# Real Decreto 729/2023, de 22 de agosto, por el que se aprueba el Estatuto de la Agencia Española de Supervisión de Inteligencia Artificial

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Spain
- **Instrument type**: Regulation
- **Status**: In force
- **Binding**: Yes
- **Issuing body**: Government of Spain
- **Adopted**: 2023-08-22
- **Published**: 2023-09-02
- **In force**: 2023-09-03

## In brief

Royal Decree 729/2023 (AESIA statute) is a binding regulation of Spain, issued by the Government of Spain. It has been in force since 3 September 2023. Institutional: establishes the agency and its powers over AI systems placed on or used in the Spanish market.

## Summary

Creates and organises AESIA, the Spanish AI Supervision Agency, as a public body attached to the Ministry for Digital Transformation. AESIA supervises and inspects AI systems, promotes sandboxes and standards, and acts as national authority for the EU AI Act. The decree sets its governance, functions and funding.

## Scope

Institutional: establishes the agency and its powers over AI systems placed on or used in the Spanish market.

## Key dates

2023-08-22: approved by Council of Ministers; 2023-09-02: published in BOE.

## Notes on dates

Dates are taken from the linked official source; a reviewer should confirm in-force and application dates before relying on them.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0177 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0177; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/spain-royal-decree-729-2023-aesia
- **Official source**: https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2023-18911
- **Source document**: Real Decreto 729/2023
- **Published by**: Boletín Oficial del Estado
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: high
- **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/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Real Decreto 729/2023, de 22 de agosto, por el que se aprueba el Estatuto de la Agencia Española de Supervisión de Inteligencia Artificial" [AIPT-POL-0177, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0177 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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