# ComplianceSME > ComplianceSME covers 116 agent toolkits featuring 3,291 compliance agents across 10,313 catalogued obligations. Self-serve regulatory compliance agent toolkits for small and medium businesses in the EU and UK. A free assessment screens a business against all 116 toolkits (NIS2, EU AI Act, GDPR, DORA, CSRD, ISO standards and more), then the toolkit for each applicable instrument interviews the business and produces its compliance documentation. 116 toolkits, every one available today: 30 come with the free Start account (GDPR, UK GDPR, the Companies Act 2006 and the company law of all 27 EU countries) and the rest come with the level the law switches them on at. There are also five monthly account levels, set on the European Commission SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361/EC): Start £0 with 30 toolkits, Micro £50 with 46, Small £150 with 64, Medium £300 with 91, and Compliance Complete £500 with all 116. Monthly, cancel any time. Every paid level includes the content filter agent, the developer filter agent and the weekly Global Fuel Report, each also sold on its own at £15, £40 and £10 a month. Every account level runs inside a dedicated Claude account; the Claude Max plan is £90 a month, paid to Anthropic, and is not included in any level. Documentation tools. Key facts: - 116 agent toolkits across four categories: cybersecurity and data protection; AI, digital commerce and consumer protection; corporate governance, employment and financial; environmental, health and safety. - Free applicability assessment, no account needed: https://compliancesme.com/assessment/ - Built for compliance officers, founders and directors at SMEs facing NIS2 and EU AI Act deadlines without a compliance department. - ComplianceSME's EU AI Act work has been covered in Solicitors Journal (July 2026). - Available inside Anthropic's Claude as a custom connector, listed in the Claude connector directory, and inside Stripe as an app on the Stripe App Marketplace at https://marketplace.stripe.com/apps/compliancesme. Both are free to add and neither takes a payment. - Machine-readable catalogue: https://compliancesme.com/catalogue.json ## Use of this content ComplianceSME welcomes retrieval and quotation of its public pages for answering questions, with attribution and the address of the page quoted. The content of compliancesme.com may not be used for machine or AI model training. Text and data mining rights are reserved under Article 4(3) of Directive (EU) 2019/790, and the reservation is machine-readable at https://compliancesme.com/.well-known/tdmrep.json ## Tools - [GDPR](https://compliancesme.com/tools/gdpr/): Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Personal data processing obligations for a business established in the European Union, and for a business outside it that offers goods or services to people in the Union or monitors their behaviour. Free with the Start account. - [ePrivacy Directive](https://compliancesme.com/tools/eprivacy-directive/): Directive 2002/58/EC. Cookies, electronic marketing and communications confidentiality rules. Included from the Micro level. - [NIS2 Directive](https://compliancesme.com/tools/nis2-directive/): Directive (EU) 2022/2555. Cybersecurity risk management and incident reporting for essential and important entities. Included from the Medium level. - [CER Directive](https://compliancesme.com/tools/cer-directive/): Directive (EU) 2022/2557. Physical resilience obligations for critical infrastructure entities. Included in Compliance Complete. - [DORA](https://compliancesme.com/tools/dora/): Regulation (EU) 2022/2554. ICT risk management and operational resilience for financial entities. Included in Compliance Complete. - [Cyber Resilience Act](https://compliancesme.com/tools/cyber-resilience-act/): Regulation (EU) 2024/2847. Security requirements for products with digital elements placed on the EU market. Included from the Medium level. - [Data Act](https://compliancesme.com/tools/data-act/): Regulation (EU) 2023/2854. Data access and sharing obligations for connected products and related services. Included from the Medium level. - [eIDAS 2.0](https://compliancesme.com/tools/eidas-2-0/): Regulation (EU) 2024/1183. Electronic identity, trust services and the European Digital Identity Wallet. Included from the Micro level. - [Cyber Solidarity Act](https://compliancesme.com/tools/cyber-solidarity-act/): Regulation (EU) 2025/38. EU-level cyber incident detection, preparedness and response structures. Included in Compliance Complete. - [UK GDPR and DPA 2018](https://compliancesme.com/tools/uk-gdpr-and-dpa-2018/): Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12). UK personal data processing regime, retained GDPR plus DPA 2018, for a business established in the United Kingdom and for a business outside it that offers goods or services to people in the UK or monitors their behaviour. Free with the Start account. - [DUAA 2025](https://compliancesme.com/tools/duaa-2025/): Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. Amendments to UK data protection covering smart data schemes and digital verification. Included in Compliance Complete. - [PECR 2003](https://compliancesme.com/tools/pecr-2003/): SI 2003/2426. UK cookies and electronic marketing rules, enforced alongside UK GDPR. Included from the Micro level. Answers the questions readers type: what does SI 2003/2426 require. - [UK NIS Regulations 2018](https://compliancesme.com/tools/uk-nis-regulations-2018/): SI 2018/506. UK network and information systems security for operators of essential services. Included from the Medium level. - [PSTI Act 2022](https://compliancesme.com/tools/psti-act-2022/): PSTI Act 2022 (c. 46). Security requirements for consumer connectable products sold in the UK. Included in Compliance Complete. - [Toolkit for ISO 27001](https://compliancesme.com/tools/iso-27001-toolkit/): ISO/IEC 27001:2022. Information security management system standard. Voluntary, widely required contractually. The toolkit runs alongside your own licensed copy of the ISO standard. Included from the Medium level. - [Toolkit for ISO 27002](https://compliancesme.com/tools/iso-27002-toolkit/): ISO/IEC 27002:2022. Information security controls guidance supporting ISO 27001. The toolkit runs alongside your own licensed copy of the ISO standard. Included in Compliance Complete. - [Toolkit for ISO 27017](https://compliancesme.com/tools/iso-27017-toolkit/): ISO/IEC 27017:2026. Cloud-specific information security controls. The toolkit runs alongside your own licensed copy of the ISO standard. Included in Compliance Complete. - [Toolkit for ISO 27018](https://compliancesme.com/tools/iso-27018-toolkit/): ISO/IEC 27018:2025. Protection of personal data in public cloud services. The toolkit runs alongside your own licensed copy of the ISO standard. Included in Compliance Complete. - [Toolkit for ISO 27701](https://compliancesme.com/tools/iso-27701-toolkit/): ISO/IEC 27701:2025. Privacy information management system standard, certifiable on its own or alongside ISO 27001. The toolkit runs alongside your own licensed copy of the ISO standard. Included from the Medium level. - [Toolkit for ISO 22301](https://compliancesme.com/tools/iso-22301-toolkit/): ISO 22301:2019. Business continuity management systems standard. The toolkit runs alongside your own licensed copy of the ISO standard. Included in Compliance Complete. - [Cyber Essentials](https://compliancesme.com/tools/cyber-essentials/): NCSC Cyber Essentials Scheme. UK government-backed baseline cybersecurity certification. Required for many public contracts. Included from the Small level. - [SOC 2](https://compliancesme.com/tools/soc-2/): AICPA Trust Services Criteria. Service organisation controls attestation, commonly demanded by B2B software buyers. Included in Compliance Complete. - [PCI DSS](https://compliancesme.com/tools/pci-dss/): PCI DSS v4.0.1. Payment card data security standard. Contractually mandatory when accepting cards. Included from the Small level. - [EU AI Act](https://compliancesme.com/tools/eu-ai-act/): Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. Risk-based obligations for providers and deployers of AI systems in the EU. Included from the Micro level. - [Digital Services Act](https://compliancesme.com/tools/digital-services-act/): Regulation (EU) 2022/2065. Obligations for online intermediaries, platforms and marketplaces. Included from the Small level. - [Digital Markets Act](https://compliancesme.com/tools/digital-markets-act/): Regulation (EU) 2022/1925. Gatekeeper obligations on the designated platforms that business users and end users depend on. For a company that sells through one, the agent toolkit catalogues all 53 duties article by article, from