# Latvia

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Latvia
- **ISO code**: LV
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Europe / Northern Europe

## In brief

Latvia has 1 recorded AI policy instrument, none of them binding. EU AI Act applies; AI development report (2020) and digital transformation guidelines as policy. Regulators include Vides aizsardzības un reģionālās attīstības ministrija (VARAM), Datu valsts inspekcija. Every record here links to its official source and states its verification status.

## Overview

Latvia applies the EU AI Act; the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development coordinates digital and AI policy, and the government approved an informational report on AI development in 2020 followed by AI measures in the Digital Transformation Guidelines 2021–2027. A national AI centre (2025) and the designation of AI Act authorities are in progress.

## Regulatory status

EU AI Act applies; AI development report (2020) and digital transformation guidelines as policy.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: Informational report on AI development (2020).

## Regulators

- Vides aizsardzības un reģionālās attīstības ministrija (VARAM) — Digital and AI policy coordination — https://www.varam.gov.lv/en
- Datu valsts inspekcija — Data-protection authority — https://www.dvi.gov.lv/en

## 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

- Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development — Government of Latvia — https://www.varam.gov.lv/en

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (1)

- **Informatīvais ziņojums "Par mākslīgā intelekta risinājumu attīstību"** — National strategy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/latvia-ai-development-report-2020
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/latvia-ai-development-report-2020.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/latvia
- **Official source**: https://www.varam.gov.lv/en
- **Source document**: Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
- **Published by**: Government of Latvia
- **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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