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European Commission's Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content became applicable

On 2 August 2026, the Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content became applicable, as the transparency obligations in Article 50(2), (4) and (5) of the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) started to apply. From this date, si…

  • Signing the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-generated Content, European Commission (Official)

Scope

Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Design requirement
Concerns
Safety, Transparency
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2025-09-04
under deliberation

On 4 September 2025, the European AI Office opened a call for expression of interest to participate…

2025-11-05
under deliberation

On 5 November 2025, the European AI Office initiated the draft process for the Code of Practice on …

2025-12-17
in consultation

On 17 December 2025, the European Commission opened a consultation on the first draft of the Code o…

2026-01-23
processing consultation

On 23 January 2026, the European Commission closes the consultation on the first draft of the Code …

2026-03-05
in consultation

On 5 March 2026, the European Commission opened a consultation on the second draft Code of Practice…

2026-03-30
processing consultation

On 30 March 2026, the European Commission closes the consultation on the second draft Code of Pract…

2026-06-10
under deliberation

On 10 June 2026, the European Commission published the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Gener…

2026-07-09
adopted

On 9 July 2026, the Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content was adopted, …

2026-08-02
in force

On 2 August 2026, the Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content became appl…