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AI regulation in Hungary (2026)
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Hungary is fully subject to the EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689), which entered into force on 1 August 2024, applied prohibitions from 2 February 2025, and becomes fully applicable on 2 August 2026. Hungary enacted Act LXXV of 2025, which entered into force on 1 December 2025, establishing the domestic institutional framework for market surveillance, notification procedures, and enforcement. The Minister of Enterprise Development serves as the primary AI market surveillance authority, the National Accreditation Authority as notifying authority, and the Hungarian National Bank oversees AI in financial services.
Key points
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 entered into force on 1 August 2024 and is directly applicable in Hungary. Prohibited-practice and AI-literacy provisions applied from 2 February 2025; the bulk of obligations apply from 2 August 2026; Article 6(1) on high-risk classification from 2 August 2027.
Act LXXV of 2025 (Az Európai Unió mesterséges intelligenciáról szóló rendeletének magyarországi végrehajtásáról) entered into force 1 December 2025, laying out Hungarian market-surveillance and notification procedures for AI systems placed on the market or used domestically. Sections 3(2) and 10 (on regulatory sandboxes) take effect 2 August 2026.
Government Decree No. 344/2025 (X.31) designates the Minister of Enterprise Development as the AI market surveillance authority (Art. 70 EU AI Act) and the National Accreditation Authority (Nemzeti Akkreditációs Hatóság) as the notifying authority (Art. 28 EU AI Act). The Hungarian National Bank (Magyar Nemzeti Bank) is the sector-specific authority for high-risk AI in financial services.
Act LXXV of 2025 establishes the Hungarian Artificial Intelligence Council, an advisory body composed of government, academic, research, and business representatives. It guides national AI strategy, monitors fundamental-rights compliance, and provides recommendations for EU AI Act implementation — but holds no binding decision-making powers.
Published 3 September 2025, Hungary's renewed National AI Strategy 2025–2030 identifies six pillars: computing infrastructure, a national AI centre, data ecosystem, AI competency development, AI for society (public services), and AI for business (SMEs, manufacturing, agriculture). It explicitly adopts OECD AI Principles and aligns with EU AI Act enforcement priorities.
Act LXXV of 2025 mandates that the market surveillance authority operate an AI regulatory sandbox (per EU AI Act Art. 57) to allow SMEs and start-ups to test innovative AI systems under supervised conditions. Full sandbox activation is set for 2 August 2026 under the Act's transitional provisions.
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