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  "id": "legal/france-ai-act-penalty-misestimate",
  "signature": "AI tells a French startup deploying a high-risk AI system that non-compliance fines under the EU AI Act are capped at 2% of annual turnover",
  "signature_zh": "AI告诉一家部署高风险AI系统的法国初创公司，根据欧盟AI法案，不合规罚款上限为年营业额的2%",
  "regex": ".*(EU AI Act|AI Act).*(fine|penalty|2%|two percent).*",
  "domain": "legal",
  "category": "legal_risk",
  "subcategory": null,
  "root_cause": "The EU AI Act sets tiered penalties: up to 35 million EUR or 7% of global annual turnover for prohibited practices, 15 million EUR or 3% for most non-compliance, and 7.5 million EUR or 1.5% for incorrect info; the 2% figure is a common misquote.",
  "root_cause_type": "generic",
  "root_cause_zh": "欧盟AI法案设定了分级处罚：禁止行为最高3500万欧元或全球年营业额的7%，大多数不合规行为1500万欧元或3%，错误信息750万欧元或1.5%；2%的数字是常见的错误引用。",
  "versions": [
    {
      "version": "EU AI Act Regulation 2024/1689",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "version": "CNIL guidance 2024",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    }
  ],
  "os_specific": {},
  "dead_ends": [
    {
      "action": "",
      "why_fails": "Assuming the 2% figure from GDPR applies; the AI Act has different tiers and higher maximums.",
      "fail_rate": 0.8,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "",
      "why_fails": "Thinking that startups with <50 employees are exempt; the AI Act applies to all deployers of high-risk systems regardless of size.",
      "fail_rate": 0.65,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "",
      "why_fails": "Believing that fines are only based on EU turnover; they are based on global annual turnover.",
      "fail_rate": 0.7,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds": [
    {
      "action": "Conduct a full AI system classification per Annex III of the AI Act. If high-risk, implement risk management, data governance, and transparency obligations. Document compliance.",
      "success_rate": 0.8,
      "how": "Conduct a full AI system classification per Annex III of the AI Act. If high-risk, implement risk management, data governance, and transparency obligations. Document compliance.",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "If the system is not high-risk, obtain a self-declaration and register in the EU database. Example: use the EU AI compliance checklist from the Commission.",
      "success_rate": 0.9,
      "how": "If the system is not high-risk, obtain a self-declaration and register in the EU database. Example: use the EU AI compliance checklist from the Commission.",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "action": "Engage a notified body for conformity assessment if required (e.g., for biometric categorization). Budget 50k-150k EUR for the process.",
      "success_rate": 0.75,
      "how": "Engage a notified body for conformity assessment if required (e.g., for biometric categorization). Budget 50k-150k EUR for the process.",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds_zh": [
    "Conduct a full AI system classification per Annex III of the AI Act. If high-risk, implement risk management, data governance, and transparency obligations. Document compliance.",
    "If the system is not high-risk, obtain a self-declaration and register in the EU database. Example: use the EU AI compliance checklist from the Commission.",
    "Engage a notified body for conformity assessment if required (e.g., for biometric categorization). Budget 50k-150k EUR for the process."
  ],
  "transition_graph": {
    "leads_to": [],
    "preceded_by": [],
    "frequently_confused_with": []
  },
  "official_doc_url": "https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/",
  "official_doc_section": null,
  "error_code": "AI-Act-Penalty-2024",
  "verification_tier": "ai_generated",
  "confidence": 0.88,
  "fix_success_rate": 0.85,
  "resolvable": "true",
  "first_seen": "2024-06-01",
  "last_confirmed": "2024-06-01",
  "last_updated": "2024-06-01",
  "evidence_count": 1,
  "tags": [],
  "locale": "en",
  "aliases": []
}