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Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-generated Content
European AI Office (independent chairs)
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A voluntary EU code, finalised 10 June 2026 and confirmed adequate by the Commission in July 2026, that shows providers and deployers how to meet the AI Act's Article 50 marking and labelling duties for AI-generated text, images, audio and video. Around 190 signatories had joined by late July 2026, with watermark-detection interoperability due by 2 February 2027.
- Applies to
- providers, all
- Effective
- 10 Jun 2026
- Current version
- Commission adequacy opinion and AI Board endorsement · 09 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- 03 Sept 2026
What the document requires
- Covers Article 50(2) machine-readable marking of synthetic output by providers.
- Covers Article 50(4) deepfake disclosure and AI-generated public-interest text by deployers.
- Signatories commit to interoperable watermark detection by 2 February 2027.
- Confirmed as an adequate voluntary compliance tool by the Commission on 8 July 2026 and the AI Board on 9 July 2026.
Version history
| Version | Date | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commission adequacy opinion and AI Board endorsementcurrent | 2026-07-09 | Commission opinion (8 July 2026) and AI Board endorsement (9 July 2026) confirm the code as an adequate voluntary tool for Article 50(2), (4) and (5) compliance. | official |
| Final code text | 2026-06-10 | First version recorded. | official |
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Sources
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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-generated Content" (European AI Office (independent chairs), Commission adequacy opinion and AI Board endorsement, 2026-07-09), safelegalai.com/regulation/eu/eu-code-of-practice-ai-generated-content (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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