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Published document record

European Civil Law Rules in Robotics

Official metadata

Official title
European Civil Law Rules in Robotics
Official reference
PE 571.379
Document type
Study
Document date
2016-10-12
Document date kind
Publication
Document-date evidence
European Parliament · Official Think Tank catalogue record: Study, 12-10-2016 — The official Parliament Think Tank catalogue dates the study to 12 October 2016; this publication fallback is used because the study text gives only month precision for manuscript completion.
Publication date
2016-10-12
Publication-date evidence
European Parliament · Official Think Tank catalogue record: Study, 12-10-2016 — The cited official manifestation establishes official publication on 2016-10-12.
Additional official dates
  • Manuscript completion: 2016-10 (month) · European Parliament · PDF pp.3-4 credits; executive summary printed p.5 (PDF p.7); section 1 printed pp.6-7; section 2.1 printed p.9.
Version label
Official English translation
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
Historical lineage
Relevance class
Direct AI relevance
Policy stage
Agenda setting
Corpus tier
Directly related
Sectors
  • Health
  • Transport and mobility
  • Justice
  • Intellectual property
  • Research and innovation
Policy membership

    Classification evidence

    • Relevance class: Direct AI relevance · European Parliament · PDF pp.3-4 credits; executive summary printed p.5 (PDF p.7); section 1 printed pp.6-7; section 2.1 printed p.9. — The executive summary and core analysis repeatedly treat robotics and AI as the intended objects of proposed EU civil-law, liability and ethics rules, satisfying the first applicable relevance class.
    • Sector tags: Justice · European Parliament · PDF pp.3-4 credits; executive summary printed p.5 (PDF p.7); section 1 printed pp.6-7; section 2.1 printed p.9. — The executive summary and sections 1-4 are a sustained civil-law, liability and ethics analysis of robotics and AI.
    • Sector tags: Intellectual property · European Parliament · PDF pp.3-4 credits; executive summary printed p.5 (PDF p.7); section 1 printed pp.6-7; section 2.1 printed p.9. — Section 1, printed p.6 (PDF p.8), discusses autonomous-robot creations and literary/artistic property.
    • Sector tags: Health · European Parliament · PDF pp.3-4 credits; executive summary printed p.5 (PDF p.7); section 1 printed pp.6-7; section 2.1 printed p.9. — Section 2.1, printed p.9 (PDF p.11), addresses surgical robots, safety and surgeon training.
    • Sector tags: Transport and mobility · European Parliament · PDF pp.3-4 credits; executive summary printed p.5 (PDF p.7); section 1 printed pp.6-7; section 2.1 printed p.9. — Section 2.1, printed p.9 (PDF p.11), addresses autonomous/remotely piloted drones and safety/privacy.
    • Sector tags: Research and innovation · European Parliament · PDF pp.3-4 credits; executive summary printed p.5 (PDF p.7); section 1 printed pp.6-7; section 2.1 printed p.9. — Section 1, printed pp.6-7 (PDF pp.8-9), addresses a legal instrument responsive to robotics and AI research.
    • Provenance tags: EU commissioned external · European Parliament · PDF pp.3-4 credits; executive summary printed p.5 (PDF p.7); section 1 printed pp.6-7; section 2.1 printed p.9. — The publication credits Nathalie Nevejans as AUTHOR and states that Policy Department C commissioned, supervised and published the study at JURI's request.
    • Provenance tags: Officially published · European Parliament · Official Think Tank catalogue record: Study, 12-10-2016 — The Parliament-hosted RegData PDF carries PE 571.379 and identifies the responsible Parliament policy department as publisher.

    Production provenance

    Provenance tags
    • EU commissioned external
    • Officially published
    Named bibliographic authors
    • Nathalie Nevejans · Université d'Artois, Centre de Recherche en Droit Ethique et Procédures · European Parliament · PDF pp.3-4 credits; executive summary printed p.5 (PDF p.7); section 1 printed pp.6-7; section 2.1 printed p.9.
    Institutions and roles

    Official sources and identifiers

    Research assessment

    Inclusion rationale
    The official study text verifies its identity, external author, commissioning chain and direct, sustained treatment of robotics and artificial intelligence. The exact issue day is not printed in the study, so the Parliament catalogue publication date is used as the permitted publication fallback and the October manuscript-completion statement is retained separately.
    Researcher notes
    Historical collection and corpus classifications are AI-assisted researcher assessments, separate from official metadata.
    Review status
    verified

    Relationships

    No additional published relationships touch this record.

    Verification

    Expanded evidence review
    Verified
    Reviewed by
    Yichen Hao
    Evidence review date
    2026-09-05T06:28:17.769Z

    The evidence review date is not a separate human sign-off date. Review credit and evidence-review actions

    • Last verified: 2026-09-05T06:28:17.769Z · PDF pp.3-4 credits; executive summary printed p.5 (PDF p.7); section 1 printed pp.6-7; section 2.1 printed p.9.: The text identifies the title and PE number, names Nathalie Nevejans as author, distinguishes JURI's request from Policy Department C's commissioning and publishing roles, and frames EU rules for robotics and AI as the study's subject.
    • Last verified: 2026-09-05T06:28:17.769Z · Official Think Tank catalogue record: Study, 12-10-2016: The catalogue identifies the study, its publication date and Nathalie Nevejans as external author.

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