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AI regulation in Portugal

Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 1 instrument · 0 binding

Overview

Portugal applies the EU AI Act and adopted the "AI Portugal 2030" strategy in 2019 within the INCoDe.2030 digital-skills initiative, followed by a 2025 national AI agenda focused on public administration, language models in Portuguese and computing. The government has proposed the national communications regulator ANACOM and sector authorities for AI Act supervision, with the CNPD as data-protection authority.

What is the current regulatory status?

EU AI Act applies; AI Portugal 2030 (2019) and 2025 AI agenda as policy; authority designation in progress.

Binding rules versus guidance

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

Key policy instruments

Portugal National strategy Adopted

AI Portugal 2030

AI Portugal 2030: Portuguese National Initiative on Digital Skills – Artificial Intelligence strategy

Published in 2019 under the INCoDe.2030 initiative, AI Portugal 2030 sets objectives for research, skills, public administration, industry adoption and international positioning, with priority application areas such as natural language, mobility, energy and health, and a commitment to ethical and trustworthy AI.

Adopted 1 Jun 2019 Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 Official source

Upcoming deadlines

No scheduled future dates recorded. Past milestones are listed on each policy page.

Latest changes

No change events recorded yet.

Applicable sectors, use cases and obligation areas

Obligation areas

How to use this information

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

Official government and regulator sources

  1. AI Portugal 2030
    INCoDe.2030 / Government of Portugal · 2019-06-01 · Tier 1 source

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