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Executive summary of the AI Act proposal impact assessment

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Exact SWD(2021) 85 final executive summary, newsroom document 75794. Complete 4-page executive summary. It is not SWD(2021) 84; that impact assessment is the separate two-part pair 75792 and 75793.
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Official title: COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT Accompanying the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council LAYING DOWN HARMONISED RULES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACT) AND AMENDING CERTAIN UNION LEGISLATIVE ACTS
Official reference: SWD(2021) 85 final
Document type: Staff working document
Document date: 2021-04-21
Document date kind: Document issue
Document-date evidence: European Commission / EUR-Lex · EUR-Lex Document information > Date of document and Date of dispatch: 21/04/2021; SWD(2021) 85 final Brussels masthead carries the same date. — Establishes exact component issue date.
Publication date: 2021-04-21
Publication-date evidence: European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology · Publication 21 April 2021 and distinct download 3. Executive summary of the Impact Assessment. — Establishes exact component publication independently of Council cover/receipt dates.
Version label: Final executive summary
Legal status: Non binding
Language: en

Research classifications

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Record level

Attachment

Version status

Final

Temporal collection

Contemporary EU AI policy

Relevance class

Direct AI relevance

Policy stage

Proposal

Corpus tier

Directly related

Sectors

Policy membership

Classification evidence

Relevance class: Direct AI relevance · European Commission / EUR-Lex · Official SWD(2021) 85 final: download 3 summarizes the problem, objectives, policy options and economy-wide impacts of the horizontal AI framework. — The cited provisions make AI the central subject.
Sector tags: General cross sector · European Commission / EUR-Lex · SWD(2021) 85 final, Executive Summary Sheet: sections A (Need for action) and B (Solutions), printed p.1 / PDF p.2, and section C (Impacts of the preferred option), printed p.2 / PDF p.3. The preferred horizontal high-risk option is assessed across public and private actors; projected impacts are not observed outcomes. — The cited provisions substantiate the retained cross-sector classification.
Provenance tags: Authored by an EU institution · European Commission / EUR-Lex · EUR-Lex Document information > Author: European Commission; SWD(2021) 85 final masthead reads EUROPEAN COMMISSION. — Exact official metadata identifies the responsible EU institution or body.
Provenance tags: Officially published · European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology · Publication 21 April 2021 and distinct download 3. Executive summary of the Impact Assessment. — Official Commission page dates and identifies the exact component.

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Institutions and roles

European Commission · Author · role evidence · EUR-Lex Document information > Author: European Commission; SWD(2021) 85 final masthead reads EUROPEAN COMMISSION.

Official sources and identifiers

CELEX: 52021SC0085

Official source · Publisher/host: European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
Official source · Publisher/host: European Commission / EUR-Lex

Formal procedure

Official procedure reference:

2021/0106(COD)

Parent or principal record

Parent or principal record: AI Act proposal impact assessment

Part of · Official relationship · Verified
Parent or principal record: Artificial Intelligence Act proposal

Procedural step for · Official relationship · Verified

Research assessment

Inclusion rationale: The separately citable executive summary condenses the impact assessment's problem framing and preferred policy option.
Researcher notes: Analytical selection, separate from the official EUR-Lex metadata.
Review status: verified

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Verification

Expanded evidence review: Verified

Reviewed by: Yichen Hao
Evidence review date: 2026-09-05T18:06:34Z

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Last verified: 2026-09-05T17:43:48Z · Official page gives Publication 21 April 2021 and separately exposes impact assessment, annex, and executive summary downloads, corroborated against SWD(2021) 84/85 EUR-Lex identities.
Last verified: 2026-09-04T00:00:00Z · EUR-Lex English record confirms the executive summary, SWD(2021) 85 final, CELEX 52021SC0085, document date 21 April 2021 and its link to the AI Act proposal.

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