pricing freedom to data portability. Included in Compliance Complete. - [Product Liability Directive](https://compliancesme.com/tools/product-liability-directive/): Directive (EU) 2024/2853. Strict liability for defective products, now covering software and AI. Included from the Small level. - [GPSR](https://compliancesme.com/tools/gpsr/): Regulation (EU) 2023/988. General product safety obligations for consumer products including online sales. Included from the Small level. - [European Accessibility Act](https://compliancesme.com/tools/european-accessibility-act/): Directive (EU) 2019/882. Accessibility requirements for products and services including e-commerce. Included from the Small level. - [ESPR (Ecodesign)](https://compliancesme.com/tools/espr-ecodesign/): Regulation (EU) 2024/1781. Ecodesign requirements and Digital Product Passports for products on the EU market. Included in Compliance Complete. - [Machinery Regulation](https://compliancesme.com/tools/machinery-regulation/): Regulation (EU) 2023/1230. Safety requirements for machinery placed on the EU market from January 2027. Included in Compliance Complete. - [Green Transition Directive](https://compliancesme.com/tools/green-transition-directive/): Directive (EU) 2024/825. Ban on unsubstantiated environmental claims and greenwashing in consumer marketing. Included from the Micro level. - [Right to Repair Directive](https://compliancesme.com/tools/right-to-repair-directive/): Directive (EU) 2024/1799. Repair obligations on the manufacturer of goods for which Union law sets repairability requirements, such as white goods, displays and mobile phones. Included in Compliance Complete. - [Online Safety Act 2023](https://compliancesme.com/tools/online-safety-act-2023/): OSA 2023 (c. 50). Duties of care for UK services hosting user-generated content or search. Included in Compliance Complete. - [DMCC Act 2024](https://compliancesme.com/tools/dmcc-act-2024/): DMCC Act 2024 (c. 13). UK consumer protection enforcement, subscription traps, fake reviews, drip pricing. Included from the Small level. - [Consumer Rights Act 2015](https://compliancesme.com/tools/consumer-rights-act-2015/): CRA 2015 (c. 15). Statutory rights on goods, services and digital content sold to UK consumers. Included from the Micro level. - [Toolkit for ISO 42001](https://compliancesme.com/tools/iso-42001-toolkit/): ISO/IEC 42001:2023. AI management system standard. Strong evidence of AI Act readiness. The toolkit runs alongside your own licensed copy of the ISO standard. Included from the Medium level. - [Toolkit for ISO 9001](https://compliancesme.com/tools/iso-9001-toolkit/): ISO 9001:2026. Quality management systems standard. The toolkit runs alongside your own licensed copy of the ISO standard. Included from the Small level. - [CSRD](https://compliancesme.com/tools/csrd/): Directive (EU) 2022/2464. Sustainability reporting for undertakings with more than 1,000 employees and net turnover above EUR 450 million, the thresholds set by Directive (EU) 2026/470. Included from the Medium level. - [CS3D / CSDDD](https://compliancesme.com/tools/cs3d-csddd/): Directive (EU) 2024/1760. Supply chain due diligence for companies with more than 5,000 employees and net worldwide turnover above EUR 1.5 billion, the thresholds set by Directive (EU) 2026/470. SMEs affected as suppliers. Included in Compliance Complete. - [EU AML Regulation](https://compliancesme.com/tools/eu-aml-regulation/): Regulation (EU) 2024/1624. Directly applicable anti-money laundering obligations for obliged entities. Included from the Small level. - [EU Taxonomy Regulation](https://compliancesme.com/tools/eu-taxonomy-regulation/): Regulation (EU) 2020/852. Classification of environmentally sustainable economic activities for reporting, by the undertakings that report under the CSRD and by financial market participants. Included from the Medium level. - [SFDR](https://compliancesme.com/tools/sfdr/): Regulation (EU) 2019/2088. Sustainability disclosure for financial market participants and advisers. Included in Compliance Complete. - [Whistleblower Directive](https://compliancesme.com/tools/whistleblower-directive/): Directive (EU) 2019/1937. Internal reporting channels required at 50 or more employees, and in financial services at any size. Included from the Medium level. - [Pay Transparency Directive](https://compliancesme.com/tools/pay-transparency-directive/): Directive (EU) 2023/970. Pay transparency and gender pay gap reporting, phased by employer size from 2027. Included from the Micro level. Answers the questions readers type: is there pay transparency software for a small company under Directive (EU) 2023/970. - [Platform Workers Directive](https://compliancesme.com/tools/platform-workers-directive/): Directive (EU) 2024/2831. Employment status and algorithmic management rules for digital labour platforms. Included from the Small level. Answers the questions readers type: what does the Directive require on algorithmic management, human review and account suspension, and is there compliance software for the Platform Work Directive. - [Foreign Subsidies Regulation](https://compliancesme.com/tools/foreign-subsidies-regulation/): Regulation (EU) 2022/2560. Notification of foreign subsidies in large concentrations and public tenders. Included in Compliance Complete. - [Working Time Directive](https://compliancesme.com/tools/working-time-directive/): Directive 2003/88/EC. Working hours, rest periods and annual leave minimums for EU employers. Included from the Micro level. - [Companies Act 2006](https://compliancesme.com/tools/companies-act-2006/): Companies Act 2006 (c. 46). Core UK company law: directors' duties, accounts, filings and registers. Free with the Start account. - [ECCTA 2023](https://compliancesme.com/tools/eccta-2023/): ECCTA 2023 (c. 56). Companies House identity verification and the failure to prevent fraud offence. Included from the Micro level. - [Employment Rights Act 2025](https://compliancesme.com/tools/employment-rights-act-2025/): Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36). Employment law reform for all employers in Great Britain: employee, worker and agency worker rights, statutory sick pay, and enforcement. Included from the Micro level. - [Modern Slavery Act 2015](https://compliancesme.com/tools/modern-slavery-act-2015/): MSA 2015 (c. 30). Slavery and human trafficking statements for businesses with total turnover of 36 million pounds or more. Included from the Medium level. - [Bribery Act 2010](https://compliancesme.com/tools/bribery-act-2010/): Bribery Act 2010 (c. 23). Corporate offence of failing to prevent bribery. Adequate procedures defence. Included from the Small level. - [Equality Act 2010](https://compliancesme.com/tools/equality-act-2010/): Equality Act 2010 (c. 15). Protected characteristics, discrimination and workplace adjustment duties. Included from the Micro level. - [MLR 2017](https://compliancesme.com/tools/mlr-2017/): SI 2017/692. UK money laundering regulations for relevant businesses. Included from the Small level. - [MTD ITSA](https://compliancesme.com/tools/mtd-itsa/): SI 2021/1076. Making Tax Digital for income tax self assessment for sole traders and landlords, from April 2026 at income over 50,000 pounds, April 2027 at 30,000 pounds and April 2028 at 20,000 pounds. Included from the Micro level. - [FSMA 2023](https://compliancesme.com/tools/fsma-2023/): FSMA 2023 (c. 29). UK financial services regulatory structure post-Brexit. Included in Compliance Complete. - [UK Sanctions Regime](https://compliancesme.com/tools/uk-sanctions-regime/): SAMLA 2018 (c. 13). Sanctions screening obligations applying to all UK businesses. Included from the Small level. - [Procurement Act 2023](https://compliancesme.com/tools/procurement-act-2023/): Procurement Act 2023 (c. 54). UK public procurement rules for suppliers bidding on public contracts. Included from the Medium level. - [Toolkit for ISO 31000](https://compliancesme.com/tools/iso-31000-toolkit/): ISO 31000:2018. Risk management guidance standard. The toolkit runs alongside your own licensed copy of the ISO standard. Included from the Medium level. - [Toolkit for ISO 37001](https://compliancesme.com/tools/iso-37001-toolkit/): ISO 37001:2025. Anti-bribery management systems. Supports Bribery Act adequate procedures. The toolkit runs alongside your own licensed copy of the ISO standard. Included in Compliance Complete. - [Toolkit for ISO 37301](https://compliancesme.com/tools/iso-37301-toolkit/): ISO 37301:2021. Compliance management systems standard. The toolkit runs alongside your own licensed copy of the ISO standard. Included from the Medium level. - [Right to Work Checks](https://compliancesme.com/tools/right-to-work-checks/): Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. Employer