Editorial Policy: Independence, Sources, Provider Partners and Corrections

This editorial policy sets out how AIActGuide.net, an independent reference on the EU AI Act, keeps its pages independent, sourced, labelled and corrected. Five commitments carry it: independence from every EU body, company and adviser; primary sources only; dated labels for drafts and proposals; a public correction route; and four named events that reopen a page.

The act behind every page is Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, in force since 1 August 2024, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 of 8 July 2026, in force since 27 July 2026. AIActGuide.net is the independent guide to the EU AI Act in that amended version and treats the 2024 wording as dated history.

Compiled by the AIActGuide.net Editorial Team from the Official Journal text; how we check every statement: methodology.

How AIActGuide.net Stays Independent

AIActGuide.net is independent: no EU body, company or adviser commissions, reviews or pays for its pages. The guide has no affiliation with the European Commission or the AI Office. Its revenue comes from passing requests to independent providers, and that revenue never shapes a page.

No Paid Placements and No Ranked Companies

Three rules keep companies out of the editorial content: no paid placements, no recommended or ranked company, and company names only as facts from official lists. Each rule applies to text, tables and images alike:

• Paid placements: none, in any form, on any page.
• Company rankings: none; no company is recommended, ranked or presented as a partner of the guide.
• Company names: only as facts from official lists, such as the Commission list of GPAI Code of Practice signatories, and in neutral alphabetical order.

No law firm or vendor is quoted or promoted on any page.

How Requests Reach Independent Providers Before Any Partner Exists

The provider match passes a reader's request to independent providers of AI Act support, such as compliance advisers, conformity-assessment support, AI literacy training providers and counsel.

Provider partners are not yet chosen, so every page speaks of "independent providers" and names no company. The guide makes no claim about the standing of any provider that receives a request. The request form appears on topic pages only; trust pages, this one included, carry no form.

Which Sources Every Statement Comes From

Every statement on AIActGuide.net comes from a primary source, with the Official Journal and EUR-Lex ranked first. Five source ranks decide which document wins when two documents differ:

Law-firm and blog pages are used for discovery only, never as a source.

The authentic texts are the Official Journal publications; the EUR-Lex consolidated version states that it "is meant purely as a documentation tool and has no legal effect". Commission guidelines rank second: they are non-binding, and the authoritative interpretation of the act rests with the Court of Justice of the European Union. Every value carries its instrument and an as-of date, and the methodology page sets out the full hierarchy and the checks behind it.

What the Guide Explains and What It Leaves Out

The guide explains what the AI Act, its implementing acts, its guidelines and national implementation laws require, for whom and by when. Providers, deployers, importers, distributors and authorised representatives find their duties stated with the article that creates them. Four subjects stay outside the pages of AIActGuide.net:

• Legal advice on individual cases: pages explain the act and never decide whether a particular AI system complies.
• Current prices: no price of any compliance service appears.
• Promises of mailings or downloads: none until such a service or document exists.
• AI laws of other jurisdictions as topics of their own: they appear only as comparison context.

How Drafts, Guidelines and Interpretations Are Labelled

Every draft, proposal and bill carries its label, stage and date, for example the Article 6(5) classification guidelines as the Commission draft of 19 May 2026. Commission guidelines differ in status, so the page on EU AI Act guidelines gives the status and date of each one. A proposal keeps its label until the adopted act appears in the Official Journal.

Interpretations are labelled as interpretation and never pass as the text of the act. The AI Act is a regulation and applies directly, so national laws "implement" or "supplement" it and are never said to transpose it. Terms follow Article 3 and the English of the Official Journal, for example "deployer", "placing on the market" and "authorised representative".

Reporting an Error: The Contact Route and the Correction Note

Readers report an error by naming the page, the statement and the primary source that contradicts it. A report with a link to EUR-Lex, a Commission page, a national gazette or an authority site can be checked against that document directly.

Error reports go to editorial@aiactguide.net, the editorial mailbox of the guide. The page to contact AIActGuide.net offers the same route to send the report. Every report is checked against the primary source it names before a page changes.

A corrected page shows an updated date and a change note that states what changed. The note stays on the page, so returning readers see what was replaced.

When a Page Is Revised: Amendments, Guidelines, National Laws and Standards

Four events reopen a page: an amendment of the act, a new or final Commission guideline, a national implementation law and the citation of a harmonised standard in the Official Journal. Each one triggers a check of the pages citing the changed text:

• Amendment of the act: a new consolidated version on EUR-Lex.
• Commission guideline: a new, updated or final guideline.
• National implementation law: publication in the national gazette.
• Standard citation: the reference of a harmonised standard in the Official Journal.

The citation of EN 18286:2026 by Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/2274, published in the Official Journal on 14 October 2026, is an example of the fourth event. The consolidated text of the EU AI Act of 27 July 2026 is an example of the first: it incorporates Regulation (EU) 2026/1744.

The Other Trust Pages of AIActGuide.net

Four other trust pages complete the editorial policy, one question each:

Editorial Policy: Related Questions

AIActGuide.net is not an EU website, names no adviser and dates every new development it records.

Is AIActGuide.net an Official EU Website?

No: AIActGuide.net is an independent reference, not affiliated with the European Commission, the AI Office or any EU body.

The independent reference on the EU AI Act is published under the brand AIActGuide.net. Official sources sit on europa.eu domains, and the AI Office is a function of the Commission under Article 3(47), not an EU agency.

Does the Guide Recommend Compliance Advisers?

No: the guide names no adviser and passes requests to independent providers.

The EU AI Act compliance checker gives an orientation, not a legal assessment. No accredited "AI Act consultant" exists under the act, and no notified body is listed under the AI Act on NANDO as of 24 October 2026.

Where Does the Guide Report New Developments?

New guidelines, standards, national laws and amendments are worked into the pages they change.

Dated developments are the subject of EU AI Act news. Every change carries its date.

Frequently Asked Questions about the Editorial Policy

Does AIActGuide.net give legal advice?

No. The guide gives an orientation on what the AI Act requires and never decides an individual case, such as whether one AI system complies.

Does AIActGuide.net accept payment for coverage?

No. The guide accepts no paid placements and recommends or ranks no company, and no payment changes what a page says.

Are corrected pages marked?

Yes. A corrected page shows an updated date and a change note, so readers see when a statement changed and what replaced it.

Does the guide publish prices for compliance services?

No. Costs appear only as dated official estimates, for example the Commission impact assessment SWD(2021) 84 of 21 April 2021.