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The voluntary instrument (published 10 July 2025) that general-purpose-AI providers use to demonstrate compliance with their AI Act obligations until harmonised standards exist; three chapters: Transparency, Copyright, and Safety and Security (the last for systemic-risk models) 1.

Developed in
ch. 08, GPAI Code of Practice
ch. 18, The Code of Practice and enforcement
Chapters
ch. 08, Regulatory Map · ch. 18, EU AI Act
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

10 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

GPAI Code of Practice: mentions per chapter16 mentions of the term across 10 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter04 The Stack: 1 mention04 The Stack108 Regulatory Map: 3 mentions08 Regulatory Map310 Reading List: 1 mention10 Reading List111 AI Defined: 1 mention11 AI Defined113 Risk Management: 1 mention13 Risk Management114 Development: 1 mention14 Development117 Incidents: 3 mentions17 Incidents318 EU AI Act: 1 mention18 EU AI Act120 Existing Law: 1 mention20 Existing Law123 AI Agents: 3 mentions23 AI Agents3No mentions in the other 13 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
GPAI Code of Practice: mentions per chapter16 mentions of the term across 10 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter0001020304 The Stack: 1 mention10405060708 Regulatory Map: 3 mentions30810 Reading List: 1 mention11011 AI Defined: 1 mention1111213 Risk Management: 1 mention11314 Development: 1 mention114151617 Incidents: 3 mentions31718 EU AI Act: 1 mention1181920 Existing Law: 1 mention120212223 AI Agents: 3 mentions323Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of GPAI Code of Practice per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack1No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map3Yes
10 Reading List1No
11 AI Defined1No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management1No
14 Development1No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents3No
18 EU AI Act1Yes
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law1No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents3No

Patterns that use this term

One pattern page uses the term.

GPAI Code of Practice: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedColour: stack layer of the pattern02 InventoryGPAI Code of PracticeRelated terms (6)AI Act (EU) · RelatedAI Act (EU)Harmonised standard · RelatedHarmonised standardLoss of control · RelatedLoss of controlNear miss · RelatedNear missProvider · RelatedProviderTransparency · RelatedTransparencyPatterns using it (1)Vendor / Model Due-Diligence Gate, 3 mentions · Uses the termVendor / Model Due-Diligence
GPAI Code of Practice: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedColour: stack layer of the pattern02 InventoryRelated terms (6)AI Act (EU) · RelatedAI Act (EU)Harmonised standard · RelatedHarmonised standardLoss of control · RelatedLoss of controlNear miss · RelatedNear missProvider · RelatedProviderTransparency · RelatedTransparencyPatterns using it (1)Vendor / Model Due-Diligence Gate, 3 mentions · Uses the termVendor / Model Due-DiligenceGPAI Code ofPractice
The term's neighbourhood Terms related to this one on solid edges, terms it is often confused with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer. Follow a dashed edge to check the distinction before you use either term.
Neighbourhood as a table
Neighbourhood of GPAI Code of Practice
FamilyItemRelation
Related termsAI Act (EU)Related
Related termsHarmonised standardRelated
Related termsLoss of controlRelated
Related termsNear missRelated
Related termsProviderRelated
Related termsTransparencyRelated
Patterns using itVendor / Model Due-Diligence Gate, 3 mentionsUses the term
  • Loss of control

    One of the systemic risks the GPAI Code of Practice specifies: risks from humans losing the ability to reliably direct, modify or shut down a model, which may…

  • Harmonised standard

    A European standard adopted on a Commission standardisation request.

  • Transparency

    In NIST's framing, how far information about an AI system and its outputs reaches the people who interact with it: what happened.

  • AI Act (EU)

    Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the EU's horizontal, risk-tiered law for AI, amended by the Digital Omnibus.

  • Near miss

    A hazard that a control, or luck, interrupted before harm occurred: the guardrail blocked the exfiltration, the reviewer caught the invented dosage.

  • Provider

    Under the EU AI Act, whoever develops an AI system or general-purpose AI model, or has one developed, and places it on the market or puts it into service…

Sources

  1. [1] The General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (published 10 Jul 2025; a voluntary tool; three chapters: Transparency, Copyright, Safety and Security). European Commission. 2025-07-10. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/contents-code-gpai (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). GPAI Code of Practice. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/gpai-code-of-practice. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026gpaicodeofpractice,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{GPAI Code of Practice}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/gpai-code-of-practice}
}