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Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence

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Official title: COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence
Official reference: COM(2018) 795 final
Document type: Coordinated plan
Document date: 2018-12-07
Document date kind: Document issue
Document-date evidence: European Commission / EUR-Lex · Document masthead at the start of the communication: 'EUROPEAN COMMISSION'; 'Brussels, 7.12.2018'; 'COM(2018) 795 final'. — The dated Commission masthead establishes 7 December 2018 as the issue date of the final communication.
Publication date: 2018-12-07
Publication-date evidence: European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology · Page heading 'Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence', metadata line 'Publication 07 December 2018', and description naming COM(2018) 795 final. — The Commission publication page independently establishes first official publication on 7 December 2018.
Version label: Final
Legal status: Non binding
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

Final

Temporal collection

Contemporary EU AI policy

Relevance class

Direct AI relevance

Policy stage

Coordination

Corpus tier

Core

Sectors

Policy membership

Classification evidence

Relevance class: Direct AI relevance · European Commission / EUR-Lex · Title 'Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence' and sections 1-2, including 'THE EUROPEAN AI STRATEGY' and 'THE COORDINATED PLAN ON AI - OVERVIEW'. — The document is expressly an AI plan and sets objectives and actions for AI investment, data, talent, trust, uptake, and coordination.
Sector tags: General cross sector · European Commission / EUR-Lex · Section 1 paragraphs beginning 'By making sense of vast amounts of data' and 'Member States ... and the Commission prepared the plan', which refer to all economic sectors, public services, healthcare, transport and mobility, safety, security, energy, manufacturing, and financial services. — The official text expressly spans all economic sectors and public services and enumerates several distinct application domains.
Provenance tags: Authored by an EU institution · European Commission / EUR-Lex · Opening masthead and title block: 'EUROPEAN COMMISSION' and 'COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION'. — The principal record is the Commission communication that presents the coordinated plan; its official text identifies the European Commission as the issuing institution.
Provenance tags: Officially published · European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology · Metadata line 'Publication 07 December 2018' and description identifying COM(2018) 795 final. — An official Commission publication page identifies the publication date and the exact official reference.
Sector tags: Health · European Commission / EUR-Lex · Communication, section 2.5, common cancer-image database paragraph. — Funds AI cancer imaging.
Sector tags: Transport and mobility · European Commission / EUR-Lex · Communication, section 2.3, cross-border autonomous-driving tests. — Coordinates automated-driving test facilities.
Sector tags: Public administration · European Commission / EUR-Lex · Communication, section 2.5, public-administration procurement paragraph. — Proposes public-sector AI procurement.
Sector tags: Research and innovation · European Commission / EUR-Lex · Communication, section 2.3, research-excellence networks. — Coordinates AI research networks.
Sector tags: Education · European Commission / EUR-Lex · Communication, section 2.4, AI Masters, PhDs and curricula. — Supports AI education.
Sector tags: Employment and labour · European Commission / EUR-Lex · Communication, section 2.4, labour-market transition paragraphs. — Addresses AI-related labour transitions.
Sector tags: Cybersecurity · European Commission / EUR-Lex · Communication, section 2.5, joint procurement of AI cybersecurity solutions. — Addresses AI cybersecurity procurement.
Sector tags: Financial services · European Commission / EUR-Lex · COM(2018) 795 final, main Communication, section 2 overview, paragraph beginning 'During these meetings'. — Explicitly identifies financial services as a priority economic sector for the coordinated AI actions, not merely a source of funding.
Sector tags: Industry and manufacturing · European Commission / EUR-Lex · COM(2018) 795 final, main Communication, section 2 overview, paragraph beginning 'During these meetings'. — Explicitly identifies manufacturing as a priority economic sector for coordinated AI action.
Sector tags: Agriculture and environment · European Commission / EUR-Lex · COM(2018) 795 final, main Communication, section 2.3, paragraph beginning 'Bringing state-of-the-art AI applications to the market'. — Discusses supported large-scale experimentation including smart farming as part of AI deployment.

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Institutions and roles

European Commission · Author · role evidence · Opening masthead and title block: 'EUROPEAN COMMISSION' and 'COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION'.

Official sources and identifiers

CELEX: 52018DC0795

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

Attachments

Attachment: 2018 Coordinated Plan annex

Annex to · Official relationship · Verified

Previous and next versions

Previous version: Artificial Intelligence for Europe

Precedes · Analytical relationship · Verified

Research assessment

Inclusion rationale: Core coordination document for the selected policy pathway.
Researcher notes: Analytical assessment, separate from EUR-Lex metadata.
Review status: verified

Relationships

Automated decision-making: consumer protection and free movement · Related to · Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence

Official relationship · Verified

Official rationale: Locator: PDF p.1, introductory citation to COM(2018)0795 of 7 December 2018. The resolution cites the Commission communication on the Coordinated Plan; no implementing or amending relationship is asserted.

Evidence source: Publications Office of the European Union
Council coordinated AI plan: COREPER note and draft conclusions · Related to · Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence

Official relationship · Verified

Official rationale: Locator: cover note paragraphs 1-5 and annex paragraph 1. The note records examination of the Commission communication and transmits draft conclusions on the 2018 coordinated plan. This links the procedural response to its subject; it does not treat the draft as an adopted final instrument or resolve its unknown publication date.

Evidence source: Council of the European Union
A comprehensive European industrial policy on AI and robotics · Endorses · Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence

Official relationship · Verified

Official rationale: Locator: paragraph 182. The resolution explicitly welcomes the Commission Coordinated Plan published on 7 December 2018. This records expressed parliamentary support, not legal adoption or incorporation of the plan.

Evidence source: Publications Office of the European Union
Robustness and explainability of artificial intelligence · Related to · Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence

Official relationship · Verified

Official rationale: Locator: section 2.1, printed pp.6-7 (PDF pp.10-11), and reference [24], printed p.27. The technical report discusses the 2018 coordinated plan and identifies COM(2018)795 final in its references. This is policy-background discussion, not proof of implementation or legislative influence.

Evidence source: European Commission

Verification

Expanded evidence review: Verified

Reviewed by: Yichen Hao
Evidence review date: 2026-09-05T10:34:49Z

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Last verified: 2026-09-03T00:00:00Z · EUR-Lex English record confirms COM(2018) 795 final, its title and 7 December 2018 date.
Last verified: 2026-09-05T10:34:49Z · Official Commission library page gives 'Publication 07 December 2018' and identifies the item as COM(2018) 795 final, Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence.

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