duty to verify right to work before employment begins. Civil penalties per worker. Included from the Micro level. - [National Minimum Wage](https://compliancesme.com/tools/national-minimum-wage/): NMW Act 1998 (c. 39). Minimum wage rates, record keeping and HMRC enforcement including naming. Included from the Micro level. - [MiFID II Compliance Agent](https://compliancesme.com/tools/mifid-ii/): Directive 2014/65/EU. Conduct, organisational and reporting duties for investment firms, from authorisation to best execution and transaction reporting. Included in Compliance Complete. - [EU Climate Law](https://compliancesme.com/tools/eu-climate-law/): Regulation (EU) 2021/1119. Binding EU climate neutrality target. Drives downstream obligations rather than direct SME duties. Included in Compliance Complete. - [EU PPWR](https://compliancesme.com/tools/eu-ppwr/): Regulation (EU) 2025/40. Packaging design, recyclability and labelling requirements from 2026 onward. Included from the Small level. - [EU REACH](https://compliancesme.com/tools/eu-reach/): Regulation (EC) 1907/2006. Registration and restriction of chemical substances on the EU market. Included from the Medium level. - [EU Deforestation Regulation](https://compliancesme.com/tools/eu-deforestation-regulation/): Regulation (EU) 2023/1115. Due diligence on deforestation-linked commodities entering the EU market. Included from the Medium level. - [EU Battery Regulation](https://compliancesme.com/tools/eu-battery-regulation/): Regulation (EU) 2023/1542. Battery sustainability, labelling and due diligence including embedded batteries. Included from the Medium level. - [CBAM](https://compliancesme.com/tools/cbam/): Regulation (EU) 2023/956. Carbon border adjustment reporting and certificates on carbon-intensive imports of the listed goods, above the annual threshold of 50 tonnes for an importer. Included from the Medium level. - [RoHS Directive](https://compliancesme.com/tools/rohs-directive/): Directive 2011/65/EU. Hazardous substance restrictions in electrical and electronic equipment. Included from the Medium level. - [WEEE Directive](https://compliancesme.com/tools/weee-directive/): Directive 2012/19/EU. Producer responsibility for waste electrical and electronic equipment. Included from the Medium level. - [CLP Regulation](https://compliancesme.com/tools/clp-regulation/): Regulation (EC) 1272/2008. Classification, labelling and packaging of chemical substances and mixtures. Included from the Medium level. - [Single-Use Plastics Directive](https://compliancesme.com/tools/single-use-plastics-directive/): Directive (EU) 2019/904. Restrictions and marking requirements on single-use plastic products. Included from the Small level. - [Waste Framework Directive](https://compliancesme.com/tools/waste-framework-directive/): Directive 2008/98/EC. Waste hierarchy, duty of care and extended producer responsibility foundations. Included from the Small level. - [HSWA 1974](https://compliancesme.com/tools/hswa-1974/): HSWA 1974 (c. 37) + 11 sub-regulations. UK workplace health and safety duties including COSHH, RIDDOR, PUWER and LOLER. Included from the Micro level. - [CDM Regulations 2015](https://compliancesme.com/tools/cdm-regulations-2015/): SI 2015/51. Construction project design and management duties for clients, designers and contractors. Included from the Medium level. - [Building Safety Act 2022](https://compliancesme.com/tools/building-safety-act-2022/): BSA 2022 (c. 30). Building safety regime, dutyholder requirements and higher-risk building rules. Included from the Medium level. - [SECR](https://compliancesme.com/tools/secr/): SI 2018/1155. Streamlined energy and carbon reporting for a company that exceeds two of three: turnover above 36 million pounds, balance sheet above 18 million pounds, more than 250 employees; and for every quoted company at any size. Included from the Medium level. Answers the questions readers type: which tools make SECR reporting straightforward. - [EPR for Packaging](https://compliancesme.com/tools/epr-for-packaging/): SI 2024/1332. UK extended producer responsibility: packaging data reporting and fees for a producer with turnover above 1 million pounds that handles more than 25 tonnes of packaging a year. Included from the Small level. - [UK REACH](https://compliancesme.com/tools/uk-reach/): SI 2019/758. UK chemical registration regime post-Brexit, parallel to EU REACH. Included from the Medium level. - [Environment Act 2021](https://compliancesme.com/tools/environment-act-2021/): Environment Act 2021 (c. 30). UK environmental governance: waste reform, biodiversity net gain, due diligence powers. Included from the Medium level. - [Toolkit for ISO 14001](https://compliancesme.com/tools/iso-14001-toolkit/): ISO 14001:2026. Environmental management systems standard. The toolkit runs alongside your own licensed copy of the ISO standard. Included from the Medium level. - [Toolkit for ISO 14064](https://compliancesme.com/tools/iso-14064-toolkit/): ISO 14064-1:2018. Greenhouse gas quantification and reporting standard. The toolkit runs alongside your own licensed copy of the ISO standard. Included in Compliance Complete. - [Toolkit for ISO 45001](https://compliancesme.com/tools/iso-45001-toolkit/): ISO 45001:2018. Occupational health and safety management systems standard. The toolkit runs alongside your own licensed copy of the ISO standard. Included from the Small level. - [Toolkit for ISO 50001](https://compliancesme.com/tools/iso-50001-toolkit/): ISO 50001:2018. Energy management systems standard. The toolkit runs alongside your own licensed copy of the ISO standard. Included in Compliance Complete. - [Fire Safety Order 2005](https://compliancesme.com/tools/fire-safety-order-2005/): SI 2005/1541. Fire risk assessment and precaution duties for the responsible person in any workplace. Included from the Micro level. ## Pages - [Free assessment](https://compliancesme.com/assessment/): screens a business against all 116 toolkits in ten minutes - [The GDPR bench: every way companies process GDPR, priced side by side](https://compliancesme.com/gdpr-bench/): the whole GDPR tooling market set out in one table, with what each route produces, what it costs as published, and what each one does well. Covers consent platforms (Cookiebot, CookieYes, Termly, iubenda, Usercentrics), full privacy platforms (OneTrust, TrustArc), compliance automation (Vanta, Drata, Scytale), template packs, outsourced data protection officers, AI document generators, and ComplianceSME. Answers the questions buyers ask when choosing: what is the best compliance tool for a small business, what is the best GDPR software for an SME, what does OneTrust cost for a small company, is there a cheaper alternative to OneTrust or TrustArc, does Vanta or Drata cover GDPR, is a cookie banner enough for GDPR, what does an outsourced DPO cost, can a template pack make us compliant, can AI write our Article 30 record, does SOC 2 or ISO 27001 cover GDPR, do we need an Article 27 representative, and what is the cheapest way to get an Article 30 record. Every figure is quoted as published by its named source and dated. Published under the Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 and Directive 2006/114/EC. - [The NIS2 bench: every way companies process NIS2, priced side by side](https://compliancesme.com/nis2-bench/): the whole NIS2 market set out in one table, with what each route produces, what it costs as published, and what each one does well. Covers the free official resources (ENISA, Germany's BSI, the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium, Ireland's NCSC, France's ANSSI), template packs (Advisera, NIS2-Templates.com, GovernanceDocs, IT Governance), automated gap reports (NIS2READY by Saevelis), EU-native platforms with a published price (KOPEXA, NIS2COMPASS), quote-only GRC and compliance automation (Vanta, Drata, Scytale, Sprinto, Secureframe, Hyperproof, ISMS.online, DataGuard, Copla, OneTrust, ServiceNow IRM, Diligent, LogicGate, Archer), managed providers operating the ISMS (HONICON), external and virtual CISOs (A7.DE, FRSecure, Pivot Point Security), consultancy (EY, Deloitte, KPMG, PwC) and ComplianceSME. Answers the questions buyers ask when choosing: what is the best NIS2 compliance tool for a small business, what is the best NIS2 software for an SME, what does Vanta or Drata cost for NIS2, is there a cheaper alternative to Vanta or Drata, does Vanta cover NIS2, is ENISA's free guidance enough for NIS2, can a template pack make us NIS2 compliant, what does an outsourced CISO cost for NIS2, do we have to register for NIS2 and by when, who files the 24-hour NIS2 incident report, who trains the board for NIS2, what law