AI regulation in Slovakia (2026)

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the EU AI Act, is directly applicable in Slovakia without transposition. It imposes prohibitions on unacceptable-risk AI (effective Feb 2025) and obligations on high-risk AI systems, with full applicability from August 2026.

This national amending act updated the Slovak Act on Conformity Assessment of Products to cross-reference and enforce relevant obligations and penalties under the EU AI Act. It entered into force on 1 January 2026, providing the first domestic enforcement hook.

A draft 'Act on the Organisation of Public Administration in the Field of Artificial Intelligence' (LP/2025/401) was tabled in 2025 to formally designate national competent authorities, establish a national AI registry for high-risk systems, define inspection and penalty procedures, and create a national regulatory sandbox for testing high-risk AI.

In May 2025 MIRRI SR proposed amending the Act on Information Technologies in Public Administration to require human oversight of AI, mandate transparency when citizens interact with AI systems, and apply mandatory rules only to contracts signed from 2026 onward.

MIRRI SR serves as the Single Contact Point under Article 70 of the EU AI Act and coordinates national AI policy. A Government Plenipotentiary for Artificial Intelligence (a State Secretary within MIRRI) bridges technical and political decision-making. The Office for Personal Data Protection handles AI-related data-processing oversight.

Slovakia adopted a National AI Strategy in 2019 and an Action Plan (2021–2023) covering R&D, data infrastructure, skills, and ethics. A subsequent 'AI in Education' plan (2025–2027) targets responsible AI use in schools and has expanded AI degree programmes to 22 courses at six universities.