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Digital Europe Programme Regulation

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Regulation (EU) 2021/694. English PDF, 34 pages. Official publication edition corresponding to this record.
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Official metadata

Official title: Regulation (EU) 2021/694 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 establishing the Digital Europe Programme and repealing Decision (EU) 2015/2240
Official reference: Regulation (EU) 2021/694
Document type: Regulation
Document date: 2021-04-29
Document date kind: Official act date
Document-date evidence: Publications Office of the European Union · Document information Dates; OJ header; Article 5 — Exact date and date meaning stated by the cited official manifestation.
Publication date: 2021-05-11
Publication-date evidence: Publications Office of the European Union · Document information Dates; OJ header; Article 5 — Official publication on 2021-05-11.
Version label: Original Official Journal text
Legal status: In force
Legal-status evidence: Publications Office of the European Union · Document information, legal-status panel, Dates; Article 34 — EUR-Lex labels the act in force with no end date. Its metadata gives entry into force as 12 May 2021, whereas Article 34 states publication day (11 May 2021). This official-source discrepancy is retained without adjudication. The record describes the original act, not a later consolidation.
Language: en

Research classifications

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Record level

Principal

Version status

Final

Temporal collection

Contemporary EU AI policy

Relevance class

Direct AI relevance

Policy stage

Implementation

Corpus tier

Directly related

Sectors

Policy membership

Classification evidence

Relevance class: Direct AI relevance · Publications Office of the European Union · Document information Dates; OJ header; Article 5 — Article 5 establishes a dedicated AI objective with funding, experimentation and ethical requirements.
Sector tags: General cross sector · Publications Office of the European Union · Article 5(1)(a)-(d) — AI capabilities are funded across private and public users.
Sector tags: Research and innovation · Publications Office of the European Union · Article 5(1)(b)-(c) — Research institutions and AI experimentation facilities receive explicit support.
Sector tags: Public administration · Publications Office of the European Union · Article 5(1)(b) — Public administrations are expressly eligible users of AI capacities.
Sector tags: Industry and manufacturing · Publications Office of the European Union · Article 5(1)(d); Annex I, AI action 3 — AI production systems and manufacturing test facilities are supported.
Sector tags: Health · Publications Office of the European Union · Annex I, Specific Objective 2, action 3 — Health is an explicit AI experimentation sector.
Sector tags: Agriculture and environment · Publications Office of the European Union · Annex I, Specific Objective 2, action 3 — Earth and environment monitoring are explicit AI experimentation fields.
Sector tags: Transport and mobility · Publications Office of the European Union · Annex I, Specific Objective 2, action 3 — Transport and mobility are explicit AI experimentation fields.
Sector tags: Financial services · Publications Office of the European Union · Annex I, Specific Objective 2, action 3 — Finance is an explicit AI experimentation field.
Sector tags: Education · Publications Office of the European Union · Article 7(1)(a)-(c) — AI training and courses for students and workers are funded.
Sector tags: Employment and labour · Publications Office of the European Union · Article 7(1)(b)-(c) — Workforce training and placements include AI skills.
Provenance tags: Authored by an EU institution · Publications Office of the European Union · Document information, Author — EUR-Lex expressly names Parliament and Council as authors.
Provenance tags: Joint institutional · Publications Office of the European Union · Document information, Author — The act jointly credits Parliament and Council.
Provenance tags: Officially published · Publications Office of the European Union · OJ L 166, 11 May 2021, pp.1-34 — The original English act is published in the Official Journal.

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Named bibliographic authors

None recorded after review

Institutions and roles

Council of the European Union · Adopter · role evidence · Heading and signature block
European Commission · Proposer · role evidence · Preamble
European Parliament · Adopter · role evidence · Heading and signature block

Official sources and identifiers

CELEX: 32021R0694
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/694/oj
OJ reference: OJ L 166, 11.5.2021, pp. 1-34

Official source · Publisher/host: Publications Office of the European Union

Formal procedure

Official procedure reference:

2018/0227/COD

Research assessment

Inclusion rationale: Article 5 establishes a dedicated AI objective with funding, experimentation and ethical requirements.
Researcher notes: Sector and provenance classifications are AI-assisted research assessments, separate from official metadata. Publication cutoff: 2026-09-04.
Review status: verified

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Verification

Expanded evidence review: Verified

Reviewed by: Yichen Hao
Evidence review date: 2026-09-05T23:49:16Z

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Last verified: 2026-09-05T23:49:16Z · Original English OJ text and Document information reviewed: author, signature date, OJ date, entry into force and no end date. Original act is distinct from later consolidations.

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