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AI regulation in Slovenia

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

Overview

Slovenia applies the EU AI Act, adopted the National Programme for the Promotion of the Development and Use of AI to 2025 (NpUI) in 2021, hosts the UNESCO International Research Centre on AI (IRCAI) in Ljubljana, and coordinates AI policy through the Ministry of Digital Transformation.

What is the current regulatory status?

EU AI Act applies; national AI programme (2021) as policy; IRCAI hosted.

Binding rules versus guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: National AI Programme to 2025 (NpUI).

Key policy instruments

Slovenia National strategy Adopted

National AI Programme to 2025 (NpUI)

Nacionalni program spodbujanja razvoja in uporabe umetne inteligence v Republiki Sloveniji do leta 2025

Adopted in May 2021, the programme sets measures on research and innovation, skills, data and infrastructure, public-sector and business adoption, ethics and trustworthy AI, and international cooperation, including support for the UNESCO IRCAI centre.

Adopted 27 May 2021 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. Nacionalni program spodbujanja razvoja in uporabe umetne inteligence v Republiki Sloveniji do leta 2025 (NpUI)
    Government of Slovenia · 2021-05-27 · Tier 1 source

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