AI regulation in San Marino (2026)

San Marino was among the first signatories of the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, the first legally binding international AI treaty, opened for signature in Vilnius on 5 September 2024. As a binding instrument it takes domestic legal effect only upon ratification and entry into force.

There is no San Marino law (Legge) or delegated decree (Decreto Delegato) specifically and comprehensively governing AI in force. Italy's Law 132/2025 is frequently surfaced in searches but applies to Italy, not the separate sovereign Republic of San Marino.

The State Congress treats digital transition and AI as a pillar of economic development and state security, launching initiatives to integrate AI across public administration and to create a new National Statistical Unit.

The government aims to build a national data centre for full informational independence and positions the country as a European digital laboratory / first 'smart nation', partnering with operators such as TIM while seeking EU-compliant data-protection alignment.

Political actors (e.g. the Motus Liberi movement) have called for a San Marino regulatory framework on AI guaranteeing transparency, protection of workers' rights and human control over automated decisions, but this remains a proposal rather than enacted legislation.

The University of the Republic of San Marino hosted expert discussions urging that ethics be placed at the centre of AI governance, reflecting a principles/soft-law orientation rather than statutory regulation to date.