From 2 August 2026, the Artificial Intelligence Act introduces a mandatory Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment (FRIA) for a clearly identified category of actors deploying high-risk AI systems.
This obligation does not apply to all AI users. It specifically concerns:
- public authorities deploying high-risk AI systems in sensitive areas such as education, employment, access to essential services, law enforcement, migration, justice or democratic processes;
- private entities providing essential public services;
- banking and insurance companies using AI systems for creditworthiness assessment or life and health insurance pricing.
This 3-hour training is designed for in-house legal and compliance teams, advisors and managers who need to determine whether they fall within the scope of the FRIA obligation, understand what the assessment concretely entails, and prepare for its implementation ahead of the AI Act’s entry into application.
The training addresses the intrinsic characteristics of the FRIA as a pre-deployment decision-making tool, anchored in fundamental rights law, intended to structure organisational choices before harm occurs, not as purely formal « tick-the-box » exercise.
The date of entry into force of the FRIA requirement could be extended until 2 August 2027 if the current Proposal for Regulation on simplification for AI rules submitted by the European Commission on 19 November 2025 is adopted without any amendments. This possible postponement does not, however, prevent high-risk AI deployers from taking the necessary steps to be fully compliant as early as possible.
Why participate ?
- Identify whether you are legally required to conduct a FRIA: understand precisely who qualifies as a deployer, which AI uses trigger the obligation, and why FRIA is not a general or optional assessment.
- Prepare for the AI Act timeline: anticipate the application of the FRIA obligation from 2 August 2026, with a clear understanding of possible transitional arrangements and realistic preparation horizons.
- Avoid a purely formal or defensive approach: understand why a “tick-the-box” FRIA is legally fragile, and why credibility, documentation, and governance matter.
- Align FRIA with existing obligations: clarify the relationship between FRIA and GDPR DPIAs, internal risk assessments, procurement procedures and AI governance frameworks.
