# Netherlands

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Netherlands
- **ISO code**: NL
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Europe / Western Europe

## In brief

The Netherlands has 2 recorded AI policy instruments, none of them binding and 1 in force. EU AI Act applies; Dutch DPA coordinates algorithm supervision; public-sector algorithm register and generative-AI vision as policy. Regulators include Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority), Rijksinspectie Digitale Infrastructuur (RDI).

## Overview

The Netherlands applies the EU AI Act and has an unusually developed public-sector algorithm governance practice: a public Algorithm Register for government algorithms, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch DPA) with a dedicated Directorate for the Coordination of Algorithms, a government-wide vision on generative AI (January 2024) and an impact assessment for fundamental rights and algorithms (IAMA) used by public bodies. The childcare-benefits scandal shaped a strong emphasis on non-discrimination and transparency in automated decision-making.

## Regulatory status

EU AI Act applies; Dutch DPA coordinates algorithm supervision; public-sector algorithm register and generative-AI vision as policy.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: Government Algorithm Register; Government-wide vision on generative AI.

## Current priorities

AI Act authority designation (Dutch DPA and Rijksinspectie Digitale Infrastructuur proposed), algorithm register coverage, responsible generative-AI use in government.

## Regulators

- Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority) — Data-protection authority; Directorate for the Coordination of Algorithms; proposed AI Act coordinator — https://www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en/themes/algorithms-ai
- Rijksinspectie Digitale Infrastructuur (RDI) — Proposed market-surveillance authority for product-related AI — https://www.rdi.nl/

## 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

- Algorithms and AI — Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens — https://www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en/themes/algorithms-ai
- The Algorithm Register of the Dutch government — Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations — https://algoritmes.overheid.nl/en

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (2)

- **Algoritmeregister van de Nederlandse overheid (Government Algorithm Register)** — Policy, In force, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/netherlands-government-algorithm-register
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/netherlands-government-algorithm-register.md
- **Overheidsbrede visie generatieve AI (Government-wide vision on generative AI)** — Policy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/netherlands-government-wide-vision-on-generative-ai
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/netherlands-government-wide-vision-on-generative-ai.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/netherlands
- **Official source**: https://www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en/themes/algorithms-ai
- **Source document**: Algorithms and AI
- **Published by**: Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
- **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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