Exploring EU AI policy documents
The database serves as research infrastructure; this atlas presents its published records. The collection focuses on policy documents substantively addressing artificial intelligence from the European Union and its predecessor European Communities, with selected historical precursors and related implementation records, including the AI Act process. The collection is expanding, not exhaustive.
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Corpus coverage
Document dates: 1982–2026
- Principal documents
- 124
- Supporting files and versions
- 113
- Most recent source verification
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Unpublished candidates are excluded. Public totals include 17 published records with outstanding expanded-review qualifications. See review status and limitations.
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Core documents and their recorded events
This selection uses the corpus's editorial core classification. Documents and associated events are ordered by their respective recorded dates; sequence alone does not establish a causal or legal relationship. It is not a complete policy history.
- Document Artificial Intelligence for Europe
- Event Publication of Artificial Intelligence for Europe
- Document Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence
- Event Publication of Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence
- Document Building Trust in Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence
- Event Publication of Building Trust in Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence
- Document Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI
- Event Presentation of Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI
- Event Publication of the report on AI safety and liability implications
- Document Report on AI safety and liability implications
- Document White Paper on Artificial Intelligence
- Event Publication of White Paper on Artificial Intelligence
- Document Artificial Intelligence Act proposal
- Event Commission proposal for the Artificial Intelligence Act
- Document Fostering a European approach to Artificial Intelligence
- Event Publication of the 2021 European AI policy package
- Document AI Liability Directive proposal
- Event Commission proposal for the AI Liability Directive
- Event Council adopts its general approach on the AI Act
- Document Council General Approach on the AI Act
- Document AI standardisation request M/593
- Document Joint IMCO-LIBE report on the AI Act
- Document Parliament amendments on the AI Act, June 2023
- Document Decision establishing the European AI Office
- Document Parliament first-reading position on the AI Act
- Document Artificial Intelligence Act
- Event Artificial Intelligence Act signed
- Event Official Journal publication of the Artificial Intelligence Act
- Event Artificial Intelligence Act enters into force
- Document Scientific panel implementing regulation
- Document Updated AI standardisation request
- Document GPAI Code of Practice
- Document GPAI training-content summary template
- Document AI system definition guidelines
- Document Prohibited AI practices guidelines
- Document Draft high-risk AI serious-incident guidance
- Document Draft high-risk AI incident-report template
- Event Withdrawal of the AI Liability Directive proposal
- Document GPAI serious-incident reporting template
- Document Digital Omnibus AI proposal
- Event Commission proposes Digital Omnibus amendments to the AI Act
- Document Draft high-risk classification guidelines — Complete consultation work
- Document Commission Article 112 AI Act review
- Document AI-generated-content transparency code
- Document Digital Omnibus Regulation
- Document AI Act proceedings implementing regulation
- Event Digital Omnibus Regulation is published in the Official Journal
- Event Digital Omnibus Regulation enters into force
- Event AI Act general application date
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