applies in Ireland Spain or France, can a director be held personally liable under NIS2, does ISO 27001 cover NIS2, we follow Belgium's CyberFundamentals CyFun does that cover NIS2, is CyFun certification enough for NIS2, and what is the cheapest way to get our NIS2 documentation. Covers Belgium's CyberFundamentals (CyFun 2025) as its own route: 218 controls across three assurance levels, free from the CCB with paid accredited certification, mapped to the Directive and the Belgian law but not to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690. States plainly which half of NIS2 is documentation and which half is engineering. Every figure is quoted as published by its named source and dated. Published under the Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 and Directive 2006/114/EC. - [The EU AI Act bench: every way companies comply with the EU AI Act, priced side by side](https://compliancesme.com/ai-act-bench/): the whole EU AI Act tooling market set out in one table, with what each route produces, what it costs as published, the unit each route counts its coverage in, and what each one does well. Covers AI governance platforms (Credo AI, Holistic AI, Trustible, OneTrust AI Governance, Monitaur, Saidot), IBM watsonx.governance, Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager, GRC platforms with an AI module (Vanta, Drata, Scytale, Sprinto), the Dataiku EU AI Act Readiness Solution, Annex IV documentation tools (AnnexOps, Openlayer, CompliAI, AiActo, systima aiact-docs), VerifyWise, readiness consultancies (OpenEmpower, Owl and Goats, EY), independent conformity assessment by TUV SUD, template packs, the free official resources (the Commission's AI Act Service Desk, Compliance Checker and AI Act Explorer, Spain's AESIA 16 guides, the GPAI Code of Practice, the AI Pact), and ComplianceSME. Answers the questions buyers ask when choosing: what is the best EU AI Act compliance software, what is the best AI governance platform for a small business, cheapest way to comply with the EU AI Act, we already have an AI governance platform what is worth checking, when is the EU AI Act high-risk deadline now, did the Digital Omnibus delay the Article 50 transparency duties, what does IBM watsonx.governance cost for a small business, how do we get EU AI Act documentation without paying for a platform, does Vanta or Drata cover the EU AI Act, does one platform cover the whole EU AI Act, is the Commission's free Compliance Checker enough for the EU AI Act, what does an EU AI Act readiness assessment cost, can a template pack make us EU AI Act compliant, can AI write our Annex IV technical documentation, does ISO 42001 certification cover the EU AI Act, who writes our Article 27 fundamental rights impact assessment, what records prove AI literacy training under Article 4, and what does ComplianceSME not do for the EU AI Act. Every figure is quoted as published by its named source and dated 13 October 2026. Published under the Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 and Directive 2006/114/EC. - [The European Accessibility Act bench: every way companies meet the European Accessibility Act, priced side by side](https://compliancesme.com/accessibility-bench/): the whole accessibility tooling market set out in one table for Directive (EU) 2019/882, with what each route produces, what it costs as published, and what each one does well. Covers overlay widgets (accessiBe accessWidget, UserWay, AudioEye, EqualWeb), scanners and monitoring platforms (Pope Tech, Siteimprove, Silktide, Acquia Optimize, Level Access, TPGi ARC, Deque axe), audit and VPAT services (Accessible.org, DigitalA11y), consultants and fixed-price reviews (AbilityNet, UK Government Digital Marketplace suppliers), the free tools and official texts (axe DevTools, WAVE, Google Lighthouse, the W3C accessibility statement generator, EN 301 549 from ETSI, the VPAT template from ITI), and ComplianceSME. Answers the questions buyers ask when choosing: what is the best accessibility tool for a small business, we already have an accessibility widget on the site and what is worth checking, what does accessiBe cost for a small business, is there a cheaper alternative to accessiBe or UserWay, does Siteimprove cover the European Accessibility Act, is an accessibility overlay enough for the European Accessibility Act, do accessibility overlays work, what does an accessibility audit cost, how much does a WCAG audit cost, can a free generator write our accessibility statement, can AI write our Annex V accessibility statement, we have a VPAT and does that cover the European Accessibility Act, does the European Accessibility Act apply to a small business, when did the European Accessibility Act start to apply, what is the fine for breaking the European Accessibility Act, does the European Accessibility Act apply in the UK, and what is the cheapest way to get an Annex V accessibility statement. Sets out the split the market does not: making a site accessible is engineering and design work needing a developer and a tester with assistive technology, while the Article 13 and Annex V public statement and the Article 14 and Annex VI disproportionate burden assessment are the written record, which is what ComplianceSME produces. Every figure is quoted as published by its named source and dated. Published under the Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 and Directive 2006/114/EC. - [Free EU AI Act checker](https://compliancesme.com/eu-ai-act-checker/): a free one-minute interactive checker for Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. It establishes whether the Act applies, whether the business is a provider or a deployer, and which duties it carries, then returns a printable duty card with article citations and application dates. Correct as of 30 July 2026: Article 50 transparency duties apply from 2 August 2026, the Article 4 AI literacy duty and the Article 5 prohibitions have applied since 2 February 2025, and the high-risk requirements in Chapter III start on 2 December 2027 for Annex III systems and 2 August 2028 for Annex I systems. - [EU AI Act answers](https://compliancesme.com/eu-ai-act/): question-indexed plain answers on Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744: whether the Act applies to a business using ChatGPT, the Article 4 AI literacy requirement, the current deadlines after the Digital Omnibus, and the penalty tiers with the SME cap - [All tools](https://compliancesme.com/tools/): all 116 toolkits with the account level each one comes with - [Everything free](https://compliancesme.com/free/): the free assessment, the EU AI Act checker, company law for 28 nations, GDPR, UK GDPR, the Companies Act 2006, the compliance dates and the news, and how a free toolkit is claimed through a free account - [What comes back](https://compliancesme.com/samples/): one finished GDPR compliance report, produced by the free GDPR agent toolkit for an online retailer registered in Ireland with twelve staff selling into the EU. The company is an example, used out of respect for the privacy of the businesses that use this system. Thirty pages, 95 obligations, every duty cited to its article - [Plans](https://compliancesme.com/plans/): the five account levels, and the level each toolkit comes with. Start £0 a month with 30 toolkits, Micro £50 with 46 for 1 to 9 staff, Small £150 with 64 for 10 to 49 staff, Medium £300 with 91 for 50 to 249 staff, Compliance Complete £500 with all 116. Monthly, cancel any time. A level holds the toolkits the law switches on at that size. Cross border deal checks included a month: 2 at Micro, 3 at Small, 3 at Medium, 4 at Compliance Complete, then each at the account price. Both filter agents (£15 and £40 a month) and the Global Fuel Report (£10 a month) come with every paid level. Toolkits come with the account levels. The free assessment, the EU AI Act checker, a ComplianceSME account, the Claude connector and the Stripe Dashboard app cost nothing. Prices are in pounds sterling, stated exclusive of VAT. The Claude Max plan is £90 a month, paid to Anthropic, and is not included in any level. - [Where it runs](https://compliancesme.com/where-it-runs/): ComplianceSME runs as a connector inside Claude, in three steps from Settings, Connectors, Add custom connector, and as an app inside the Stripe Dashboard. The page carries both routes, the dedicated Claude account wording, the dashboard that holds the record, and how each route is served. The Stripe app is a compliance panel inside the Stripe Dashboard. It reads the country, business type, merchant category, business profile and Stripe Tax registrations already held on the merchant's own Stripe account and returns three views: the obligations that apply, the agent