Explaining Coreper: How the EU Committee of Permanent Representatives Decides on Advertising and AI Rules

Coreper is the EU Committee of Permanent Representatives, where ambassadors from each member state prepare all decisions of the Council of the European Union in Brussels. It has two configurations, Coreper II and Coreper I, and in practice finalizes about half of the Council’s EU legislation, including rules governing advertising cookies, consent, targeting, and AI in Europe. Coreper ambassadors approved the final text of the Digital Services Act on June 15, 2022, and the compromise text of the AI Act on February 2, 2024.