Current position
Overview
AI legislation has been enacted.
Key legislation & sources
EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689)
RTR — AI Service Desk
EU AI Act National Implementation Tracker
Austrian Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs — AI Strategy
Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI (CETS 225)
EU AI ACT
The EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) applies directly across all member states. Prohibitions on unacceptable-risk AI systems have been in force since 2 February 2025; GPAI model rules since 2 August 2025. High-risk AI obligations are due from 2 August 2026, subject to the Digital Omnibus proposal which may defer enforcement. For the full implementation timeline, governance structure, and current status, see the European Union overview.
RTR (Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH) hosts an AI Service Desk providing implementation support. Three advisory structures are in place: AI Advisory Board, AI Policy Forum (inter-ministerial), and AI Stakeholders Forum. Market surveillance and notifying authority designation remains pending; the August 2025 deadline was missed and infringement proceedings are anticipated.
Regulatory developments
Latest updates
Latest event import:
Updates sourced from Digital Policy Alert ↗. Recent activity from the last three months.
opinion
Advocate General of Court of Justice of the European Union issued opinion in Like Company v Google Ireland (C-250/25) finding that real-time reuse of press publications by AI chatbots may infringe press publishers’ rights
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consultation closed
European Data Protection Board closes consultation on draft guidelines on web scraping in the context of generative AI
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consultation opened
European Commission opened consultation on draft Implementing regulation on practical and specific arrangements for conduct of certain proceedings pursuant to Article 75c and Article 75d of Artificial Intelligence Act
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introduction
European Commission submitted proposal for KIDS Act to European Parliament and the Council, including Artificial Intelligence authority governance (No. COM(2026) 681 final)
Source: Digital Policy Alert · View update ↗
introduction
European Commission submitted proposal for KIDS Act to European Parliament and the Council, including design requirement (No. COM(2026) 681 final)
Source: Digital Policy Alert · View update ↗
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