Detailed overview
Slovakia is regulated by the EU AI Act. The AI Act applies directly and regulates AI systems by risk category: prohibited AI, high-risk AI, transparency-risk AI, general-purpose AI and lower-risk AI. Slovak businesses and public authorities must assess whether their AI system is prohibited, high-risk or subject to transparency or general-purpose AI obligations.
Slovakia's Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization has an official page on the AI Act. The page refers to Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 and lists bodies protecting fundamental rights under Article 77 of the AI Act.
Slovakia's digital-transformation policy also treats AI as part of the broader digital economy. The National Digital Decade Strategic Roadmap states that the Digital Transformation Action Plan of Slovakia 2023–2026 supports the EU Digital Decade target that at least 75% of enterprises use cloud, AI or big data, and includes measures such as AI education, AI information points, AI popularisation and support for digital and innovation vouchers.
For high-risk AI, providers must comply with EU AI Act duties such as risk management, data governance, documentation, logging, human oversight, accuracy, robustness, cybersecurity, conformity assessment and post-market monitoring. Deployers must use the system according to instructions, monitor the system and keep logs where required.
AI systems in Slovakia may also trigger GDPR, cybersecurity, employment, consumer, financial, healthcare, public-sector and product-safety rules. AI used for employment, education, public services, financial decisions or healthcare should be reviewed carefully because it may fall under both EU AI Act and sectoral obligations.
Penalties follow the EU AI Act. Prohibited AI breaches may be fined up to EUR 35 million or 7% of worldwide annual turnover. Other major AI Act breaches may be fined up to EUR 15 million or 3%, and misleading information to authorities may be fined up to EUR 7.5 million or 1%.
Practical requirements & details
Sourced from Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the EU AI Act), MIRRI's official AI Act page and the Digital Transformation Action Plan of Slovakia 2023–2026.
EU AI Act risk categories
- Prohibited AI — banned.
- High-risk AI — strict compliance duties.
- Transparency-risk AI — disclosure duties.
- GPAI models — documentation and transparency obligations.
MIRRI AI Act page
- Refers to Regulation (EU) 2024/1689.
- Lists bodies protecting fundamental rights under Article 77 of the AI Act.
Digital Transformation Action Plan 2023–2026
- Supports EU Digital Decade target — at least 75% of enterprises use cloud, AI or big data.
- Measures: AI education, AI information points, AI popularisation, digital and innovation vouchers.
High-risk AI duties
- Risk management, data governance, documentation, logging, human oversight, accuracy, robustness, cybersecurity, conformity assessment and post-market monitoring.
Deployer duties
- Use the system according to instructions, monitor it and keep logs where required.
Overlapping legal regimes
- GDPR, cybersecurity, employment, consumer, financial, healthcare, public-sector and product-safety rules.
Penalties
- EUR 35 million or 7% of worldwide annual turnover — breaches of prohibited AI rules.
- EUR 15 million or 3% of worldwide annual turnover — breaches of many other AI Act operator obligations.
- EUR 7.5 million or 1% of worldwide annual turnover — supplying incorrect, incomplete or misleading information to authorities.
Related entries
See also the European Union entry, which covers the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) — the substantive framework that this jurisdiction implements and supervises domestically.