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Guidelines on the scope of obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models

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last revised 2025-07-18last verified 2026-09-031 versioncountry page →

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European Commission guidelines published 18 July 2025 clarifying which organisations are providers of general-purpose AI models under the EU AI Act and what documentation, copyright and transparency duties attach from 2 August 2025. The guidelines are interpretive and relevant to legal tech vendors that fine-tune or distribute foundation models in the EU.

Applies to
providers
Effective
18 Jul 2025
Current version
Original · 18 Jul 2025
Last verified
03 Sept 2026
Official text
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/guidelines-gpai-providers

What the document requires

  • Defines when a model counts as general-purpose and when a downstream modifier becomes a provider.
  • Explains documentation and information duties owed to downstream deployers.
  • Sets out the Commission's approach to enforcement in the first year after 2 August 2025.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Originalcurrent2025-07-18First version recorded.official

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Sources

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Guidelines on the scope of obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models" (European Commission, Original, 2025-07-18), safelegalai.com/regulation/eu/eu-commission-guidelines-gpai-providers (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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