# Czechia

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Czechia
- **ISO code**: CZ
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Europe / Eastern Europe

## In brief

Czechia has 1 recorded AI policy instrument, none of them binding. EU AI Act applies; National AI Strategy 2030 (2024); authority designation in progress. Regulators include Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu (Ministry of Industry and Trade), Český telekomunikační úřad (ČTÚ), Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů (ÚOOÚ).

## Overview

Czechia applies the EU AI Act, has adopted a National AI Strategy 2030 (July 2024) replacing the 2019 strategy, and has proposed the Czech Telecommunication Office (ČTÚ) as the AI Act market-surveillance authority with the Office for Personal Data Protection and sector bodies in their fields.

## Regulatory status

EU AI Act applies; National AI Strategy 2030 (2024); authority designation in progress.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: National AI Strategy 2030.

## Regulators

- Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu (Ministry of Industry and Trade) — Lead ministry for the national AI strategy and AI Act implementation — https://www.mpo.gov.cz/
- Český telekomunikační úřad (ČTÚ) — Proposed market-surveillance authority for the AI Act — https://www.ctu.cz/
- Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů (ÚOOÚ) — Data-protection authority — https://uoou.gov.cz/

## How to use this profile

- Start from the EU AI Act record for obligations; use this page for the national authorities, penalties and strategy.
- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Check national data-protection, employment and consumer law that applies to AI systems regardless of the AI Act.

## Official sources

- Národní strategie umělé inteligence České republiky 2030 — Ministry of Industry and Trade — https://www.mpo.gov.cz/

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (1)

- **Národní strategie umělé inteligence České republiky 2030** — National strategy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/czechia-national-ai-strategy-2030
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/czechia-national-ai-strategy-2030.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/czechia
- **Official source**: https://www.mpo.gov.cz/
- **Source document**: Národní strategie umělé inteligence České republiky 2030
- **Published by**: Ministry of Industry and Trade
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: low
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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