# Swiss Federal Council chooses sector rules and the Council of Europe convention over an AI act

- **Record type**: Change log entry
- **Occurred on**: 2025-02-12
- **Jurisdiction**: Switzerland
- **Instrument**: Federal Council decision on the regulation of artificial intelligence: ratification of the Council of Europe Convention and sector-specific adjustments
- **Impact level**: Routine
- **Status after the change**: Adopted

## 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 it means in practice

Swiss organisations will not face a horizontal AI law; transparency, data-protection and non-discrimination amendments are the ones to watch.

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-02-12-switzerland-ai-regulatory-approach
- **Official source**: https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-104110.html
- **Source document**: Federal Council wants to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on AI
- **Published by**: Swiss Federal Council
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: AI Policy Tracker (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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