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EU GPAI Code of Practice for defense AI workflows

EU GPAI Code of Practice in defense AI workflows: what compliance requires, who asks for evidence, and the records to keep.

Legal forceVoluntary; adherence is a recognised way to show compliance with binding AI Act GPAI duties
Applies from2 Aug 2025
SectorDefense
Checked21 Oct 2026

01 / The rule

What EU GPAI Code of Practice requires

Providers of general-purpose AI models placed on the EU market that choose to sign; the Safety and Security chapter applies only to models with systemic risk.

  1. 01Transparency chapter: document each model (Model Documentation Form) and supply it to the AI Office and downstream providers on request.
  2. 02Copyright chapter: adopt a copyright policy, respect machine-readable rights reservations such as robots.txt when crawling, and offer a complaints point.
  3. 03Copyright chapter: take measures to reduce the risk of the model producing copyright-infringing output.
  4. 04Safety and Security chapter (systemic-risk models): adopt a safety and security framework and assess and mitigate systemic risks across the lifecycle.
  5. 05Safety and Security chapter: report serious incidents to the AI Office and maintain cybersecurity protection for the model.

02 / In this sector

In a defense AI workflow

Applies only to general-purpose AI models and their providers, not to downstream applications. Downstream builders rely on the documentation signatories must supply.

Usually asked by

Program office leads and ATO-package owners.

Named alongside

NIST AI RMF · DoW RAI · OMB M-25-21.

Sector pagePlanisphere for defense

03 / Records

Records to keep

  1. 01Completed Model Documentation Form per model version
  2. 02Published copyright policy and crawler rights-reservation handling
  3. 03Safety and security framework and model reports (systemic-risk models)
  4. 04Serious incident reports sent to the AI Office

Optional evidence · where Planisphere fits

Keep a record anyone can check

When your team meets a duty, Planisphere can seal the event it reports as a receipt.

01 · Your teamRecord the event

A disclosure shown, a review signed, a model change approved: the event your system reports.

02 · PlanisphereSeal it

The event becomes a sealed receipt, dated and attributed to whoever is signed in.

03 · AnyoneCheck it

Paste the receipt into Verify. No account or key.

A record supports your compliance evidence process. It is not a legal finding or a certification. Systems that call Planisphere's gate API can also hold or refuse an action before it runs.

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