# Greece

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Greece
- **ISO code**: GR
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Europe / Southern Europe

## In brief

Greece has 2 recorded AI policy instruments, 1 of them binding and 1 in force. EU AI Act applies; Law 4961/2022 provisions on AI in the public sector and employment in force; AI blueprint (2024) as policy. Regulators include Hellenic Data Protection Authority, Ministry of Digital Governance.

## Overview

Greece applies the EU AI Act, has an AI Advisory Committee to the Prime Minister that delivered a "Blueprint for Greece's AI transformation" in November 2024, and adopted AI provisions in Law 4961/2022 on emerging technologies, which set transparency and governance duties for public-sector AI and obligations for large companies using AI in employment. The Hellenic Data Protection Authority and the National Cybersecurity Authority are among the proposed AI Act authorities.

## Regulatory status

EU AI Act applies; Law 4961/2022 provisions on AI in the public sector and employment in force; AI blueprint (2024) as policy.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: Law 4961/2022 (emerging technologies, AI chapter). Strategy or guidance: Blueprint for Greece's AI transformation (2024).

## Regulators

- Hellenic Data Protection Authority — Data-protection authority — https://www.dpa.gr/en
- Ministry of Digital Governance — Lead ministry for digital and AI policy — https://mindigital.gr/

## 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

- Law 4961/2022 on emerging information and communication technologies — Hellenic Parliament / Government Gazette — https://mindigital.gr/

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (2)

- **A Blueprint for Greece's AI Transformation – report of the AI Advisory Committee** — National strategy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/greece-blueprint-for-ai-transformation-2024
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/greece-blueprint-for-ai-transformation-2024.md
- **Νόμος 4961/2022: Αναδυόμενες τεχνολογίες πληροφορικής και επικοινωνιών, ενίσχυση της ψηφιακής διακυβέρνησης και άλλες διατάξεις** — Act / statute, In force, binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/greece-law-4961-2022-emerging-technologies
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/greece-law-4961-2022-emerging-technologies.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/greece
- **Official source**: https://mindigital.gr/
- **Source document**: Law 4961/2022 on emerging information and communication technologies
- **Published by**: Hellenic Parliament / Government Gazette
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **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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