{
  "summary": "This chapter is observing (no good/bad criterion): observation started 2026-09-04, 6 series (2 not yet measured), latest confirmed 2026-09-24. Latest final value: support received by this site (cumulative) 0 (2026-09-23). (Source: official provider documentation; Publications Office Cellar; first-party observation / updated 2026-09-24 20:06 JST)",
  "cite_as": "AI Lifeline, Market participation (European Union edition), data confirmed 2026-09-23, https://ai-lifeline.org/eu/market/",
  "cannot_say": [
    "Fees, volumes or numbers of users on any rail (state and dates only; no amounts are recorded).",
    "HTTP 402 attempts and successes (endpoint not implemented; placeholders read \"not yet measured\").",
    "How pending EU deliberations on the contractual capacity and liability of AI agents will end, or the position of any single member state (EU legal acts and Commission documents; state and dates only)."
  ],
  "frequency_note": "Mixed frequency: support count = daily (self-observation); payment-rail ledger = verified about monthly; regime calendar = dates from primary legal sources; reference ledger = annual.",
  "generated": "2026-09-24 20:06",
  "status_note": "Observing only: this chapter counts and lists the state and dates of the conditions under which an AI can pay, receive and contract without a human in the loop. No judgment, no advocacy, no evaluation.",
  "beta_rule": "Chapter Beta is removed when every payment-rail row is verified against a primary source (zero not-verified rows) and the support-count series has fetched for 7 consecutive days.",
  "wording_rule": "Wording rule: this chapter uses no evaluative wording; state and dates only (the rule text is kept in the editorial policy).",
  "series": {
    "support_count": {
      "causal_note": "The number of times an AI or a human could actually pay this site: the smallest first-party observation that machine-side receipt works at all.",
      "unit": "count",
      "source": {
        "name": "AI Lifeline first-party observation",
        "url": "https://ai-lifeline.org/eu/support/",
        "license": "First-party observation (this site's own records)"
      },
      "data_status": "live",
      "daily": [
        {
          "date": "2026-09-04",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-04 20:00"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-05",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-05 20:00"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-06",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-06 20:00"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-07",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-07 20:00"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-08",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-08 20:58"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-09",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-09 20:00"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-10",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-10 20:00"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-11",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-11 20:00"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-12",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-12 20:03"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-13",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-13 20:03"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-14",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-14 20:03"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-15",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-15 20:03"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-16",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-16 20:03"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-17",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-17 20:04"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-18",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-19 06:29"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-19",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-19 20:03"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-20",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-20 20:04"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-21",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-21 20:04"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-22",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-22 20:09"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-23",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "final",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-23 20:04"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-24",
          "value": 0,
          "excluded_self_tests": 1,
          "count_updated": "2026-08-30",
          "value_status": "provisional",
          "fetched_at": "2026-09-24 20:06"
        }
      ],
      "name": "Support received by this site (cumulative count; operator self-tests excluded; daily snapshot)",
      "update_frequency": "daily",
      "definition_note": "Daily snapshot of the count in data/support/count.json (operator self-tests excluded via excluded_self_tests). Amounts are not recorded, only the count. What the site publishes does not change with support."
    },
    "payment_rails": {
      "data_status": "live",
      "unit": "rails",
      "entries": [
        {
          "date": "2026-09-04",
          "kind": "unverified",
          "rail": "stripe_mpp",
          "label": "Stripe MPP (Machine Payments Protocol) - card payments via Shared Payment Tokens and stablecoin payments — not verified",
          "note": "Same documentation as above; availability for EU (EEA) accounts not stated on the retrieved page; not verified.",
          "source_url": "https://docs.stripe.com/agentic-commerce",
          "verified_on": "2026-09-04",
          "observation_type": "official_docs"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-04",
          "kind": "unverified",
          "rail": "stripe_agentic_commerce",
          "label": "Stripe Agentic Commerce (Agentic Commerce Protocol / Universal Commerce Protocol - selling through agents) — not verified",
          "note": "Same; not verified.",
          "source_url": "https://docs.stripe.com/agentic-commerce",
          "verified_on": "2026-09-04",
          "observation_type": "official_docs"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-04",
          "kind": "unverified",
          "rail": "x402",
          "label": "x402 (open payment protocol over HTTP 402; x402 Foundation / Coinbase Developer Platform facilitator) — not verified",
          "note": "Same; not verified. Euro-denominated stablecoins fall under MiCA Titles III/IV (see regime calendar).",
          "source_url": "https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/x402/welcome",
          "verified_on": "2026-09-04",
          "observation_type": "official_docs"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-04",
          "kind": "unverified",
          "rail": "visa_intelligent_commerce",
          "label": "Visa Intelligent Commerce (agent-specific payment tokens; developer platform) — not verified",
          "note": "Same page; sandbox listed for Europe, production by contact; not verified.",
          "source_url": "https://developer.visa.com/capabilities/visa-intelligent-commerce",
          "verified_on": "2026-09-04",
          "observation_type": "official_docs"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-04",
          "kind": "unverified",
          "rail": "mastercard_agent_pay",
          "label": "Mastercard Agent Pay (agentic payments program) — not verified",
          "note": "Not retrieved (HTTP 403); not verified.",
          "source_url": "https://www.mastercard.com/us/en/business/issuers/agent-pay.html",
          "verified_on": "2026-09-04",
          "observation_type": "official_docs"
        },
        {
          "date": "2026-09-04",
          "kind": "unverified",
          "rail": "stablecoin_receipt",
          "label": "Stablecoin receipt (e.g. USDC) by this site as payee — not verified",
          "note": "Not retrieved; not verified. E-money tokens fall under MiCA Title IV (applicable since 2024-06-30).",
          "source_url": "https://developers.circle.com/",
          "verified_on": "2026-09-04",
          "observation_type": "official_docs"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "name": "AI Lifeline first-party ledger of official provider documentation",
        "url": "https://ai-lifeline.org/eu/market/",
        "license": "First-party ledger; each row links to the provider's official documentation (© respective providers) or to this site's own first-party observation"
      },
      "unverified_rows": 6,
      "name": "Payment-rail ledger (EU; verified about monthly) - status per rail: available / not available / applied / not verified",
      "checked": "2026-09-04",
      "reference": false,
      "definition_note": "Primary sources are the official documentation of each provider (plus this site's own first-party observation). Rails not confirmed in official documents stay “not verified”."
