Alert: Spain Makes Strides In Implementing The European Artificial Intelligence Act

In March 2025, we published an alert on what was then a Preliminary Bill on the proper use and governance of artificial intelligence, in which we highlighted Spain’s leadership in the national implementation of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of 13 June, which lays down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (the AI Act). 

The text has made significant progress through the legislative approval process. The Draft Organic Law on the Proper Use and Governance of Artificial Intelligence (the Draft Organic Law) has been published in the Official Journal of the lower house of the Spanish Parliament (Congress of Deputies) and is currently undergoing amendments there. As was the case in the Preliminary Bill, it lays down the aspects of the AI Act that require specific national implementation. These are set out below, with particular attention to modifications from the Preliminary Bill.