# EU AI Act risk classifier - Impetora free tool

> A free 6-question decision-tree wizard that classifies an AI system into Prohibited, High-risk, Limited-risk, or Minimal-risk under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. The result cites the relevant Article or Annex and outputs a checklist of next steps mapped to specific obligations in the regulation.

URL: https://impetora.com/tools/eu-ai-act-classifier
Type: SoftwareApplication
Pricing: Free, no signup, no email gate

## The four risk tiers

- Prohibited (Article 5) - social scoring by public authorities, manipulative or subliminal techniques causing harm, exploitation of vulnerabilities, predictive policing based solely on profiling, emotion recognition in workplace or education, untargeted scraping of facial images, biometric categorisation by sensitive categories, real-time remote biometric identification in public spaces by law enforcement (with narrow exceptions). Cannot be placed on the EU market.
- High-risk (Annex III + Articles 8 to 22) - critical infrastructure, education, employment, essential services (credit, insurance, benefits, emergency dispatch), law enforcement, migration and border control, administration of justice, and safety components of products covered by EU harmonised legislation. Plus post-event remote biometric identification and non-prohibited biometric categorisation. Subject to conformity assessment, EU database registration, and full quality and risk management.
- Limited-risk (Article 50) - chatbots, generators of synthetic content, emotion recognition or biometric categorisation outside Article 5 prohibitions. Transparency obligations only.
- Minimal-risk - everything else. Voluntary codes of conduct encouraged.

## How the classifier reasons

The wizard implements the public decision tree of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 in this order:

1. Article 2 territorial scope - if no EU market and no EU output, the AI Act does not apply (other regimes may).
2. Article 5 prohibited practices - if any apply, the system is Prohibited.
3. Annex III high-risk domain or Annex III point 1 biometric processing - if any apply, the system is High-risk.
4. Article 50 transparency triggers - if the system interacts with people or generates synthetic content and is not already higher-tier, it is Limited-risk.
5. Otherwise - Minimal-risk.

## Primary sources cited

- Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the AI Act) - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R1689
- AI Act Explorer (annotated text) - https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/
- European Commission AI Act portal - https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai
- ENISA - https://www.enisa.europa.eu/topics/artificial-intelligence

## Disclaimer

This classifier is a non-binding educational tool and does not constitute legal advice. A formal classification requires review of full system documentation, training data lineage, deployment context, and any sectoral overlay (medical devices, financial services, automotive, machinery, lifts, toys). For a binding assessment, consult qualified counsel or use the Impetora intake form below.

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