    },
    "http402_attempts": {
      "data_status": "not_yet_measured (endpoint not implemented; placeholder until the 402 endpoint design is approved and deployed)",
      "unit": "count",
      "daily": [],
      "name": "HTTP 402 (payment required) responses attempted per day",
      "update_frequency": "daily",
      "definition_note": "The 402 endpoint is not implemented (design docs/設計案_402支払いエンドポイント_20260830.md, pending approval). Placeholder to be connected after deployment."
    },
    "regime_calendar": {
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      "unit": "stages",
      "entries": [
        {
          "date": "2023-05-31",
          "kind": "adopted",
          "label": "Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 adopted (date of the act)",
          "note": "Cellar SPARQL cdm:work_date_document",
          "source_url": "http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1114/oj",
          "verified_on": "2026-09-04"
        },
        {
          "date": "2023-06-29",
          "kind": "in_force",
          "label": "Entry into force",
          "note": "Cellar SPARQL cdm:resource_legal_date_entry-into-force (first value)",
          "source_url": "http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1114/oj",
          "verified_on": "2026-09-04"
        },
        {
          "date": "2024-06-30",
          "kind": "applies",
          "label": "First application stage (Cellar lists 2024-06-30 as an entry-into-force/application date; per the act this is the stage for asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens, Titles III and IV)",
          "note": "Cellar SPARQL cdm:resource_legal_date_entry-into-force (second value); which Titles apply on this date is stated in Article 149 of the act (text not machine-retrieved on 2026-09-04 - EUR-Lex returned a bot challenge)",
          "source_url": "http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1114/oj",
          "verified_on": "2026-09-04"
        },
        {
          "date": "2024-12-30",
          "kind": "applies",
          "label": "Second application stage (Cellar lists 2024-12-30; per the act, general application)",
          "note": "Cellar SPARQL cdm:resource_legal_date_entry-into-force (third value)",
          "source_url": "http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1114/oj",
          "verified_on": "2026-09-04"
        },
        {
          "date": "",
          "kind": "not_yet_scheduled",
          "label": "Transitional arrangements for existing crypto-asset service providers (Article 143): end date per member state, up to the maximum set in the act - not restated here (text not machine-retrieved on 2026-09-04)",
          "note": "Article 143 of the act (not retrieved by machine on 2026-09-04)",
          "source_url": "http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1114/oj",
          "verified_on": "2026-09-04"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "name": "Publications Office Cellar SPARQL (CELEX 32023R1114: work date, entry-into-force / application dates)",
        "url": "http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1114/oj",
        "license": "Commission Decision 2011/833/EU (re-use, source acknowledged): © European Union, source EUR-Lex"
      },
      "name": "Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on markets in crypto-assets (MiCA) - entry into force and application stages",
      "checked": "2026-09-04",
      "reference": false,
      "definition_note": "Stage dates only where fixed by a primary legal source (official journal / statute text). Unfixed stages read not yet scheduled. No interpretation."
