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Artificial Intelligence Act proposal

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    COM(2021) 206 final. English PDF, 108 pages. Proposal main document including its financial statement. Annexes 1-9 have a separate corpus record.

    Source: European Commission. Retrieved 2026-09-10.

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Official metadata

Official title
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
COM(2021) 206 final
Document type
Legislative proposal
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; COM(2021) 206 final Brussels masthead carries the same date. — Establishes retained document date 2021-04-21.
Publication date
2021-04-21
Publication-date evidence
European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology · Publication 21 April 2021 and exact COM(2021) 206 link. — Establishes retained publication date 2021-04-21 separately from issue, vote, adoption, or signature.
Version label
Final
Legal status
Proposed
Language
en

Research classifications

These are researcher classifications used to organise and analyse the corpus; they are not official EU metadata.

Record level
Principal
Version status
Draft
Temporal collection
Contemporary EU AI policy
Relevance class
Direct AI relevance
Policy stage
Proposal
Corpus tier
Core
Sectors
  • General cross sector
Policy membership
  • AI Act legislative process
  • EU AI policy pathway

Classification evidence

  • Relevance class: Direct AI relevance · European Commission / EUR-Lex · Official COM(2021) 206 final: Article 1 states horizontal Union-market subject matter; Titles II and III regulate prohibited and high-risk AI, with Annex III spanning eight domains. — The cited provisions make AI the central subject.
  • Sector tags: General cross sector · European Commission / EUR-Lex · Official COM(2021) 206 final: Article 1 states horizontal Union-market subject matter; Titles II and III regulate prohibited and high-risk AI, with Annex III spanning eight domains. — 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; COM(2021) 206 final heading expressly identifies a Commission proposal. — 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 exact COM(2021) 206 link. — The official EU manifestation independently establishes publication of this exact record.

Production provenance

Provenance tags
  • Authored by an EU institution
  • Officially published
Named bibliographic authors
None recorded after review
Institutions and roles
  • European Commission · Proposer · role evidence · EUR-Lex Document information > Author: European Commission; COM(2021) 206 final heading expressly identifies a Commission proposal.

Official sources and identifiers

CELEX
52021PC0206
  • 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)

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Research assessment

Inclusion rationale
Core Commission legislative proposal for the EU Artificial Intelligence Act.
Researcher notes
Analytical assessment; this record remains distinct from the final regulation.
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 · Publication 21 April 2021; exact COM(2021) 206 EUR-Lex link.
  • Last verified: 2026-09-03T00:00:00Z · EUR-Lex English record confirms COM(2021) 206 final and the Commission proposal title.

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