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Greece Names HDPA and EETT as Its EU AI Act Enforcers in Draft Implementation Bill

Regulatory summary: Greece's Ministry of Digital Governance published a draft law implementing EU Regulation 2024/1689 (the AI Act) and amending Law 4961/2022 on June 21, 2026, naming the HDPA as principal market-surveillance authority and EETT as notifying authority. Public consultation closed July 6, 2026.

The draft splits national AI Act supervision between the data-protection regulator and the telecoms commission, and adds a sandbox, a coordination centre, and a public-sector AI registry.

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By Anthony Guerriero, Founder, The Leveraged Years · Reviewed by The Leveraged Years Editorial Desk · Published July 9, 2026 · Last updated July 9, 2026

Greece Names HDPA and EETT as Its EU AI Act Enforcers in Draft Implementation Bill regulation briefing

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Key takeaways

Greece put forward the domestic architecture to apply the EU AI Act, designating supervisory and notifying authorities and building enforcement, innovation, and public-sector transparency structures by amending Law 4961/2022.
Attorneys and DPOs advising on AI compliance; compliance and risk leads at deployers and providers; public-sector AI users and procurement officers; notified bodies and conformity-assessment stakeholders
Status: Bill published Jun 21, 2026.
Track enactment and the final allocation of duties; map which of your AI systems fall under HDPA supervision; prepare for public-sector registry entries and sandbox eligibility

Regulatory Briefing

Bindingness: Draft implementing bill (public consultation, now closed)
Scope: National implementation of the EU AI Act; HDPA as principal market-surveillance authority; EETT as notifying authority; AI Coordination and Expertise Centre; regulatory sandbox; complaints and administrative-fine mechanism; public-sector AI registry
What Changed: Greece put forward the domestic architecture to apply the EU AI Act, designating supervisory and notifying authorities and building enforcement, innovation, and public-sector transparency structures by amending Law 4961/2022.
Who This Affects: Attorneys and DPOs advising on AI compliance; compliance and risk leads at deployers and providers; public-sector AI users and procurement officers; notified bodies and conformity-assessment stakeholders
Current Status: Bill published Jun 21, 2026; consultation closed Jul 6, 2026; awaiting parliamentary process
Effective Date: Not yet enacted (draft)
Primary Source: https://www.mindigital.gr/archives/8792 (note: returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; open in a normal browser to confirm)
Secondary Analysis: Mondaq (Greece Publishes Draft Law for EU AI Act Implementation); ProtoThema English; To Vima; Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm
Workflow Impact: HDPA supervises prohibited practices, certain high-risk systems, and transparency obligations and acts as national contact point; EETT handles notification of conformity-assessment bodies; a sandbox lets startups and SMEs test in real conditions; a complaints channel and administrative-fine system drive enforcement
Operational Next Step: Track enactment and the final allocation of duties; map which of your AI systems fall under HDPA supervision; prepare for public-sector registry entries and sandbox eligibility
Last Verified: July 9, 2026

Date	Jurisdiction	Rule	Affected professionals	Status or effective date
2026-07-09	Greece	Greece put forward the domestic architecture to apply the EU AI Act, designating supervisory and notifying authorities and building enforcement, innovation, and public-sector transparency structures by amending Law 4961/2022.	Attorneys and DPOs advising on AI compliance; compliance and risk leads at deployers and providers; public-sector AI users and procurement officers; notified bodies and conformity-assessment stakeholders	Bill published Jun 21, 2026; consultation closed Jul 6, 2026; awaiting parliamentary process

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Greece's AI Act implementation law in force?

No. It is a draft law published on June 21, 2026, with public consultation that closed July 6, 2026. It still has to pass through the parliamentary process, and its provisions can change before enactment.

Which authority will regulate most AI compliance questions in Greece?

The Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) is designated as the principal market-surveillance authority, covering prohibited practices, certain high-risk systems, and transparency obligations, and is reported to serve as the national contact point.

What is EETT's role?

The Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT) is designated as the notifying authority, responsible for the procedures around assessing and monitoring the conformity-assessment bodies that evaluate certain high-risk AI systems.

Does the bill create anything to help companies innovate?

Yes. It establishes an AI regulatory sandbox that lets participants, with a focus on startups and SMEs, test AI applications under real-world conditions with supervisory support, in line with the EU AI Act's sandbox requirement.

Why does this briefing flag the primary source?

The Ministry of Digital Governance page at mindigital.gr returned an HTTP 403 block to automated fetching, so these facts rest on triangulation across legal and press coverage. Confirm designations, article numbers, and any penalty figures against the ministry text and the OpenGov consultation before relying on them.