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Article 5: prohibited practices

The prohibition of AI practices carrying unacceptable risk, such as manipulation, social scoring and certain biometric applications.

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Identifier
praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-5-prohibited-practices
Payload hash (sha256)
674c4b85d1cf177b2ab9256989e18b2d685fdb69388f02f22bcc8cebd4f5faf8

Citation line

Praxikon, "Article 5: prohibited practices", praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-5-prohibited-practices@1.0.0, dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0), effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-14T00:00:00.000Z, sha256 674c4b85d1cf177b2ab9256989e18b2d685fdb69388f02f22bcc8cebd4f5faf8
Version
1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at)
2 February 2025
Knowledge time (known_at)
8 August 2026
Closed on
Not closed
Application date
2 February 2025
Topics
prohibited-practices

Review status: Placed against the official source (8 August 2026). Next check due by 4 February 2027. The check date is the knowledge date of this version; no later recheck has been recorded.

Who must act and who is affected

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Duty holder

Affected actor

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Oversight

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Evidence owner

What this object links to

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Who carries the duty

2 of 2 shown

The duty rests on this role. A supervisory authority addresses this role when it is not met.

  1. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 5, Article 99(3) and Article 113(a)

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689

      Open official source

    • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

      Locator: Amendment to Article 5 and transition to 2 December 2026

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744

      Open official source

    Via

    • Condition | any ofPlacing on the market, putting into service or using AI falls under one of the practices in Article 5(1), including harmful manipulation or exploitation of vulnerabilities, social scoring, predicting criminal offences based on profiling, untargeted scraping of facial images, emotion recognition in the workplace or education, biometric categorisation by sensitive characteristics and real-time remote biometric identification in publicly accessible spaces for law enforcement.
    • ExceptionThe exceptions are narrow: among others, emotion recognition for medical or safety reasons, and the exhaustively defined law-enforcement situations with authorisation for real-time remote biometric identification in Article 5(2) to (7). The exception must be established and documented in advance.

    As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

    Consequence

Who owns the evidence

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This duty holder creates, maintains and can produce the evidence.

  1. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 5, Article 99(3) and Article 113(a)

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689

      Open official source

    • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

      Locator: Amendment to Article 5 and transition to 2 December 2026

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744

      Open official source

    Via

    • Condition | any ofPlacing on the market, putting into service or using AI falls under one of the practices in Article 5(1), including harmful manipulation or exploitation of vulnerabilities, social scoring, predicting criminal offences based on profiling, untargeted scraping of facial images, emotion recognition in the workplace or education, biometric categorisation by sensitive characteristics and real-time remote biometric identification in publicly accessible spaces for law enforcement.
    • ExceptionThe exceptions are narrow: among others, emotion recognition for medical or safety reasons, and the exhaustively defined law-enforcement situations with authorisation for real-time remote biometric identification in Article 5(2) to (7). The exception must be established and documented in advance.

    As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

    Consequence

What has to be done

1 of 1 shown

This is what concretely has to be done under the obligation.

  1. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 5, Article 99(3) and Article 113(a)

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689

      Open official source

    • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

      Locator: Amendment to Article 5 and transition to 2 December 2026

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744

      Open official source

    Via

    • Condition | any ofPlacing on the market, putting into service or using AI falls under one of the practices in Article 5(1), including harmful manipulation or exploitation of vulnerabilities, social scoring, predicting criminal offences based on profiling, untargeted scraping of facial images, emotion recognition in the workplace or education, biometric categorisation by sensitive characteristics and real-time remote biometric identification in publicly accessible spaces for law enforcement.
    • ExceptionThe exceptions are narrow: among others, emotion recognition for medical or safety reasons, and the exhaustively defined law-enforcement situations with authorisation for real-time remote biometric identification in Article 5(2) to (7). The exception must be established and documented in advance.

    As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

    Consequence

What has to be recorded

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This is what has to be in the file to show that the action was carried out.

  1. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 5, Article 99(3) and Article 113(a)

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689

      Open official source

    • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

      Locator: Amendment to Article 5 and transition to 2 December 2026

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744

      Open official source

    Via

    • Condition | any ofPlacing on the market, putting into service or using AI falls under one of the practices in Article 5(1), including harmful manipulation or exploitation of vulnerabilities, social scoring, predicting criminal offences based on profiling, untargeted scraping of facial images, emotion recognition in the workplace or education, biometric categorisation by sensitive characteristics and real-time remote biometric identification in publicly accessible spaces for law enforcement.
    • ExceptionThe exceptions are narrow: among others, emotion recognition for medical or safety reasons, and the exhaustively defined law-enforcement situations with authorisation for real-time remote biometric identification in Article 5(2) to (7). The exception must be established and documented in advance.

