AI regulation in Greece: laws & policy (2026)

The Hellenic Parliament adopted Law 5321/2026 (published in Government Gazette A' No. 114, 20 July 2026), establishing Greece's national enforcement architecture for the EU AI Act. It designates the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) as the primary market surveillance authority and single point of contact, designates EETT as the notifying authority, creates a mandatory public-sector AI registry, introduces regulatory sandboxes, complaint procedures, administrative fines, and criminal penalties for removing deepfake transparency labels.

Published in Government Gazette 49/A, Law 5188/2025 established Greece's national implementing measures for the EU Data Governance Act, setting rules for re-using protected public-sector data and registering data intermediary services — creating the data-sharing infrastructure on which AI applications depend.

The High-Level Advisory Committee on AI, coordinated by the Special Secretariat of Foresight under PM Mitsotakis, published Greece's first comprehensive national AI strategy. It identifies six flagship projects across innovation, public administration, education, and healthcare, sets guiding principles (transparency, human dignity, multilateral cooperation), and calls for a dedicated national AI supervisory authority aligned with the EU AI Act.

The Ministry of Digital Governance launched mAigov, an AI-powered multilingual chatbot integrated into the gov.gr unified portal, providing natural-language access to 1,608 digitised state services. It received over 4,000 queries within hours and 63,000 in three days, and was among the first AI citizen-service tools deployed by an EU government, demonstrating Greece's move from AI legislation to practical AI deployment.

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis established the High-Level Advisory Committee on Artificial Intelligence, coordinated by the Special Secretariat of Foresight, to formulate a comprehensive national AI policy and long-term strategy. Its mandate spanned innovation, public-sector AI adoption, EU regulatory alignment, and socioeconomic safeguards — and it delivered the November 2024 Blueprint.

Articles 3–14 of Law 4961/2022 became operational, requiring Greek public bodies to conduct algorithmic impact assessments before deploying AI, maintain public AI system registries, publish transparency notices explaining AI-assisted decisions, and establish a Coordinating Committee for AI — making Greece one of the first EU states to have live national AI rules for the public sector.

Published in Government Gazette 146/A, Law 4961/2022 introduced a unified national framework covering AI (Articles 1–14), IoT, blockchain/DLT, smart contracts, and 3D printing. It was among the first horizontal statutes in the EU specifically governing AI, mandating algorithmic impact assessments and AI system registries for public bodies and imposing transparency and non-discrimination obligations on private-sector AI use in employment.

The European Commission published its revised Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence, updating the 2018 version and requiring all EU member states, including Greece, to adopt national AI strategies, boost public investment in AI, and align regulation with EU values. This directly prompted Greece to accelerate its own national strategy work and set the legislative agenda that produced Law 4961/2022.

The Ministry of Digital Governance published Greece's five-year national digital strategy covering 450 projects across six axes, including AI pilot programmes in justice and healthcare, a horizontal AI/ML platform for the public sector, and commitments to data governance and interoperability. This was the first official government document to embed AI in Greek national policy, predating dedicated AI legislation.