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  "id": "eu-ai-act-fines-35-million-7-percent",
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  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/eu-ai-act-fines-35-million-7-percent/",
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  "claim": "EU AI Act fines reach €35 million or 7% of worldwide turnover for prohibited AI practices, and €15 million or 3% for most other breaches",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"AI Act fines up to 7% of global revenue\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "European Union (AI Act, Art. 99)",
    "title": "Article 99: Penalties",
    "year": "2024"
  },
  "quote": "to administrative fines of up to EUR 35 000 000 or, if the offender is an undertaking, up to 7 % of its total worldwide annual turnover for the preceding financial year, whichever is higher. ... to administrative fines of up to EUR 15 000 000 or, if the offender is an undertaking, up to 3 % of its total worldwide annual turnover for the preceding financial year, whichever is higher",
  "method": "Regulation text.",
  "drift": [
    "The 7% tier applies only to prohibited practices under Article 5"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (statute or regulation).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "The EU AI Act sets fines of up to €35 million or 7% of worldwide turnover for prohibited AI practices, and up to €15 million or 3% for most other obligations.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "EU AI Act Article 99",
      "url": "https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/article/99/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Regulation (EU) 2024/1689",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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