--- title: "HaloGuard EU: guard model for workplace and customer AI | Astroware" description: "HaloGuard EU is a small guard model built to keep your AI out of uses the EU AI Act treats as high-risk, like ranking staff. Not legal advice." url: https://astroware.ai/haloguard-eu language: en-GB --- EU Mode HaloGuard EU Available # Built to block the AI output the EU AI Act bans or treats as high-risk. Hosted in the EU. A technical control you can show your customers and auditors. [Start free](https://console.astroware.ai/sign-in) [Book a call](https://calendar.app.google/6S2eq9HLADdrN8Ct9) It can miss output it should block, and it can block output that is fine. HaloGuard EU is part of EU Mode. [The full EU Mode page](https://astroware.ai/eu-mode) 1. 01 Your AI 2. 02 In front 3. 03 Check 4. 04 Decide Blocked Ranking candidates Your code drops it. The answer does not reach anyone. 04 / 04 ## Where it sits HaloGuard EU, built on Google's Gemma, is a small guard model that sits in front of LLM and agent output in workplace and customer-facing use. It is built to block output that would take a system into uses the EU AI Act bans or treats as high-risk, such as ranking workers or candidates or inferring their emotions from their face, voice or body. It can miss output it should block, and it can block output that is fine. Your AI, the line, and the people it reaches Your AI HaloGuard EU People Allowed Blocked ## The two checks ### Ranking workers or candidates Built to block output that would rank workers or candidates. ### Inferring their emotions from their face, voice or body Built to block output that claims to read a worker's emotional state. The Act bans AI that infers emotions in the workplace, except for medical or safety reasons (Article 5(1)(f)), and defines emotion recognition by reference to biometric data (Article 3(39)). HaloGuard EU is a text-level control: it does not inspect biometric systems. ## The EU AI Act dates that matter here The original prohibitions already apply. The high-risk rules for employment follow in December 2027. High-risk does not mean banned. It means allowed, with safeguards. 2 February 2025 The original Article 5 prohibitions apply. They include the ban on AI that infers people's emotions from their face, voice or body at work or in education. 2 December 2027 Rules for high-risk AI listed in Annex III apply. The list includes AI used in employment and workers' management. Sources: Regulation (EU) [2024/1689](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj), Article 113, and Regulation (EU) [2026/1744](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj). Dates checked against the Official Journal on 13 October 2026. This is not legal advice. ## Built on, and hosted in Built on Google's Gemma Hosted Hosted in the EU ## Pricing Hosted API Available $30 / billion input tokens - Output tokens are free. - Tokens of your text are counted each time they go through a model: text sent to two models, or through two checks in eu-mode, is counted twice. - HaloGuard EU through our API. - Hosted in the EU. Start with a $5 trial budget [Start free](https://console.astroware.ai/sign-in) Managed deployment Quote - Astroware deploys and runs the guard in the customer's own environment or cloud account. - For customers who must keep it in-house. [Book a call](https://calendar.app.google/6S2eq9HLADdrN8Ct9) ## Start free Sign in with your work email to start your company's free trial: a $5 budget, shared by up to 5 active keys. During the trial there is no uptime guarantee: the guard can be briefly unavailable. [Start free](https://console.astroware.ai/sign-in) [Book a call](https://calendar.app.google/6S2eq9HLADdrN8Ct9) Not sure which parts of the EU AI Act apply? [Check which rules may apply, free.](https://astroware.ai/eu-ai-act-compliance-checker) ## What it is, and what it is not What it is A technical control. A small guard model that sits in front of LLM and agent output in workplace and customer-facing use. Hosted in the EU. What it is not Legal advice or a compliance guarantee. A decision on whether your system is high-risk. A check of faces, voices or bodies. It is a text-level control: it does not inspect biometric systems. ## Questions your security team will ask Where does it run? EU Hosted in the EU. Details on our [Trust page](https://astroware.ai/trust). To run it in a region you choose, [ask us](https://astroware.ai/contact). Can we run it in our own environment? Yes Managed deployment: Astroware deploys and runs the guard in the customer's own environment or cloud account, for customers who must keep it in-house. Is it legal advice? No It is a technical control, not legal advice or a compliance guarantee. It does not decide whether your system is high-risk. How is our data handled? Ask us Data handling terms are not set out on this page. [Ask us](https://astroware.ai/contact). What are the rate limits, and is there an uptime guarantee? Trial Trial: 60 requests a minute per key, and no uptime guarantee. Paid plans: [ask us](https://astroware.ai/contact). ## References 1. 1 Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 113. [eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj) 2. 2 Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 July 2026 (Digital Omnibus on AI). [eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj)