Determine what facts are needed before deciding whether the Act applies.
Check where the provider/deployer is established, where systems are placed on the market or put into service, and where relevant outputs are used.
Do not reduce territorial analysis to company headquarters; cross-border supply chains and output use can matter.
Document the facts that drive scope and escalate unresolved legal interpretation.
A US SaaS provider has no EU office but a French bank uses its credit model. Build the scope fact pattern you would need before concluding anything.
Based on the uploaded EU AI Specialist lesson notes and checked against the consolidated EU AI Act in force on 27 July 2026. Where the source pack and current law differ, the current law wins.