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AI Act proposal impact assessment

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Exact SWD(2021) 84 final PART 1/2 impact assessment, newsroom document 75792. Complete 96-page Part 1/2. It must be presented alongside Part 2/2, document 75793, to cover the full multipart record.
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Official title: COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT 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) 84 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) 84 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 1. Impact assessment. — Establishes exact component publication independently of Council cover/receipt dates.
Version label: Final
Legal status: Non binding
Language: en

Research classifications

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Record level

Supporting

Version status

Final

Temporal collection

Contemporary EU AI policy

Relevance class

Direct AI relevance

Policy stage

Proposal

Corpus tier

Core

Sectors

Policy membership

Classification evidence

Relevance class: Direct AI relevance · European Commission / EUR-Lex · Official SWD(2021) 84 final: Chapters 2, 5 and 6 analyze the AI-policy problem, options and impacts across industries, public authorities and rights-sensitive uses. — The cited provisions make AI the central subject.
Sector tags: General cross sector · European Commission / EUR-Lex · Official SWD(2021) 84 final: Chapters 2, 5 and 6 analyze the AI-policy problem, options and impacts across industries, public authorities and rights-sensitive uses. — 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) 84 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 1. Impact assessment. — Official Commission page dates and identifies the exact component.

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None recorded after review

Institutions and roles

European Commission · Author · role evidence · EUR-Lex Document information > Author: European Commission; SWD(2021) 84 final masthead reads EUROPEAN COMMISSION.

Official sources and identifiers

CELEX: 52021SC0084

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: Artificial Intelligence Act proposal

Procedural step for · Official relationship · Verified

Attachments

Attachment: Annexes to the AI Act proposal impact assessment

Annex to · Official relationship · Verified

Research assessment

Inclusion rationale: The impact assessment records the problem definition, policy options and evidence base for the Commission proposal.
Researcher notes: Analytical selection, separate from the official EUR-Lex metadata.
Review status: verified

Relationships

Executive summary of the AI Act proposal impact assessment · Part of · AI Act proposal impact assessment

Official relationship · Verified

Official rationale: The official title describes SWD(2021) 85 final as the executive summary of the impact assessment, and it cross-references SWD(2021) 84 final.

Evidence source: European Commission / EUR-Lex

Verification

Expanded evidence review: Verified

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

The evidence review date is not a separate human sign-off date. Review credit and evidence-review actions

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 impact assessment, SWD(2021) 84 final, CELEX 52021SC0084, document date 21 April 2021 and its link to the AI Act proposal.

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