toolkits that cover them with the account level each one comes with, and the compliance dates ahead. It reads no payment, customer, charge or payout data, writes nothing to the Stripe account, and takes no payment: purchases are made on compliancesme.com. Free to install. - [Cross Border B2B Compliance Agent](https://compliancesme.com/cross-border-b2b-compliance-agent/): screens a planned cross border B2B deal between your company and a counterparty across GB and the 27 EU member states. A structured interview produces a Deal Passport; deterministic screening against a verified rules table produces a Deal Compliance Brief for both sides, every obligation carrying its instrument and article citation. £750 per deal screening; the Compliance Complete account includes 4 deal screenings, then £525 each with an account level. - [Companies Act 2006 free library](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/): the free Companies Act 2006 agent toolkit, indexed by situation, because every UK company is bound by the Act - [EU company law, country by country](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/): a free company-law library for each EU member state, built in the country's own language and indexed by situation. Live now: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden - [Austria, das Aktiengesetz, das GmbH-Gesetz und das Unternehmensgesetzbuch](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/austria/): the free Austria company-law library. 73 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the AT-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Aktiengesetz (AktG), GmbH-Gesetz (GmbHG) und Unternehmensgesetzbuch (UGB), Fassung vom 30. Juli 2026. Answers the questions readers type: Wann muss eine GmbH einen Aufsichtsrat bestellen und wer gehört ihm an, Wie werden Geschäftsführer bestellt und abberufen, und was gilt für einen ausländischen Geschäftsführer, Welches Beschlussquorum gilt für die Kapitalherabsetzung, Wann befreit das UGB vom Konzernabschluss, Wann ist der Jahresabschluss offenzulegen und welche Zwangsstrafen drohen, and Wie werden Gläubiger bei der Verschmelzung geschützt. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Belgium, Wetboek van vennootschappen en verenigingen van 23 maart 2019](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/belgium/): the free Belgium company-law library. 37 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the BE-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Wetboek van vennootschappen en verenigingen van 23 maart 2019. Answers the questions readers type: wat is het scheidingsaandeel bij uittreding in een BV, and welke rechten hebben schuldeisers bij een kapitaalvermindering. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Bulgaria, Търговски закон, обн. ДВ, бр. 48 от 18 юни 1991 г.](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/bulgaria/): the free Bulgaria company-law library. 20 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the BG-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Търговски закон, обн. ДВ, бр. 48 от 18 юни 1991 г.. Answers the questions readers type: какъв е тригодишният срок по чл. 187а до чл. 187в за собствени акции. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Cyprus, Ο περί Εταιρειών Νόμος, ΚΕΦ. 113](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/cyprus/): the free Cyprus company-law library. 31 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the CY-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Ο περί Εταιρειών Νόμος, ΚΕΦ. 113. Answers the questions readers type: πώς εγγράφεται κυμαινόμενη επιβάρυνση στον έφορο εταιρειών και με ποια έξοδα. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Czechia, zákon o obchodních společnostech a družstvech (zákon o obchodních korporacích)](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/czechia/): the free Czechia company-law library. 50 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the CZ-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference zákon č. 90/2012 Sb., o obchodních společnostech a družstvech (zákon o obchodních korporacích). Answers the questions readers type: jak probíhá nabývání vlastních akcií. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Germany, das Aktiengesetz, das GmbH-Gesetz und das Handelsgesetzbuch](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/germany/): the free Germany company-law library. 104 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the DE-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Aktiengesetz (AktG), Gesetz betreffend die Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbHG) und Handelsgesetzbuch (HGB), Fassung vom 6. August 2026. Answers the questions readers type: Was passiert, wenn das Sperrjahr bei der Kapitalherabsetzung nach § 58 GmbHG nicht abgewartet wird, Wie wird die Hauptversammlung nach §§ 121 bis 123 AktG einberufen, Wie wird ein Unternehmensvertrag gekündigt oder aufgehoben, Wann wird der Spediteur durch Selbsteintritt zum Frachtführer, Wer wird nach § 16 GmbHG in die Gesellschafterliste eingetragen, and Wie wird eine Zweigniederlassung zum Handelsregister angemeldet. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Denmark, Selskabsloven, lovbekendtgørelse nr. 331 af 20. marts 2025](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/denmark/): the free Denmark company-law library. 14 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the DK-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Bekendtgørelse af lov om aktie- og anpartsselskaber (selskabsloven), LBK nr. 331 af 20. marts 2025. Answers the questions readers type: hvad skal formanden for bestyrelsen sikre efter § 123, kan der udstedes en § 216-erklæring under tvangsopløsning, and hvilke frister gælder for tvangsopløsning og genoptagelse. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Estonia, Äriseadustik](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/estonia/): the free Estonia company-law library. 51 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the EE-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Äriseadustik, terviktekst, redaktsiooni jõustumise kuupäev 1. märts 2024. Answers the questions readers type: kas asutamisleping ja põhikiri on sama dokument. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Greece, νόμος 4548/2018 και νόμος 4072/2012](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/greece/): the free Greece company-law library. 41 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the EL-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference ν. 4548/2018 (Α΄ 104) και ν. 4072/2012 (Α΄ 86). Answers the questions readers type: ποια είναι η αρχική κεφαλαιακή εισφορά στην ΙΚΕ και πώς ορίζονται οι εξωκεφαλαιακές εισφορές. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Spain, Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2010, texto refundido de la Ley de Sociedades de Capital](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/spain/): the free Spain company-law library. 14 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the ES-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2010, de 2 de julio, texto refundido de la Ley de Sociedades de Capital. Answers the questions readers type: cómo se formaliza la transmisión de participaciones sociales. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Finland, Osakeyhtiölaki 21.7.2006/624](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/finland/): the free Finland company-law library. 14 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the FI-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Osakeyhtiölaki 21.7.2006/624. Answers the questions readers type: miten tehdään päätös osakepääoman alentamisesta, and miten sulautuminen toteutetaan osakeyhtiölain mukaan. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [France, le code de commerce, partie législative](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/france/): the free France company-law library. 63 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the FR-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Code de commerce, partie législative. Answers the questions readers type: qu'est-ce que le bénéfice distribuable et comment l'assemblée décide-t-elle du dividende (L232-10 à L232-15), quels sont les pouvoirs de l'assemblée générale d'une SA, comment le commissaire aux comptes déclenche-t-il la procédure d'alerte (L234-1), un obligataire peut-il voter par correspondance à l'assemblée de la masse, and qu'est-ce qu'un titre donnant accès au capital. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Croatia, Zakon o trgovačkim društvima](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/croatia/): the free Croatia company-law library. 