    As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

    Consequence

What keeps it in place

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This is what keeps compliance in place over time, periodic or event-driven.

  1. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 5, Article 99(3) and Article 113(a)

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689

      Open official source

    • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

      Locator: Amendment to Article 5 and transition to 2 December 2026

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744

      Open official source

    Via

    • Condition | any ofPlacing on the market, putting into service or using AI falls under one of the practices in Article 5(1), including harmful manipulation or exploitation of vulnerabilities, social scoring, predicting criminal offences based on profiling, untargeted scraping of facial images, emotion recognition in the workplace or education, biometric categorisation by sensitive characteristics and real-time remote biometric identification in publicly accessible spaces for law enforcement.
    • ExceptionThe exceptions are narrow: among others, emotion recognition for medical or safety reasons, and the exhaustively defined law-enforcement situations with authorisation for real-time remote biometric identification in Article 5(2) to (7). The exception must be established and documented in advance.

    As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

    Consequence

Public tools

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This is the public route a reader can actually use.

  1. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 5, Article 99(3) and Article 113(a)

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689

      Open official source

    • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

      Locator: Amendment to Article 5 and transition to 2 December 2026

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744

      Open official source

    Via

    • Condition | any ofPlacing on the market, putting into service or using AI falls under one of the practices in Article 5(1), including harmful manipulation or exploitation of vulnerabilities, social scoring, predicting criminal offences based on profiling, untargeted scraping of facial images, emotion recognition in the workplace or education, biometric categorisation by sensitive characteristics and real-time remote biometric identification in publicly accessible spaces for law enforcement.
    • ExceptionThe exceptions are narrow: among others, emotion recognition for medical or safety reasons, and the exhaustively defined law-enforcement situations with authorisation for real-time remote biometric identification in Article 5(2) to (7). The exception must be established and documented in advance.

    As long as this exception is not ruled out, the outcome stays conditional and you have to establish it yourself.

    Consequence

What points at this object

Objects hanging off this obligation

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The object belongs to this obligation. The source line it hangs off sits there.

  1. Source

    This object carries no official fact of its own. The source line below sits on the obligation it hangs off; the link itself is recorded editorially.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 5, Article 99(3) and Article 113(a)

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689

      Open official source

    • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

      Locator: Amendment to Article 5 and transition to 2 December 2026

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744

      Open official source

    Via

    No condition or exception recorded on this object.

    Relation recorded on: Screen every use case against Article 5 first

    Consequence

  2. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 113

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689

      Open official source

    Via

    No condition or exception recorded on this object.

    Relation recorded on: The AI Act enters into force

    Consequence

  3. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 113, second paragraph, point (a)

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689

      Open official source

    Via

    No condition or exception recorded on this object.

    Relation recorded on: Prohibited practices and AI literacy apply

    Consequence

  4. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • Guidelines on prohibited AI practices, C(2025) 5052 final

      Locator: Commission Guidelines C(2025) 5052 final, 29.7.2025

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-prohibited-practices-guidelines

      Open official source

    Via

    No condition or exception recorded on this object.

    Relation recorded on: Guidelines on prohibited AI practices

    Consequence

  5. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

      Locator: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, amendment of Article 5

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744

      Open official source

    Via

    No condition or exception recorded on this object.

    Relation recorded on: New prohibitions require technical safeguards

    Consequence

  6. Source

    This object carries no official fact of its own. The source line below sits on the obligation it hangs off; the link itself is recorded editorially.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 5, Article 99(3) and Article 113(a)

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689

      Open official source

    • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

      Locator: Amendment to Article 5 and transition to 2 December 2026

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744

      Open official source

    Via

    No condition or exception recorded on this object.

    Relation recorded on: Article 5 gate at intake and change

    Consequence

  7. Source

    This object carries no official fact of its own. The source line below sits on the obligation it hangs off; the link itself is recorded editorially.

    • EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689

      Locator: Article 5, Article 99(3) and Article 113(a)

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689

      Open official source

    • Digital Omnibus on AI 2026/1744

      Locator: Amendment to Article 5 and transition to 2 December 2026

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744

      Open official source

    Via

    No condition or exception recorded on this object.

    Relation recorded on: Article 5 screening record

    Consequence

  8. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • Guidelines on prohibited AI practices, C(2025) 5052 final

      Locator: Commission Guidelines C(2025) 5052 final, 29.7.2025, worked examples under Article 5

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-prohibited-practices-guidelines

      Open official source

    Via

    No condition or exception recorded on this object.

