EU", "publisher": "European Commission", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "ai_act_governance_gpai_apply", "value": "2025-08-02", "unit": "date", "geography": "EU", "publisher": "EUR-Lex", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "ai_act_service_desk_launched", "value": "2025-10-08", "unit": "date", "geography": "EU", "publisher": "European Commission", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "digital_omnibus_proposal", "value": "2025-11-19", "unit": "date", "geography": "EU", "publisher": "European Commission", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "ai_act_high_risk_obligations_apply", "value": "2026-08-02", "unit": "date", "geography": "EU", "publisher": "EUR-Lex", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "ai_act_article_50_transparency_apply", "value": "2026-08-02", "unit": "date", "geography": "EU", "publisher": "EUR-Lex", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "ai_act_annex_i_product_obligations_apply", "value": "2027-08-02", "unit": "date", "geography": "EU", "publisher": "EUR-Lex", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "member_states_with_public_spoc_signal", "value": 10, "unit": "count", "geography": "EU", "publisher": "Alice Labs synthesis", "confidence": "Medium", "note": "IE LT FI FR DE ES CY IT NL PL evidenced as of 2026-04-20" },
    { "metric": "member_states_with_blank_commission_listing", "value": 17, "unit": "count", "geography": "EU", "publisher": "European Commission", "confidence": "High", "note": "Commission Market Surveillance page last updated 2025-09-26" },
    { "metric": "member_states_with_sandbox_evidence", "value": 5, "unit": "count", "geography": "EU", "publisher": "Alice Labs synthesis", "confidence": "Medium", "note": "ES operational, DE pilot, NL proposed, LT in process, PL contemplated" },
    { "metric": "ireland_competent_authorities_designated", "value": 15, "unit": "count", "geography": "IE", "publisher": "Government of Ireland (DETE)", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "finland_implementation_in_force", "value": "2026-01-01", "unit": "date", "geography": "FI", "publisher": "Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "spain_aesia_practical_guides_published", "value": 16, "unit": "count", "geography": "ES", "publisher": "AESIA", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "germany_sandbox_pilot_completed", "value": "2026-03-17", "unit": "date", "geography": "DE", "publisher": "Bundesnetzagentur", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "france_inesia_roadmap_adopted", "value": "2026-02-13", "unit": "date", "geography": "FR", "publisher": "French Ministry of Economy", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "cen_cenelec_standards_target", "value": "2026-Q4", "unit": "quarter", "geography": "EU", "publisher": "CEN-CENELEC", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "metric": "days_until_high_risk_application", "value": 104, "unit": "days", "geography": "EU", "publisher": "Alice Labs derived", "confidence": "High", "note": "From 2026-04-20 access date to 2026-08-02" },
    { "metric": "sources_in_registry", "value": 80, "unit": "count", "geography": "Global", "publisher": "Alice Labs Research", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "desk_research_questions", "value": 36, "unit": "count", "geography": "Global", "publisher": "Alice Labs Research", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "member_states_tracked", "value": 27, "unit": "count", "geography": "EU", "publisher": "Alice Labs Research", "confidence": "High" },
    { "metric": "key_findings_count", "value": 12, "unit": "count", "geography": "Global", "publisher": "Alice Labs Research", "confidence": "High" }
  ],
  "memberStateTracker": [
    { "country": "Austria", "iso": "AT", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "country": "Belgium", "iso": "BE", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "country": "Bulgaria", "iso": "BG", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "country": "Croatia", "iso": "HR", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "country": "Cyprus", "iso": "CY", "spoc": "listed", "evidence": "advanced", "sandbox": false, "model": "centralised", "confidence": "High" },
    { "country": "Czech Republic", "iso": "CZ", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "country": "Denmark", "iso": "DK", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "country": "Estonia", "iso": "EE", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "country": "Finland", "iso": "FI", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "advanced", "sandbox": false, "model": "distributed", "confidence": "High" },
    { "country": "France", "iso": "FR", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "advanced", "sandbox": false, "model": "coordinated", "confidence": "Medium-High" },
    { "country": "Germany", "iso": "DE", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "advanced", "sandbox": "pilot", "model": "central-prep", "confidence": "Medium-High" },
    { "country": "Greece", "iso": "GR", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "country": "Hungary", "iso": "HU", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "country": "Ireland", "iso": "IE", "spoc": "listed", "evidence": "advanced", "sandbox": "planned", "model": "distributed", "confidence": "High" },
    { "country": "Italy", "iso": "IT", "spoc": "listed", "evidence": "moderate", "sandbox": false, "model": "mixed", "confidence": "Medium-High" },
    { "country": "Latvia", "iso": "LV", "spoc": "listed", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "country": "Lithuania", "iso": "LT", "spoc": "listed", "evidence": "advanced", "sandbox": "in-process", "model": "centralised", "confidence": "High" },
    { "country": "Luxembourg", "iso": "LU", "spoc": "pending", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "country": "Malta", "iso": "MT", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "country": "Netherlands", "iso": "NL", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "advanced", "sandbox": "proposed", "model": "mixed", "confidence": "Medium-High" },
    { "country": "Poland", "iso": "PL", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "advanced", "sandbox": "contemplated", "model": "in-construction", "confidence": "High" },
    { "country": "Portugal", "iso": "PT", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "country": "Romania", "iso": "RO", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "country": "Slovakia", "iso": "SK", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "country": "Slovenia", "iso": "SI", "spoc": "pending", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "country": "Spain", "iso": "ES", "spoc": "pending", "evidence": "advanced", "sandbox": "operational", "model": "centralised-AESIA", "confidence": "High" },
    { "country": "Sweden", "iso": "SE", "spoc": "blank", "evidence": "limited", "sandbox": false, "model": "unknown", "confidence": "Medium" }
  ],
  "definitions": {
    "spoc_status": "Whether the European Commission's market-surveillance page (last updated 2025-09-26) displays a Single Point of Contact for that member state",
    "evidence_signal": "Conservative qualitative assessment of public implementation visibility (limited / moderate / advanced)",
    "sandbox": "Public evidence of an operational, proposed, piloted or in-process AI regulatory sandbox",
    "governance_model": "Whether supervisory architecture appears centralised, distributed, mixed, or still in construction in public sources",
    "confidence": "Confidence in the row, considering source authority and timeliness"
  },
  "limitations": [
    "Member-state evidence depends on what governments and the Commission have publicly disclosed; a country may be more prepared than its public footprint suggests.",
    "Standards timing is based on CEN-CENELEC announcements as of 2025-10-23 and 2026-02-04; final publication dates may shift.",
    "Tracker measures public implementation evidence, not hidden administrative readiness or enforcement capacity.",
    "Commission Market Surveillance compilation has not been refreshed since 2025-09-26."
  ],
  "citation": "Alice Labs Research (2026, April 20). EU AI Act Implementation Tracker 2026 (v1.0). Alice Labs. https://alicelabs.ai/reports/eu-ai-act-implementation-tracker-2026"
}