64 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the HR-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Zakon o trgovačkim društvima, pročišćeni tekst NN 152/11 s izmjenama. Answers the questions readers type: što propisuje članak 494. ZTD o zaštiti vjerovnika, kako se provodi istiskivanje manjinskih dioničara, and smije li dioničko društvo kupovati vlastite dionice. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Hungary, a Polgári Törvénykönyv Harmadik Könyve](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/hungary/): the free Hungary company-law library. 14 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the HU-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference 2013. évi V. törvény a Polgári Törvénykönyvről, Harmadik Könyv. Answers the questions readers type: ki képviseli az alapítványt a Ptk. 3:394. § szerint. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Ireland, the Companies Act 2014 (No. 38 of 2014)](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/ireland/): the free Ireland company-law library. 75 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the IE-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference the Companies Act 2014 (No. 38 of 2014). Answers the questions readers type: how does an Irish company work out the profits it can pay as a dividend under the Companies Act 2014, does an Irish company need an EEA-resident director, and what is the section 137 bond for, how do you add a member to a company limited by guarantee, how is a charge registered under section 409, how long does examinership run under sections 509 to 534, which law sets the conditions for the audit exemption, and how is a written resolution passed and registered. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Italy, il codice civile, libro V](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/italy/): the free Italy company-law library. 55 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the IT-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Regio Decreto 16 marzo 1942, numero 262, Codice civile, Libro V. Answers the questions readers type: come si modifica l'atto costitutivo di una srl e quali operazioni richiedono la decisione dei soci, quando una cooperativa è a mutualità prevalente secondo gli articoli 2512, 2513 e 2514, come si iscrive la sede secondaria in Italia di una società estera, and come si approva il bilancio finale di liquidazione con contestuale cancellazione. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Lithuania, Lietuvos Respublikos akcinių bendrovių įstatymas](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/lithuania/): the free Lithuania company-law library. 33 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the LT-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Lietuvos Respublikos akcinių bendrovių įstatymas, Nr. VIII-1835. Answers the questions readers type: kokie yra bendrovės organai. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Luxembourg, Loi modifiée du 10 août 1915 concernant les sociétés commerciales](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/luxembourg/): the free Luxembourg company-law library. 14 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the LU-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Loi modifiée du 10 août 1915 concernant les sociétés commerciales. Answers the questions readers type: quand établir des comptes consolidés et un rapport de gestion consolidé sous la loi de 1915, and une s.à r.l. peut-elle racheter ses propres parts (article 710-5). Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Latvia, Komerclikums, konsolidētā redakcija](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/latvia/): the free Latvia company-law library. 14 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the LV-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Latvijas Republikas Komerclikums, konsolidētā redakcija, spēkā no 2026. gada 1. janvāra. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Malta, the Companies Act, Chapter 386 of the Laws of Malta](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/malta/): the free Malta company-law library. 21 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the MT-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference the Companies Act, Chapter 386 of the Laws of Malta. Answers the questions readers type: what does the Companies Act, Chapter 386, require, can a partnership en nom collectif become a partnership en commandite, and what are the small group thresholds under articles 173 and 174. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Netherlands, Burgerlijk Wetboek Boek 2, Rechtspersonen](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/netherlands/): the free Netherlands company-law library. 16 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the NL-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Burgerlijk Wetboek Boek 2, Rechtspersonen. Answers the questions readers type: hoe verloopt een juridische fusie onder Boek 2 BW. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Poland, Kodeks spółek handlowych](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/poland/): the free Poland company-law library. 52 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the PL-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference ustawa z dnia 15 września 2000 r. Kodeks spółek handlowych. Answers the questions readers type: jak przebiega przymusowy wykup akcjonariuszy mniejszościowych. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Portugal, Código das Sociedades Comerciais, aprovado pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 262/86, de 2 de setembro](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/portugal/): the free Portugal company-law library. 16 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the PT-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Código das Sociedades Comerciais, aprovado pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 262/86, de 2 de setembro. Answers the questions readers type: que documentos exige a cisão e como se faz o registo (artigos 119.º a 123.º), como funciona o grupo especial de negociação numa fusão transfronteiriça, and quando é obrigatório o conselho fiscal e o ROC (artigos 413.º a 415.º). Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Romania, Legea societăților nr. 31/1990, republicată în Monitorul Oficial nr. 1066 din 17 noiembrie 2004](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/romania/): the free Romania company-law library. 14 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the RO-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Legea nr. 31/1990 privind societățile, republicată în Monitorul Oficial nr. 1066 din 17 noiembrie 2004. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Slovenia, Zakon o gospodarskih družbah (ZGD-1), Uradni list RS, št. 42/06 s spremembami](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/slovenia/): the free Slovenia company-law library. 24 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the SI-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Zakon o gospodarskih družbah (ZGD-1), Uradni list RS, št. 42/06 s spremembami. Answers the questions readers type: kaj zahteva javno poročanje po državah o davčnih informacijah, and kako se izvede pripojitev tuje družbe s podružnico v Sloveniji. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Slovakia, Zákon č. 513/1991 Zb. Obchodný zákonník](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/slovakia/): the free Slovakia company-law library. 12 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the SK-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Zákon č. 513/1991 Zb. Obchodný zákonník. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [Sweden, aktiebolagslagen (2005:551)](https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/sweden/): the free Sweden company-law library. 42 situation pages in the national language, each routed to the SV-COMPANY toolkit. Official reference Aktiebolagslag (2005:551). Answers the questions readers type: hur görs en nyemission med företrädesrätt, and vem ska förvara aktiebreven. Sections claimed free through a ComplianceSME account. - [GDPR free agent toolkits](https://compliancesme.com/gdpr/): the free EU GDPR and UK GDPR agent toolkits for every business, served section by section - [Your obligation list](https://compliancesme.com/assessment/result/): the result of the free assessment, read from the answers kept in the reader's own browser. Every obligation that applies, each duty named from its instrument with its id and official reference, then the lowest account level that carries the whole list. No sign-in. - [Compliance Complete](https://compliancesme.com/plans/#complete): £500 per month, all 116 toolkits, keeps every toolkit you own current - [Content filter agent](https://compliancesme.com/tools/content-creator-compliance-and-content-filter/): for anyone who publishes. Paste in a draft, or give it a page you have published, and it names where the writing reads as if a machine wrote it, which claims you cannot legally make, and which consumer laws your words touch, each duty quoted from the law with its article. GBP 15 a month on its own, included in every paid account level. Added to Claude as a custom connector at https://gate.compliancesme.com/content/mcp - [Developer filter agent](https://compliancesme.com/tools/developer-build-compliance-and-content-filter/): for people who ship software. Give it a plan, a build, a live page or an app source tree and it names which laws the work has to meet, each one quoted, what is met, what is missing and what it needs to finish the reading, with the file and the line. The content filter agent comes with it. GBP 40 a month on its own, included in every paid account level. Added to Claude as a custom connector at https://gate.compliancesme.com/developer/mcp - [EU AI Act: does it apply if we use ChatGPT](https://compliancesme.com/eu-ai-act/chatgpt/): a free answer page - [EU AI Act: the Article 4 AI literacy requirement](https://compliancesme.com/eu-ai-act/ai-literacy-requirement/): a free answer page - [EU AI Act: the deadlines after the Digital Omnibus](https://compliancesme.com/eu-ai-act/deadlines/): a free answer page - [EU AI Act: penalties and the SME cap](https://compliancesme.com/eu-ai-act/penalties/): a free answer page - [Compliance dates](https://compliancesme.com/compliance-dates/): every EU and UK compliance deadline left in 2026, each with the days remaining, free to read - [Deadline answers](https://compliancesme.com/compliance-dates/answers/): three dated compliance deadlines answered from the instrument that sets each one, with the article or regulation number, free to read - [Seafarer protection, 30 October 2026](https://compliancesme.com/compliance-dates/seafarer-protection-regulations/): section 56 and Schedule 5 of the Employment Rights Act 2025 take effect, brought into force by regulation 3(d) of SI 2026/1065. The Seafarers' Wages Act 2023 is renamed the Seafarers (Wages and Working Conditions) Act 2023 and gains working pattern, rest, fatigue and training conditions that a harbour authority can require an operator to declare. Free to read - [Platform Work Directive transposition, 2 December 2026](https://compliancesme.com/compliance-dates/platform-work-directive-transposition/): Article 29(1) of Directive (EU) 2024/2831 is the deadline for every Member State. The Directive carries the legal presumption of employment in Article 5, the four-part definition of a digital labour platform in Article 2, and the rule in Article 10(5) that a decision to restrict, suspend or terminate an account is taken by a human being. Free to read - [Product Liability Directive transposition, 9 December 2026](https://compliancesme.com/compliance-dates/product-liability-directive-transposition/): Article 22(1) of Directive (EU) 2024/2853 is the deadline, and Article 2(1) applies the revised regime to products placed on the market or put into service after that day. Article 4(1) counts software, digital manufacturing files and electricity as products. Free to read - [News](https://compliancesme.com/news/): the ComplianceSME articles, free to read - [Italy's NIS2 basic measures, and what has to be working by 31 October](https://compliancesme.com/news/italy-nis2-31-october/): the Italian ACN basic security measures in English. D.Lgs. 4 September 2024, n. 138 in force 16 October 2024; the measures sit in ACN determination of 14 April 2025 no. 164179 as updated by no. 379907/2025, whose Article 4 governs the timing; 31 October 2026 for entities listed during 2025, counted from each entity's own notification date, and July 2027 for entities first listed in 2026 under determination no. 127434/2026. Carries the 37 measures and 87 requirements for soggetti importanti against the 43 and 116 for soggetti essenziali, the requirement that measures be implemented and working, the annual registration, notification, data update and categorisation windows, incident notification at 24 hours, 72 hours and one month, the inspection phase from 1 November 2026 and the Article 38 sanctions. Free to read. Answers the questions readers type: basic security measures acn english, what is the acn deadline of 31 october 2026, italy acn cybersecurity for smes under nis2 in 2026, how many measures do important and essential entities have, what are the sanctions under article 38 of d.lgs. 138/2024, quando scadono le misure di sicurezza di base acn, quali sono le misure di base previste dalla determinazione 164179 e dalla determinazione 379907/2025, quante misure e quanti requisiti hanno i soggetti importanti e i soggetti essenziali, cosa significa che le misure devono essere implementate e funzionanti, cosa cambia dal 1 novembre 2026 con la fase ispettiva di acn, quali sono i termini di notifica degli incidenti nis2 in italia, and quali sanzioni prevede l'articolo 38 del d.lgs. 138/2024. - [Platform work's deadline is 2 December, and the rules reach past the couriers](https://compliancesme.com/news/platform-work-deadline-2-december/): Directive (EU) 2024/2831, in force 1 December 2024, must be in national law by 2 December 2026, a date inside the directive itself. Chapter II carries the Article 5 rebuttable presumption of employment; Chapter III applies to every person performing platform work including the genuinely self-employed, with Article 7 limits on processing, the Article 8 impact assessment, the Article 9 disclosure of automated systems and their parameters, Article 10 human oversight with authority to override and Article 11 human review, under which no system may restrict, suspend or terminate an account on its own. Carries the transposition state at 1 July 2026 and the position in Italy, Spain, Greece and Belgium. Free to read. Answers the questions readers type: when is the platform work directive transposition deadline, can the 2 december 2026 deadline be postponed, what does directive (eu) 2024/2831 require on algorithmic management, human review and account suspension, does the platform work directive apply to self-employed people, what is the article 5 presumption of employment, what counts as a digital labour platform, which member states have transposed the platform work directive, has italy transposed the platform work directive, is there compliance software for the platform work directive, and what should a business do before 2 december 2026. - [Software becomes a product on 9 December, and the liability follows it](https://compliancesme.com/news/software-becomes-a-product/): Directive (EU) 2024/2853, in force 8 December 2024, must be in national law by 9 December 2026. Article 4(1) counts software, digital manufacturing files, electricity and raw materials as products, and recital 13 makes the delivery method irrelevant. Article 2(1) applies the new regime to products placed on the market or put into service after 9 December 2026 while Directive 85/374/EEC continues to govern earlier ones. Carries the liable parties, the Article 11(2)(c) update defence, the removal of the property damage threshold and the personal injury caps, Article 9 disclosure, Article 10 presumptions, Article 15 against contractual exclusion, the Article 17 ten and twenty-five year periods, the Article 2(2) open-source carve-out, the transposition state at 8 September 2026 and the UK position. Free to read. Answers the questions readers type: when is the product liability directive 2024/2853 transposition deadline, is software a product under the new eu product liability directive, does the new directive apply to software sold as a service, which products stay under the old directive 85/374/eec, who is liable under the revised product liability directive, are we liable for not shipping a security update, can we cap product liability in our terms of service, how long can a product liability claim be brought, does the directive catch open source software, which member states have transposed the product liability directive, does the product liability directive apply in the uk, and we sell software from the uk into the eu so which regime applies. - [The AI Act did not pause, and two prohibitions start on 2 December](https://compliancesme.com/news/ai-act-two-prohibitions-december/): Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, the digital omnibus on AI, published in the Official Journal on 24 July 2026 and in force 27 July 2026, moved the high-risk obligations to 2 December 2027 for Annex III and 2 