EU General-Purpose AI Code of Practice

The Code is a voluntary multi-stakeholder tool under the AI Act for providers of general-purpose AI models. It is not a replacement for the Act.

The Commission announced that it received the final version developed by 13 independent experts with input from over 1,000 stakeholders, including model providers, SMEs, academics, AI safety experts, rightsholders and civil society.

The Code has three chapters: Transparency and Copyright for all GPAI providers, and Safety and Security for providers of the most advanced (systemic-risk) models.

The Commission states that AI Act rules on general-purpose AI enter into application on 2 August 2025, and become enforceable by the AI Office one year later for new models and two years later for existing models.

Once Member States and the Commission endorse the Code, providers who voluntarily sign can demonstrate compliance with the relevant AI Act obligations by adhering to it, with reduced administrative burden and greater legal certainty than providers who prove compliance by other means.

This Code is distinct from the Code of Practice on transparency of AI-generated content that operationalises Article 50 marking and labelling at system-output level.

• Chapter · Transparency (all GPAI providers).
• Chapter · Copyright (all GPAI providers).
• Chapter · Safety and Security (systemic-risk / most advanced models).
• Timetable · GPAI rules apply 2 August 2025; AI Office enforcement one year later for new models, two years for existing models.
• Endorsement · Member States and Commission must endorse before the reduced-burden path is available.

A voluntary code is not the AI Act. Signing does not repeal Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 duties, and the reduced administrative-burden path depends on endorsement by Member States and the Commission. Who has signed, and whether endorsement has been completed, are separate facts from the Code’s chapter structure and the Act’s application dates.

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• European Commission AI Office (government): The Commission body responsible for implementing and enforcing the EU AI Act’s general-purpose AI rules and coordinating the wider regime.

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• Commission received the final GPAI Code of Practice on 10 July 2025. The Code is a voluntary compliance tool for AI Act GPAI provider duties, not a substitute for the Act itself. Operational note: It creates a concrete path providers may use to demonstrate GPAI compliance under the AI Act timetable.

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• 2025-07-10 · publication · EU GPAI Code of Practice published. Publication supplied the voluntary compliance tool for AI Act GPAI provider duties ahead of enforcement milestones. Consequence recorded: Created the principal voluntary GPAI compliance path under the AI Act.

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• Offer a voluntary code of practice for general-purpose AI Act compliance Status: adopted. Provide a multi-stakeholder code that GPAI providers may use to demonstrate compliance with AI Act transparency, copyright and systemic-risk duties.

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• General-Purpose AI Code of Practice now available (Official announcement, 2025-07-10). Commission announcement that the final GPAI Code of Practice was received on 10 July 2025.