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European Union: Code of Practice on Transparent Generative AI Systems under Article 50 AI Act

Progress

Current status
in consultation
30 Mar 2026 processing consultation
05 Mar 2026 in consultation
23 Jan 2026 processing consultation
17 Dec 2025 in consultation
05 Nov 2025 under deliberation
04 Sep 2025 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Design requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
supranational

Timeline of events

30 Mar 2026
processing consultation

European Commission closes consultation on second draft Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content

On 30 March 2026, the European Commission closes the consultation on the second draft Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content. The Code of Practice addresses obligations under Article 50 of the AI Act for providers and deployers of …

Source
Event type order
Action type consultation closed
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
05 Mar 2026
in consultation

European Commission opened consultation on second draft Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content

On 5 March 2026, the European Commission opened a consultation on the second draft Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content until 30 March 2026. The Code of Practice addresses obligations under Article 50 of the AI Act for providers …

Source
Event type order
Action type consultation opened
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
23 Jan 2026
processing consultation

European Commission closes consultation on first draft Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content

On 23 January 2026, the European Commission closes the consultation on the first draft of the Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content. The draft code aims to assist providers and deployers in fulfilling obligations under Ar…

Source
Event type order
Action type consultation closed
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
17 Dec 2025
in consultation

European Commission opened consultation on first draft Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content

On 17 December 2025, the European Commission opened a consultation on the first draft of the Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content until 23 January 2026. The draft code aims to assist providers and deployers in fulfilling…

Source
Event type order
Action type consultation opened
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
05 Nov 2025
under deliberation

European AI Office initiates the drafting of Code of Practice on transparency of AI-generated content

On 5 November 2025, the European AI Office initiated the draft process for the Code of Practice on transparency of AI-generated content with a plenary meeting of independent experts. The Code of Practice aims to detail how providers and deployers of…

Source
Event type order
Action type drafting
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
04 Sep 2025
under deliberation

European AI Office announced drafting of Code of Practice on Transparent Generative AI Systems

On 4 September 2025, the European AI Office opened a call for expression of interest to participate in the process of drawing up the first Code of Practice on Transparent Generative AI Systems, with submissions due by 2 October 2025. The Code of Pra…

Source
Event type order
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body