Conformance and Certification

Testing and certification schemes that show an AI product meets a standard.

China certified 66 devices from 17 companies at Level 3 of its national AI device grading standard in July 2026. The EU has not started AI Act CE marking, and UL issued its first two AI safety certifications in March 2026.

China Level 3 devices certified

66

First UL 3115 certifications

2

ETSI EN 304 223 provisions

13

EU standards request areas

10

Evidence

China scaled device certification while Western schemes stayed small

Developments: conformance
Date	Development	Country	What happened	Source
May 29, 2025	Singapore Global AI Assurance Pilot	Singapore	16 testers and 17 deployers across 10 sectors	Source
Jan 16, 2026	ETSI EN 304 223	EU	13 security provisions across five lifecycle phases	Source
Mar 12, 2026	UL 3115 first certifications	United States	Qcells and Omniconn products certified	Source
Jul 2026	First Level 3 AI device certifications	China	66 devices including Huawei phones and Geely and GAC car cabins	Source

Rules

Certification is voluntary everywhere until EU CE marking begins in 2027

Key rules and standards: conformance and certification
Rule	Jurisdiction	What it requires	Status
EU AI Act conformity assessment and CE marking	EU	Conformity assessment and CE mark for high-risk AI	Dec 2027; Annex I Aug 2028
ETSI EN 304 223	EU and international	Baseline cybersecurity for AI systems	Jan 16, 2026
UL 3115	International	Safety assessment of AI products	First certifications Mar 2026
China AI device grading standard	China	Graded certification including agent tasks	Introduced May 2026

Status colors: green in force, blue voluntary standard or framework, amber adopted and phasing in, gray draft or pending, red withdrawn.

Record

Page Record

Datasets: ai_compliance_evidence.csv (4 rows)
Key sources: Singapore Global AI Assurance Pilot
ETSI EN 304 223
UL 3115 first certifications
First Level 3 AI device certifications
Last verified: October 2026