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Spain Regulation In force Binding

Royal Decree 817/2023 (AI regulatory sandbox)

Real Decreto 817/2023, de 8 de noviembre, que establece un entorno controlado de pruebas para el ensayo del cumplimiento de la propuesta de Reglamento de IA

Establishes Spain's controlled testing environment (sandbox) for providers of high-risk AI systems to test compliance with the then-proposed EU AI Act requirements: risk management, data governance, documentation, transparency, human oversight, accuracy and robustness. Participation is voluntary; participants receive guidance and produce documentation that feeds into national implementation.

In force 10 Nov 2023 Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 Official source
Spain Regulation In force Binding

Royal Decree 729/2023 (AESIA statute)

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

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.

In force 3 Sep 2023 Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 Official source
Spain Bill Proposed Binding

Draft law on good use and governance of AI

Anteproyecto de Ley para el buen uso y la gobernanza de la inteligencia artificial

The draft implements the EU AI Act in Spain: it allocates supervision among AESIA, the data-protection authority, the electoral board, the financial and audiovisual regulators, sets the national penalty scale (up to EUR 35 million or 7% of turnover for prohibited practices), treats failure to label AI-generated content as a serious infringement and provides for the national sandbox to continue.

Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 Official source
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