    Relation recorded on: AI toy rewards children for dangerous challenges

    Consequence

  9. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • Guidelines on prohibited AI practices, C(2025) 5052 final

      Locator: Commission Guidelines C(2025) 5052 final, 29.7.2025, worked examples under Article 5

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-prohibited-practices-guidelines

      Open official source

    Via

    No condition or exception recorded on this object.

    Relation recorded on: Inferring political opinions from uploaded photos

    Consequence

  10. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • Guidelines on prohibited AI practices, C(2025) 5052 final

      Locator: Commission Guidelines C(2025) 5052 final, 29.7.2025, worked examples under Article 5

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-prohibited-practices-guidelines

      Open official source

    Via

    No condition or exception recorded on this object.

    Relation recorded on: Call centre measures employees' anger

    Consequence

  11. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • Guidelines on prohibited AI practices, C(2025) 5052 final

      Locator: Commission Guidelines C(2025) 5052 final, 29.7.2025, worked examples under Article 5

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-prohibited-practices-guidelines

      Open official source

    Via

    No condition or exception recorded on this object.

    Relation recorded on: Medical exception: accessibility yes, burnout detection no

    Consequence

  12. Source

    Official fact on this object, with its locator.

    • Guidelines on prohibited AI practices, C(2025) 5052 final

      Locator: Commission Guidelines C(2025) 5052 final, 29.7.2025, worked examples under Article 5

      praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-prohibited-practices-guidelines

      Open official source

    Via

    No condition or exception recorded on this object.

    Relation recorded on: Screening tax returns for criminal offences on a profile alone

    Consequence

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What this object states

Official fact

Attributable to a named primary source, with a locator. Where they differ, the official source prevails.

  • The prohibited practices of Article 5 apply since 2 February 2025 and are the only AI Act category enforceable for that entire period. Violations carry the highest fine ceiling in the regulation: up to 35 million euro or 7 percent of worldwide annual turnover.

    • Locator: Article 5, Article 99(3) and Article 113(a)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

  • The Digital Omnibus adds a prohibition on AI for child sexual abuse material and non-consensual intimate synthetic content; the accompanying technical safeguards are required by 2 December 2026.

    • Locator: Amendment to Article 5 and transition to 2 December 2026praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2026-1744Open official source

Our interpretation

Our own reading. It can change without the law changing, and it is not the position of a supervisory authority.

  • The line often sits in the definitional details: the same technique can be prohibited in the workplace and permitted in another context. Screen per concrete use and context, not per technology, and do so before procurement or go-live.

Recommended step

A practical step we consider appropriate. Not an obligation following from the Regulation.

  • Make the Article 5 screening the first step of every classification and record the outcome per system in the register, including the reasoning why a practice does not fall under the prohibition.

    • Locator: Article 5 read with Article 6 classification orderpraxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

When this applies

  1. 1Placing on the market, putting into service or using AI falls under one of the practices in Article 5(1), including harmful manipulation or exploitation of vulnerabilities, social scoring, predicting criminal offences based on profiling, untargeted scraping of facial images, emotion recognition in the workplace or education, biometric categorisation by sensitive characteristics and real-time remote biometric identification in publicly accessible spaces for law enforcement.

When this does not apply

  • The exceptions are narrow: among others, emotion recognition for medical or safety reasons, and the exhaustively defined law-enforcement situations with authorisation for real-time remote biometric identification in Article 5(2) to (7). The exception must be established and documented in advance.

Referring to this object

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Reference

Praxikon, "Article 5: prohibited practices",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-5-prohibited-practices@1.0.0,
dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0),
effective_at 2025-02-02T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 674c4b85d1cf177b2ab9256989e18b2d685fdb69388f02f22bcc8cebd4f5faf8,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/obligation/article-5-prohibited-practices
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/obligations?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Aobligation%3Aarticle-5-prohibited-practices&effective_at=2025-02-02&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-25)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-5-prohibited-practices@1.0.0 (sha256 674c4b85)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-obligation-article-5-prohibited-practices-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Article 5: prohibited practices},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:article-5-prohibited-practices},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.1.0, schema 1.4.0},
  note         = {effective_at 2025-02-02T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 674c4b85d1cf177b2ab9256989e18b2d685fdb69388f02f22bcc8cebd4f5faf8},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/obligation/article-5-prohibited-practices},
  urldate      = {2026-08-25},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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