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AI regulation in Serbia

Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 2 instruments · 0 binding

Overview

Serbia, an EU candidate, adopted the first AI development strategy in the Western Balkans in 2019 (2020–2025), ethical guidelines for AI in 2023, and a new AI Development Strategy 2025–2030 in 2025, and has been drafting a law on artificial intelligence aligned with the EU AI Act. The Office for IT and eGovernment and the Institute for AI Research and Development of Serbia lead implementation.

What is the current regulatory status?

AI strategy 2025–2030 adopted; ethical guidelines (2023); AI law in preparation; EU AI Act alignment as a candidate country.

Binding rules versus guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: AI Development Strategy 2025–2030; Ethical guidelines for trustworthy AI (2023).

Key policy instruments

Serbia Guidance Guidance

Ethical guidelines for trustworthy AI (2023)

Етичке смернице за развој, примену и употребу поуздане и одговорне вештачке интелигенције

Adopted in March 2023, the guidelines set principles and requirements for trustworthy and responsible AI in Serbia (human agency, safety, privacy, transparency, non-discrimination, societal well-being, accountability), with self-assessment questions for developers and users, drawing on the EU ethics guidelines and the UNESCO recommendation.

Adopted 23 Mar 2023 Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 Official source
Serbia National strategy Adopted

AI Development Strategy 2025–2030

Стратегија развоја вештачке интелигенције у Републици Србији за период 2025–2030

Adopted in 2025, the second national AI strategy sets goals to 2030 on research and talent, AI in the economy and public administration, data and compute infrastructure, trustworthy AI and alignment with the EU AI Act and the Council of Europe convention, and the preparation of an AI law.

Adopted 1 Mar 2025 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

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Applicable sectors, use cases and obligation areas

Obligation areas

How to use this information

  1. Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
  2. Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.
  3. Check data-protection, consumer, employment and sector law that applies to AI systems regardless of AI-specific instruments.

Official government and regulator sources

  1. AI Serbia – national AI portal
    Government of the Republic of Serbia · Tier 1 source

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