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title: "GPAI Code of Practice"
description: "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…"
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/gpai-code-of-practice
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
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updated: 2026-09-24
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# GPAI Code of Practice

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](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/regulatory-map#gpai-code-of-practice); [ch. 18, The Code of Practice and enforcement](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/eu-ai-act#the-code-of-practice-and-enforcement)
- Chapters: [ch. 08, Regulatory Map](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/regulatory-map) · [ch. 18, EU AI Act](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/eu-ai-act)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-gpai-code-of-practice

## Sources

[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)