First meeting of the Signatory Taskforce of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice

Signatories to the GPAI Code of Practice met on Friday 30 January to establish a Taskforce to exchange on Code implementation.

On January 30, 2026, the signatories to the general-purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice held their first, constitutive meeting, establishing the Signatory Taskforce of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice. It facilitates exchanges between signatories to implement the code, when relevant. It can provide input on guidance documents, without prejudice to the AI Office's required public consultations.

The taskforce may also facilitate the exchange of views on technological developments and gather insights from, as well as provide updates to, relevant third-party stakeholders. The taskforce can also serve as a forum to seek and discuss research, independent expert input, and up-to-date evidence relevant to the code's commitments or measures.

The AI Office presented the taskforce's logistics, stressing the importance of ensuring public transparency and respect of EU competition law in the activities of the taskforce.

The signatories discussed and adopted the rules of procedure (PDF) by consensus, which will guide the taskforce's interactions. Different views were expressed as regards the majority threshold for inviting external experts (simple majority, two-thirds, unanimity). The potential for future ad hoc groups was also discussed, e.g., on open-source matters.

Finally, the Signatories raised potential future discussion topics for the Taskforce (not yet finalised) to be addressed in follow-up meetings.

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