Does europa.eu block AI crawlers?
Open to AI crawlers
europa.eu doesn't block any of the major AI crawlers we track in its robots.txt.
Checked from europa.eu/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 0 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 0
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 500 (#115)
Can AI assistants cite europa.eu?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
europa.eu doesn't opt out of AI model training through robots.txt. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on europa.eu |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Some paths restricted |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Some paths restricted |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Some paths restricted |
How europa.eu compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; europa.eu does not.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; europa.eu does not.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; europa.eu does not.
- Among 137 sites of similar popularity, 36% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /cgi-bin/ Disallow: /eur-lex/ Disallow: /archives/ Disallow: /youth/dissemination/ Disallow: /youth/archive/ Disallow: /youth/includes/ Disallow: /youth/misc/ Disallow: /youth/modules/ Disallow: /youth/profiles/ Disallow: /youth/themes/ Disallow: /youth/cron.php Disallow: /youth/install.php Disallow: /youth/LICENSE.txt Disallow: /youth/xmlrpc.php Disallow: /youth/admin/ Disallow: /youth/comment/reply/ Disallow: /youth/filter/tips/ Disallow: /youth/node/add/ Disallow: /youth/search/ Disallow: /youth/user/register/ Disallow: /youth/user/password/ Disallow: /youth/user/login/ Disallow: /youth/user/logout/ Disallow: /capacity4dev/includes/ Disallow: /capacity4dev/misc/ Disallow: /capacity4dev/modules/ Disallow: /capacity4dev/profiles/ Disallow: /capacity4dev/scripts/ Disallow: /capacity4dev/themes/ Disallow: /capacity4dev/CHANGELOG.txt Disallow: /capacity4dev/cron.php Disallow: /capacity4dev/INSTALL.mysql.txt Disallow: /capacity4dev/INSTALL.pgsql.txt Disallow: /capacity4dev/INSTALL.sqlite.txt Disallow: /capacity4dev/install.php Disallow: /capacity4dev/INSTALL.txt Disallow: /capacity4dev/LICENSE.txt Disallow: /capacity4dev/MAINTAINERS.txt Disallow: /capacity4dev/update.php Disallow: /capacity4dev/UPGRADE.txt
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does europa.eu block GPTBot?
No. As of Oct 2, 2026, europa.eu's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.
Can ChatGPT search show results from europa.eu?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does europa.eu have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at europa.eu/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: europa.eu's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.