European Union: European Commission published first draft of General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, including transparency obligations

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European Commission published first draft of General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, including transparency obligations

On 14 November 2024, the European Commission published the first draft of the General-Purpose Artificial Intelligence (AI) Code of Practice (Code), which defines transparency obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models under Article 53(1)…

Scope

Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Performance monitoring requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2024-11-14
under deliberation

On 14 November 2024, the European Commission published the first draft of the General-Purpose Artif…

2024-12-19
under deliberation

On 19 December 2024, the European Commission published the second draft of the General-Purpose Arti…

2025-03-11
in consultation

On 11 March 2025, the European Commission published the third draft of the General-Purpose Artifici…

2025-03-30
processing consultation

On 30 March 2025, the European Commission closes its consultation on the third draft of the General…

2025-07-10
under deliberation

On 10 July 2025, the European Commission published the final version of the General-Purpose Artific…

2025-07-16
under deliberation

On 10 July 2025, the European Commission published the final version of the General-Purpose Artific…

2025-08-01
adopted

On 1 August 2025, the European Commission and AI Board determined the General-Purpose Artificial In…