Spain: Royal Decree establishing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Sandbox Proposal to test requirements under the EU AI Act

Progress

Current status
adopted
07 Nov 2023 adopted
03 Oct 2023 in force
29 May 2023 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Spain
Policy Area
Authorisation, registration and licensing
Policy Instrument
Authorisation of goods or services
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

07 Nov 2023
adopted

Launched sandbox on high-risk AI systems under the EU AI Regulation

On 7 November 2023, the Council of Ministers approved a Royal Decree, allowing the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation to launch a call for companies to join the controlled testing environment, or sandbox, under the European Regu…

Source
Event type order
Action type adoption
Government branch executive
Government body central government
03 Oct 2023
in force

Implemented Royal Decree for the AI Sandbox Proposal to implement testing requirements under the EU's AI Act and opened pre-registration for participation

On 3 October 2023, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformations, in collaboration with the State Secretariat for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, opened pre-registration for entities and experts interested in participating…

Source
Event type order
Action type implementation
Government branch executive
Government body central government
29 May 2023
under deliberation

Announced Royal Decree for the AI Sandbox Proposal to implement testing requirements under the EU's AI Act

On 29 May 2023, the Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation introduced a draft Royal Decree for the establishment of a controlled environment for testing compliance with the European Union (EU)'s proposed Regulation for layin…

Source
Event type order
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body central government