AI regulation in Montenegro (2026)

As of mid-2026, Montenegro has no standalone AI act or sectoral AI regulation. Existing AI uses fall under general rules including the Personal Data Protection Law (last amended July 2024) and the Law on Information Security (in force December 2024).

Montenegro signed the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law in November 2024 — the first binding international AI treaty — becoming the 11th signatory. Ratification and domestic implementation are still pending.

A Working Group coordinated by the Ministry of Public Administration, with UNDP support, was constituted in October 2025 and held sessions in January, February and March 2026. The strategy document is expected to be finalised by September 2026 and will align with EU and Council of Europe standards.

The EU-funded UNDP Artificial Intelligence Landscape Assessment (AILA), published May 2025, is Montenegro's first systematic baseline of AI readiness in public administration. It identified tourism, energy and environmental protection as priority sectors and called for a clear regulatory framework and improved data interoperability.

As an EU candidate country, Montenegro will be required to transpose the EU AI Act into national law upon accession. The European Commission's delegation in Montenegro has publicised the Act, and alignment with it is explicitly listed as a strategic objective of the AI Strategy 2026–2030 working group.

In March 2026 UNOPS and the Montenegrin judiciary launched a pilot to modernise court operations using AI tools, representing one of the first documented government AI deployments. No bespoke legal safeguards specific to these pilots have been publicly announced.