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Civil liability regime for artificial intelligence

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Official metadata

Official title: European Parliament resolution of 20 October 2020 with recommendations to the Commission on a civil liability regime for artificial intelligence (2020/2014(INL))
Official reference: P9_TA(2020)0276
Document type: Resolution
Document date: 2020-10-20
Document date kind: Institutional adoption
Document-date evidence: Publications Office of the European Union · Resolution heading — Institutional adoption date of this text.
Publication date: 2021-10-06
Publication-date evidence: Publications Office of the European Union · Official Journal identity block and masthead — OJ C 404, p. 107, opened official text.
Version label: Adopted resolution, Official Journal manifestation
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.

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Version status

Final

Temporal collection

Contemporary EU AI policy

Relevance class

Direct AI relevance

Policy stage

Adoption

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Directly related

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Policy membership

Classification evidence

Relevance class: Direct AI relevance · Publications Office of the European Union · Resolution and recommendations annex, Articles 2, 4 and 12 — AI is the substantive policy subject of this document.
Sector tags: Justice · Publications Office of the European Union · Annex, Articles 4 and 12 — Liability, compensation and recourse for AI harm.
Sector tags: Consumer protection · Publications Office of the European Union · Annex, Article 2(3) and recitals 23–24 — Preserves consumer protections while proposing a harmonised AI liability framework.
Provenance tags: Authored by an EU institution · Publications Office of the European Union · Resolution heading and acting body — The Parliament is the acting institution in its resolution.
Provenance tags: Officially published · Publications Office of the European Union · Official Journal identity block — Official publication and this English manifestation are evidenced.

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Named bibliographic authors

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Institutions and roles

European Parliament · Adopter · role evidence · Resolution heading
European Parliament · Author · role evidence · Resolution heading and acting body: The European Parliament
Publications Office of the European Union · Official host · role evidence · EUR-Lex official English manifestation
Publications Office of the European Union · Publisher · role evidence · Official Journal masthead

Official sources and identifiers

CELEX: 52020IP0276
OJ reference: 2021/C 404/05

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

Formal procedure

Official procedure reference:

2020/2014(INL)

Research assessment

Inclusion rationale: Recommends civil-liability rules and compensation for AI harms, including strict liability for operators of high-risk AI systems. The annex is a legislative recommendation, not a law in force.
Researcher notes: One non-binding adopted resolution includes its proposed-regulation annex. The annex is a recommendation and has no independent enacted status; the 2022 Commission proposal is not a version of this resolution.
Review status: verified

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Verification

Expanded evidence review: Verified

Reviewed by: Yichen Hao
Evidence review date: 2026-09-06T00:41:49.332+01:00

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Last verified: 2026-09-06T00:41:49.332+01:00 · English primary text reopened on 6 September 2026 (Europe/London). Reviewed Resolution and recommendations annex, Articles 2, 4 and 12; identity and attribution checked. One non-binding adopted resolution includes its proposed-regulation annex. The annex is a recommendation and has no independent enacted status; the 2022 Commission proposal is not a version of this resolution.

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