European Artificial Intelligence Board
In plain wordsA committee of representatives from every EU country that helps apply the EU AI Act consistently across Europe and advises the European Commission.
The body set up by the EU AI ActEU AI Act, prop. n.: The European Union's law on artificial intelligence, the first broad AI law anywhere: it bans some uses, sets strict checks for risky ones and puts duties on the makers of the biggest AI models. to keep the Act's application consistent across the Union. Each member state sends one representative, and one of them chairs it; the European Data Protection Supervisor observes, and the AI OfficeAI Office, prop. n.: The European Commission's team that oversees the EU AI Act, especially the rules for the largest AI models, and coordinates how the law is applied across Europe. runs the secretariat and attends without voting. Its role is advisory: it helps national authorities coordinate and pool know-how, gives the Commission and member states opinions and recommendations on implementation, including on codes of practice, guidelines and harmonised standardsharmonised standards, n.: Official European technical standards, written at the EU's request, that companies can follow to show their AI systems meet the law, instead of proving it from scratch., and helps spread AI literacy. A stakeholder advisory forum and a scientific panel of independent experts support it.
The AI Board and the Commission both judged the code of practice adequate.
Origin
Proposed in the Commission's 2021 draft, which would have had the Commission chair it; the final Act (Article 65) gave the chair to a member state. The Board began meeting in 2024.
Usage note
Not to be confused with the AI Office, which is part of the Commission. Structurally similar to the European Data Protection Board under the GDPR, but with advisory rather than binding powers.
Related
- AI OfficeAI Office, prop. n.: The European Commission's team that oversees the EU AI Act, especially the rules for the largest AI models, and coordinates how the law is applied across Europe.
- EU AI ActEU AI Act, prop. n.: The European Union's law on artificial intelligence, the first broad AI law anywhere: it bans some uses, sets strict checks for risky ones and puts duties on the makers of the biggest AI models.
- General-Purpose AI Code of PracticeGeneral-Purpose AI Code of Practice, prop. n.: A voluntary rulebook, published by the EU in 2025, that makers of large AI models can sign to show they follow the EU AI Act's rules on transparency, copyright and safety.
- harmonised standardsharmonised standards, n.: Official European technical standards, written at the EU's request, that companies can follow to show their AI systems meet the law, instead of proving it from scratch.
Defined in law or standards
EU AI Act (Reg. (EU) 2024/1689), Arts. 65–66; advisory forum Art. 67; scientific panel Art. 68
Mentioned in
AI OfficeAI Office, prop. n.: The European Commission's team that oversees the EU AI Act, especially the rules for the largest AI models, and coordinates how the law is applied across Europe., market surveillance authoritymarket surveillance authority, n.: The government body in each EU country that checks AI systems on the market, investigates complaints, and can order unsafe or unlawful AI to be fixed or withdrawn.