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Digitising European Industry

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    COM(2016) 180 final. English PDF, 15 pages. Official publication edition corresponding to this record.

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Official metadata

Official title
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Digitising European Industry - Reaping the full benefits of a Digital Single Market
Official reference
COM(2016) 180 final
Document type
Communication
Document date
2016-04-19
Document date kind
Document issue
Document-date evidence
Publications Office of the European Union · Document information — The cited official manifestation establishes the document date 2016-04-19 and its stated meaning.
Publication date
2016-04-19
Publication-date evidence
European Commission · IP/16/1407, Brussels, 19 April 2016; list headed Communications adopted today — The cited official manifestation establishes official publication on 2016-04-19.
Additional official dates
Version label
Final
Legal status
Non binding
Language
en

Research classifications

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Record level
Principal
Version status
Final
Temporal collection
Historical lineage
Relevance class
Direct AI relevance
Policy stage
Agenda setting
Corpus tier
Directly related
Sectors
  • Research and innovation
  • Industry and manufacturing
Policy membership

    Classification evidence

    • Relevance class: Direct AI relevance · Publications Office of the European Union · Section 4.2.2, platform-building initiatives combining autonomous systems and artificial intelligence with other digital technologies. — The communication proposes industrial integration platforms explicitly involving artificial intelligence and autonomous systems; this is substantive policy content rather than an incidental mention.
    • Sector tags: Industry and manufacturing · Publications Office of the European Union · Section 4.2.2, Connected Smart Factory initiative and its manufacturing applications. — The proposed factory platforms integrate robotics and other digital technologies into manufacturing, with simulation and testing support for industrial users.
    • Sector tags: Research and innovation · Publications Office of the European Union · Section 4.2.2, paragraphs on H2020 partnerships, robotics and coordinated R&D&I; investment discussion and footnote 26. — The communication links coordinated research and innovation, including robotics partnerships, to planned EU and industry investment. These are programme intentions, not evidence of achieved spending or effects.
    • Provenance tags: Authored by an EU institution · Publications Office of the European Union · Document information — The heading and EUR-Lex metadata identify the European Commission and DG CNECT.
    • Provenance tags: Officially published · European Commission · IP/16/1407, Brussels, 19 April 2016; list headed Communications adopted today — The dated official Commission IP/16/1407 release publicly presents the package and lists the Digitising European Industry communication among communications adopted on 19 April 2016.

    Production provenance

    Provenance tags
    • Authored by an EU institution
    • Officially published
    Named bibliographic authors
    None recorded after review
    Institutions and roles

    Official sources and identifiers

    CELEX
    52016DC0180

    Research assessment

    Inclusion rationale
    Full text resolves identity, issue/dispatch date, authorship and direct AI relevance, and the Commission's dated IP/16/1407 press release independently establishes public presentation on 19 April 2016 by listing this communication among communications adopted that day.
    Researcher notes
    Historical collection and corpus classifications are AI-assisted researcher assessments, separate from official metadata.
    Review status
    verified

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    Verification

    Expanded evidence review
    Verified
    Reviewed by
    Yichen Hao
    Evidence review date
    2026-09-05T06:37:06.8601555Z

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    • Last verified: 2026-09-05T06:37:06.8601555Z · IP/16/1407, Brussels, 19 April 2016; list headed Communications adopted today: The Commission publicly presented the digital-industry package on 19 April 2016 and expressly listed the Digitising European Industry communication among the communications adopted that day.
    • Last verified: 2026-09-05T06:27:41.6613488Z · Document information: EUR-Lex gives 19 April 2016 as document and dispatch date and identifies Commission/DG CNECT.
    • Last verified: 2026-09-05T06:27:41.6613488Z · Printed heading; sections 2, 4, 4.2.2 and 4.3: The text expressly treats AI and robotics as industrial drivers and supports platforms, investment and regulatory work involving AI/autonomous systems.

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