General-Purpose AI Code of Practice published

The Commission published the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice on 10 July 2025 — a voluntary tool for demonstrating compliance with the AI Act's GPAI obligations. It has three chapters: Transparency (including a Model Documentation Form), Copyright, and Safety & Security for models with systemic risk. Signatories include the major model providers.

For most organisations the Code matters indirectly: it standardises the documentation you can demand from model suppliers, and signature status is a fast due-diligence signal for the models you build on.

Providers of general-purpose AI models directly; AI leads and procurement teams selecting or auditing model suppliers indirectly.

Check whether your model suppliers have signed the Code, and use its Model Documentation Form as the baseline for the documentation you request from them.