Swiss Federal Council chooses sector rules and the Council of Europe convention over an AI act
Concerns Federal Council AI regulatory approach (2025)
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In brief
Swiss Federal Council chooses sector rules and the Council of Europe convention over an AI act. Recorded for Switzerland on 12 February 2025. It concerns Federal Council AI regulatory approach (2025). Afterwards the instrument is recorded as adopted. In practice: Swiss organisations will not face a horizontal AI law; transparency, data-protection and non-discrimination amendments are the ones to watch.
- Date
- 12 February 2025
- Jurisdiction
- Switzerland
- Impact
- Routine
- Status afterwards
- Adopted
- Official source
- Swiss Federal Council
What changed?
The Federal Council decided to ratify the Council of Europe Framework Convention and implement it through targeted sector-specific changes plus self-regulation, with a consultation draft due by the end of 2026.
What does it mean in practice?
Swiss organisations will not face a horizontal AI law; transparency, data-protection and non-discrimination amendments are the ones to watch.
Official source
Federal Council wants to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on AISwiss Federal Council · 12 Feb 2025
Cite this record
AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Swiss Federal Council chooses sector rules and the Council of Europe convention over an AI act” [AIPT-CHG-0114, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0114 (accessed 12 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Cite the official text alongside it: Federal Council wants to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on AI, Swiss Federal Council, https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-104110.html.
BibTeX
@misc{aipolicytracker2026_swissfederalcouncilchoos,
author = {{AIPolicyTracker}},
title = {{Swiss Federal Council chooses sector rules and the Council of Europe convention over an AI act}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-02-12-switzerland-ai-regulatory-approach}},
url = {https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-02-12-switzerland-ai-regulatory-approach},
urldate = {2026-11-12},
note = {Data licensed CC BY 4.0. Accessed 12 November 2026}
}
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