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Horizon Europe specific programme

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    Council Decision (EU) 2021/764. English PDF, 80 pages. Official publication edition corresponding to this record.

    Source: Council of the European Union. Retrieved 2026-09-10.

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Official metadata

Official title
Council Decision (EU) 2021/764 of 10 May 2021 establishing the Specific Programme implementing Horizon Europe - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, and repealing Decision 2013/743/EU
Official reference
Council Decision (EU) 2021/764
Document type
Decision
Document date
2021-05-10
Document date kind
Official act date
Document-date evidence
Publications Office of the European Union · Heading and signature: 10 May 2021. — Date of the adopted legal act.
Publication date
2021-05-12
Publication-date evidence
Publications Office of the European Union · OJ masthead LI 167/1, 12.5.2021; identity panel pp.1-80. — Publication in the Official Journal.
Version label
Official Journal text
Legal status
In force
Legal-status evidence
Publications Office of the European Union · Identity panel In force; Article 17. — Enters into force on publication; applies from 1 January 2021. No later repeal identified in this check.
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
Implementation
Corpus tier
Directly related
Sectors
  • Research and innovation
  • Industry and manufacturing
Policy membership
  • EU AI policy pathway

Classification evidence

  • Relevance class: Direct AI relevance · Publications Office of the European Union · Annex I, Pillar II, cluster 4, section 4.2.5 Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: dedicated AI R&I, ethical and human-controlled AI, safety and discrimination risks. — Substantive AI policy content, not a keyword-only mention.
  • Sector tags: Research and innovation · Publications Office of the European Union · Annex I, Pillar II, cluster 4, section 4.2.5 Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: dedicated AI R&I, ethical and human-controlled AI, safety and discrimination risks. — Researcher classification grounded in the cited substantive sector scope.
  • Sector tags: Industry and manufacturing · Publications Office of the European Union · Annex I, Pillar II, cluster 4, section 4.2.5 Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: dedicated AI R&I, ethical and human-controlled AI, safety and discrimination risks. — Researcher classification grounded in the cited substantive sector scope.
  • Provenance tags: Authored by an EU institution · Publications Office of the European Union · Cover, credits and issuing-body statement. — The cited authorship and institutional roles support this provenance classification; publisher is not automatically author.
  • Provenance tags: Officially published · Publications Office of the European Union · Official publication record and matching manifestation. — Published through the named official EU endpoint.

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
32021D0764
ELI
http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2021/764/oj
OJ reference
OJ L 167I, 12.5.2021, pp. 1-80
  • Official source · Publisher/host: Publications Office of the European Union

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Research assessment

Inclusion rationale
Annex I, Pillar II, cluster 4, section 4.2.5 Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: dedicated AI R&I, ethical and human-controlled AI, safety and discrimination risks.
Researcher notes
Article 15 repeals the Horizon 2020 specific-programme decision from 1 January 2021; Article 16 saves existing actions. Entry into force and retrospective application are distinct. Original OJ manifestation, not a consolidated substitute. Concept coding and policy grouping have not been completed; empty arrays do not mean absence.
Review status
verified

Relationships

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Verification

Expanded evidence review
Verified
Reviewed by
Yichen Hao
Evidence review date
2026-09-06T22:16:06Z

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  • Last verified: 2026-09-06T22:16:06Z · Official act, OJ masthead, preamble, Arts.15-17 and Annex I section4.2.5 inspected. Inspected capture SHA-256 9ce711514251f5b7743e35a2dfcace0c47003698b3965f6e249036e698bf9cf6; receipt in research/migrations/2026-09-06-academic-backfill.json. Local bytes retained; no public archive guarantee.

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