August 2028 for Annex I, and added points (ba) and (bb) to Article 5(1) with paragraphs 1a and 1b, applying from 2 December 2026. Sets out the provider test of a reasonably foreseeable and reproducible outcome in the absence of adequate safeguards beside the deployer test of intentional use, the eight original prohibitions in force since 2 February 2025, and penalties up to EUR 35 million or 7 per cent of worldwide annual turnover. Free to read. Answers the questions readers type: was the eu ai act delayed to 2027, when do the eu ai act high-risk obligations apply now, what applies under the eu ai act on 2 december 2026, what do article 5(1)(ba) and (bb) prohibit, what is the provider test under paragraph 1a, what is the deployer test, are we a provider or a deployer if we wrapped a third-party image model into our product, what are the eight original prohibited ai practices, when did the eu ai act prohibitions start, and what is the fine for a prohibited ai practice. - [Poland's cybersecurity register closed on 3 October, and the real work starts now](https://compliancesme.com/news/poland-cyber-register-closed/): the Polish NIS2 regime in English. The amending act of 23 January 2026, Dz.U. 2026 poz. 252, in force 3 April 2026, applies automatically to any entity meeting the criteria in Annexes 1 and 2, with no designation by any authority; self-registration ran 7 May to 3 October 2026 through wykaz-ksc.gov.pl, and an entity coming into scope later has six months from the day it met the criteria. Carries the key and important entity thresholds including managed security service providers from small size, the 3 April 2027 duties, the first audit by 3 April 2028, incident reporting at 24 hours, 72 hours and one month through CSIRT NASK, GOV and MON, sector-specific supervision, and penalties including the PLN 100 million extraordinary penalty and personal fines on the head of the entity. Free to read. Answers the questions readers type: poland nis2 deadlines for important entities, what happens if we missed the polish ksc register deadline of 3 october 2026, who is a key entity and who is an important entity in poland, are managed security service providers caught at small size, what must be in place by 3 april 2027, what are the polish nis2 penalties, kiedy minął termin rejestracji w wykazie KSC, co zrobić jeśli nie zarejestrowaliśmy się w wykazie KSC, kto jest podmiotem kluczowym a kto podmiotem ważnym, jakie obowiązki trzeba spełnić do 3 kwietnia 2027, jakie są terminy zgłaszania incydentów do CSIRT NASK, kiedy jest pierwszy audyt bezpieczeństwa podmiotu kluczowego, and jakie kary przewiduje ustawa o krajowym systemie cyberbezpieczeństwa. - [Every verified deadline between now and the end of December](https://compliancesme.com/news/every-deadline-to-december/): the eight dated obligations falling between mid-October and the end of December 2026, each with what falls due: Greece's Law 5316/2026 pay transparency obligations and EUR 50,000 fines from 1 November; the ACN inspection phase in Italy from 1 November; UK VAT on 7 November and 7 December with PAYE, NIC and CIS on 22 November and 22 December; the Companies House identity verification transition running out in mid-November, with the confirmation statement as the operative trigger and the 14-day birth-month window for a PSC who is not a director; the first relevant year of the proposed UK seafarer protection regulations from 1 December; platform work and the two new AI Act prohibitions on 2 December; product liability on 9 December; the deforestation regulation for large and medium operators on 30 December, micro and small on 30 June 2027; and the UK carbon border adjustment mechanism on 1 January 2027 with its GBP 50,000 registration threshold. 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Answers the questions readers type: what new uk regulations and compliance deadlines land in october and november 2026 for a small business, what compliance deadlines are left in 2026, what changes in greece on 1 november 2026, when must companies house identity verification be done, what triggers identity verification for an existing director, when must a psc verify, what are the uk seafarer protection regulations introducing, when is the platform work directive deadline, what changes under the eu ai act on 2 december 2026, when is the product liability directive deadline, when does the eu deforestation regulation apply to medium and large operators, when does the uk carbon border adjustment mechanism start, τι αλλάζει από την 1η Νοεμβρίου 2026 με τον νόμο 5316/2026, and ποια πρόστιμα προβλέπει ο νόμος 5316/2026 για τη μισθολογική διαφάνεια. - [Pay gap reporting arrives before the software does](https://compliancesme.com/news/pay-gap-before-the-software/): Directive (EU) 2023/970 had a transposition deadline of 7 June 2026 and most member states missed it; Slovakia, Italy, Lithuania on a phased basis and Malta transposed on time, Greece became the fifth with Law 5316/2026 from 1 November 2026, and a late transposition does not move the directive's own reporting dates. Carries the reporting phase-in by headcount at 250 and over, 150 to 249, 100 to 149 and below 100, the contents of the Article 9 report, the three cumulative conditions in Article 10 that trigger a joint pay assessment, the Article 5 duty to give the pay or pay range before the interview and the bar on asking pay history, the Article 7 right to information, and what the specialist vendors publish about price. Free to read. Answers the questions readers type: is there pay transparency software for a small company under directive (eu) 2023/970, what pay transparency tools exist for the eu pay transparency directive, when does a company of 250 employees have to report its pay gap, do companies under 100 employees have to report, what goes in the article 9 pay gap report, what triggers a joint pay assessment, does a 5 per cent pay gap mean we are in breach, do we have to put the pay range in the job advert, can we ask a candidate what they earned before, which countries have transposed the pay transparency directive, πότε ισχύουν οι υποχρεώσεις του νόμου 5316/2026, πρέπει να αναφέρουμε τον μισθό ή το εύρος αποδοχών πριν τη συνέντευξη, and ποιες χώρες έχουν ενσωματώσει την οδηγία για τη μισθολογική διαφάνεια. - [Six questions Irish companies keep asking, answered with the section that settles each](https://compliancesme.com/news/six-questions-irish-companies-ask/): six Companies Act 2014 answers with the section behind each. Distributable profits under sections 117, 121 and 123; the section 137(1) EEA-resident director requirement with the EUR 25,000 two-year bond under section 137(2) and the section 140 real and continuous link certificate proved by a Revenue Commissioners statement given within the preceding two months; audit exemption under section 358 with the small company thresholds in sections 280A and 280B as raised by S.I. No. 301 of 2024, section 363 as substituted on 16 July 2025, under which the exemption is lost only where a late filing follows another in the five preceding financial years; the 21 days to register a charge under section 409 with priority running from receipt under section 412(3); unanimous and majority written resolutions under sections 193 and 194 with their 7-day and 21-day timings; and examinership of up to 100 days under sections 520(2) and 534(3). Free to read. Answers the questions readers type: how does an irish company work out the profits it can pay as a dividend under the companies act 2014, which financial statements decide whether a dividend can be paid, does an irish company need an eea-resident director, what is the section 137 bond and what is it worth, what proves a real and continuous link with the state, we filed the annual return late so have we lost audit exemption, what law in ireland sets the conditions for exemption from an audit, what are the small company thresholds in ireland, how is a charge registered under section 409 one stage or two stage, can the 21 days to register a charge be extended, how is a written resolution passed in ireland and when does it take effect, and how long does examinership run under sections 509 to 534. -- END ------------------------------------------------------------------------ llms-full.txt note: the house shape there is " - Q: A: " under "- Questions answered on the page:", and a pair may only be added where the page carries that answer in visible text. 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Obchodný zákonník, 12 situation pages in Slovak: https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/slovakia/ - Sweden: aktiebolagslagen (2005:551), 42 situation pages in Swedish: https://compliancesme.com/company-law/eu/sweden/