AI Regulation in the European Union
10 policies tracked , of which 9 carry binding duties and 1 are voluntary or emerging. Every entry links to its primary source.
EU Prohibited Practices Guidelines
Commission Guidelines on Prohibited AI Practices
The Commission's official reading of the AI Act's Article 5 bans: manipulative techniques, social scoring, emotion recognition at work and untargeted facial scraping. The reference point for scoping prohibited-use reviews.
EU DSA
Digital Services Act
Governs recommender systems and algorithmic amplification with transparency, risk-assessment and audit duties for large platforms. It is a core rulebook for AI-driven content ranking and moderation.
EU Data Act
Governs access to and sharing of data generated by connected products, and mandates cloud-switching rights. Sets the terms on which AI developers can lawfully obtain industrial and IoT training data.
EU Data Governance Act
Creates trusted routes for reusing protected public-sector data and for data intermediation and altruism. Relevant wherever AI training data is sourced from public bodies or shared data spaces.
EU DMA
EU Digital Markets Act
Imposes ex-ante conduct rules on designated gatekeeper platforms, including fairness and transparency duties over ranking and self-preferencing. These constraints bite directly on AI-driven recommendation.
EU GDPR (Art. 22)
General Data Protection Regulation (automated decision-making)
Article 22 gives individuals the right not to be subject to solely automated decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects, plus rights to information, human review and to contest. It is a key constraint on AI-driven decisioning.
EU AI Act
EU Artificial Intelligence Act
The world's first comprehensive, risk-based AI law. Classifies AI by risk tier (prohibited, high-risk, limited, minimal) and imposes graduated obligations, with most high-risk rules and enforcement starting 2 August 2026.
EU Machinery Regulation
Sets safety requirements for machinery placed on the EU market, treating AI-based safety functions as high-risk components. Machinery in scope also triggers high-risk duties under the AI Act.
EU Product Liability Directive
EU Revised Product Liability Directive
Extends EU strict product liability expressly to software and AI systems, and eases the burden of proof for claimants in technically complex cases. The main civil-liability exposure sitting alongside the AI Act.
EU GPAI Code of Practice
General-Purpose AI Code of Practice
The Commission-facilitated code that GPAI model providers can sign to demonstrate compliance with the AI Act's transparency, copyright and systemic-risk duties. Voluntary in form, near-default in practice.