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Article 4 and your organisation.
Article 4 obliges providers and deployers to demonstrate AI literacy among their staff. What does that mean concretely for your organisation?
State of play — June 2026Article 4 has been in force since 2 February 2025; enforcement starts on 2 August 2026. The UAIV consultation is closed (1 June 2026) and the legislative procedure is ongoing. On 7 May 2026 a provisional political agreement on the Digital Omnibus was reached; Article 4 remains in force.
The core question
Are you a provider or a deployer?
Virtually every organisation that uses AI is a deployer. Whoever develops or offers AI under their own name is a provider. Both fall under Article 4.
- Deployer. You deploy AI systems for your activities — from text generation to decision support.
- Provider. You develop or supply an AI system under your own name or brand.
- Persons acting on your behalf. Freelancers, contractors, and service providers also fall within the scope. The degree of literacy required is proportionate: for your own employees the obligation goes further than for external parties.
What "demonstrable" requires
From effort to evidence.
Article 4 requires not only measures but demonstrable evidence of them. Personal certification provides precisely that: a verifiable, independently assessed result per employee.