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The August 2 Deadline: How the EU AI Act Reprices Every AI Agent in Production

On August 2, 2026 the EU AI Act's high-risk obligations become binding, with penalties up to €35M or 7% of global revenue — yet only 21% of organizations keep a real-time agent registry. The deadline that reprices every production agent, what high-risk actually requires, and a governance-by-design checklist.