AI regulation in Greece: the EU AI Act (2026)

Yes. As an EU member, Greece is covered by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689), which applies directly.

It uses a risk-based approach: unacceptable-risk AI is banned, high-risk AI faces strict obligations, and general-purpose AI models carry transparency duties.

It is phased: prohibitions applied from February 2025, general-purpose-AI rules from August 2025, and most high-risk obligations from August 2026.

Up to €35 million or 7% of global annual turnover for breaching the prohibited-AI rules, with lower tiers for other breaches.

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 is directly applicable in Greece. Prohibited AI practices (e.g. social scoring, real-time remote biometric identification in public spaces) became enforceable from 2 February 2025; general-purpose AI model obligations apply from 2 August 2025; and most high-risk and market-surveillance provisions apply from 2 August 2026.

Greece's Law 4961/2022 introduced AI-specific obligations for public bodies: mandatory algorithmic impact assessments (AIAs) before deploying AI systems, and transparency obligations requiring disclosure of AI use to affected persons. AI provisions entered into force on 1 January 2023, predating the EU AI Act.

The High-Level Advisory Committee on AI, established under the Prime Minister in November 2023, published 'A Blueprint for Greece's AI Transformation' in November 2024. It sets out six flagship programmes, eight guiding values including human dignity and transparency, and plans for AI regulatory sandboxes, a National AI Research Institute, and a National AI Data Hub.

In July 2025, the Ministry of Digital Governance was renamed the Ministry of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence. A Special Secretariat for Artificial Intelligence and Data Governance was established within it to coordinate national AI strategy and serve as the central governance node, with Vasileios-Michail Karkatzounis as Special Secretary.

Greece has initiated designation of national competent authorities required by Article 70 of the EU AI Act (notifying authority and market surveillance authorities). A list of fundamental-rights bodies, including the National Commission for Human Rights (ΕΕΔΑ), was submitted to the European Commission. Full enforcement powers take effect 2 August 2026.

Greece launched the Pharos AI Factory in 2025 as a national AI innovation hub under the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, to be powered by the DAEDALUS supercomputer (expected operational 2026), connecting startups, SMEs, research institutions, universities, and the public sector.