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Europe AI Regulation Tracker

The EU AI Act duties and the national laws and regulators across Europe that change what a professional must do, organized by jurisdiction. We update this as new rules land.

Maintained by The Leveraged Years Editorial Desk  ·  Last updated July 7, 2026

European Union

• Serious-incident reporting clockReport serious incidents in 15 days, 10 for a death, 2 for critical-infrastructure disruption.
• Software and AI as a productStrict no-fault liability for defective software and AI, from December 9.
• Article 5 intimate-image banA new ban on AI that generates non-consensual intimate imagery, effective December 2.
• Article 50 transparencyMark AI-generated content and disclose deepfakes and chatbots, from August 2.
• Omnibus high-risk delayHow the simplification package retimes high-risk duties and penalties.
• Article 4 AI-literacy dutyA duty to ensure staff have a sufficient level of AI literacy.

Germany

• KI-MIG names the enforcerThe Bundesnetzagentur would be Germany's lead AI market-surveillance authority.

Spain

• AESIA and a fine scheduleA draft law with fines up to 35 million euros, enforced by AESIA.

Italy

• Law 132/2025 decreesWorkplace-AI notice, a health-data notification duty, and liability rules advancing.

France

• CNIL on AI as personal dataA trained model may itself be personal data under the GDPR.

Ireland

• AI Office over 15 regulatorsA single point of contact coordinating about 15 competent authorities.

Poland

• The KRiBSI watchdogA new AI oversight body and EU single point of contact.

Netherlands

• Decentralized oversightEight sectoral supervisors coordinated by the data authority and the RDI.

Nordics

• Finland switches on supervisionNational AI Act supervision is live, with Traficom as the EU contact point.

Informational analysis for working professionals, not legal advice. Confirm how any rule applies to your situation with qualified counsel.