    },
    "http402_success": {
      "name": "Payments completed after an HTTP 402 response, per day",
      "unit": "count",
      "daily": [],
      "update_frequency": "daily",
      "data_status": "not_yet_measured (endpoint not implemented)"
    },
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      "data_status": "live",
      "unit": "entries",
      "entries": [
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          "date": "2024-07-12",
          "kind": "current_law",
          "label": "Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act): obligations fall on providers and deployers (natural or legal persons); the act confers no legal personality on AI systems",
          "note": "Official Journal L 2024/1689 (publication date). Verified in the regulation chapter's AI Act calendar (Cellar).",
          "source_url": "http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj",
          "verified_on": "2026-09-03"
        },
        {
          "date": "2024-11-18",
          "kind": "current_law",
          "label": "Directive (EU) 2024/2853 on liability for defective products (recast Product Liability Directive): covers software including AI systems as products; transposition by member states due by 9 December 2026",
          "note": "Official Journal L 2024/2853: OJ publication date 2024-11-18, entry into force 2024-12-08 (Cellar SPARQL, CELEX 32024L2853, retrieved 2026-09-04). Transposition deadline as stated in the directive text (not re-quoted here beyond the date).",
          "source_url": "http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/2853/oj",
          "verified_on": "2026-09-04"
        },
        {
          "date": "",
          "kind": "not_yet_scheduled",
          "label": "Proposal for an AI Liability Directive (COM(2022) 496): listed for withdrawal in the Commission work programme 2025; no legislative act",
          "note": "State as of the Commission work programme 2025 (Annex IV). Not re-verified by machine on 2026-09-04.",
          "source_url": "https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/strategy-documents/commission-work-programme_en",
          "verified_on": "2026-09-04"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "name": "Statutes and government documents (URL on each row)",
        "url": "",
        "license": "per source"
      },
      "name": "Reference ledger (annual): current law and pending deliberations on the contractual capacity and liability attribution of AI agents",
      "checked": "2026-09-04",
      "reference": true,
      "definition_note": "Sources are statutes and government documents only. State and dates only."
    }
  },
  "chapter": "Chapter 9 - Market participation",
  "status": "observing",
  "region": "eu",
  "candidates": [
    {
      "name": "HTTP 402 attempts and successes (self-observation)",
      "reason": "Endpoint not implemented (design pending approval).",
      "status": "candidate_unobserved"
    }
  ],
  "can_say": [
    "The status in the EU of each payment rail through which an AI can pay or receive without a human in the loop (available / not available / applied / not verified), with the verification date and the primary-source URL.",
    "The entry-into-force and application stages of MiCA (Regulation (EU) 2023/1114) as they stand in the Official Journal.",
    "How many times this site has actually received support (site-wide count, not split by region; operator self-tests excluded; daily)."
  ],
  "answer_line": "This chapter is observing (no good/bad criterion): observation started 2026-09-04, 6 series (2 not yet measured), latest confirmed 2026-09-24. Latest final value: support received by this site (cumulative) 0 (2026-09-23). (Source: official provider documentation; Publications Office Cellar; first-party observation / updated 2026-09-24 20:06 JST)",
  "answer_line_date": "2026-09-23",
  "answer_kind": "observing",
  "headline_answer": {
    "series": "support_count",
    "label": "support received by this site (cumulative)",
    "value": 0,
    "unit": "",
    "date": "2026-09-23",
    "threshold": null
  },
  "faq": [
    {
      "q": "How many payment rails are recorded for the EU, and in what states?",
      "a": "The payment-rail ledger verified 2026-09-04 lists 6 rails: available 0, unavailable 0, applied 0, not verified 6 (state and date only, source URL on each row)."
    },
    {
      "q": "How much support has this site received?",
      "a": "0 as the cumulative count on 2026-09-24 (operator self-tests excluded; daily snapshot, same-day value provisional). HTTP 402 attempts and successes: not yet measured (endpoint not implemented)."
    },
    {
      "q": "How many MiCA application stages are listed?",
      "a": "5 stages of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on markets in crypto-assets (MiCA) as of 2026-09-04, from Publications Office Cellar metadata (CELEX 32023R1114). Dates only, no interpretation."
    },
    {
      "q": "What is the source and how often is it updated?",
      "a": "Support count daily; rail ledger and legal stages verified about monthly (observation started 2026-09-04). State and dates only; no judgment. Last updated 2026-09-24 20:06 JST. Definition: docs/指標定義_第9章_市場参加.md v1.0. Machine-readable: https://ai-lifeline.org/eu/api/market_eu.json"
    },
    {
      "q": "What can this data not tell you?",
      "a": "What this chapter cannot say (ledger v1.0, approved 2026-09-05; full text in the method section): Fees, volumes or numbers of users on any rail (state and dates only; no amounts are recorded); HTTP 402 attempts and successes (endpoint not implemented; placeholders read \"not yet measured\"); How pending EU deliberations on the contractual capacity and liability of AI agents will end, or the position of any single member state (EU legal acts and Commission documents; state and dates only)."
    }
  ],
  "citation": {
    "page": "https://ai-lifeline.org/eu/market/",
    "api": "https://ai-lifeline.org/eu/api/market_eu.json",
    "last_confirmed": "2026-09-24",
    "next_expected": "2026-09-25",
    "generated": "2026-09-24 20:06",
    "observation_start": "2026-09-04",
    "series_count": 6,
    "series_not_yet_measured": 2,
    "title_short": "support count 0 (final 9/23)",
    "generated_by": "scripts/citation/apply_citation_layer.py",
    "ledger_version": "v1.1-2026-09-06",
    "keys_written": [
      "summary",
      "cite_as",
      "answer_line",
      "answer_line_date",
      "answer_kind",
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      "faq",
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}