Spain's Council of Ministers approved the Proyecto de Ley para el buen uso y la gobernanza de la inteligencia artificial on May 26, 2026. The bill is at the proposed/legislative stage: it has been submitted to the Spanish General Courts (Cortes Generales) under urgencia (urgent parliamentary procedure) for approval, shortening standard inter-ministerial and Council of State review timelines.
The bill transposes Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (EU AI Act) into Spanish domestic law, adapting obligations for AI system providers, deployers, and importers to the national legal order. Article 2 of the bill designates a national supervisory authority to exercise market surveillance and enforcement powers under Articles 70 to 77 of the EU AI Act. The bill also introduces a delegado de IA (AI delegate) in each state public body, responsible for overseeing responsible AI deployment, and defines the governance of Spanish regulatory sandboxes under Article 57 of the EU AI Act.
AI system providers placing products on the Spanish market, deployers of general-purpose AI models in Spain, and public-sector bodies procuring AI tools must prepare for domestic enforcement once the bill is enacted. Spanish entities already subject to EU AI Act prohibited practices (in force from February 2, 2025) and governance rules (in force from August 2, 2025) will need to account for the domestic enforcement authority structure the bill creates.
The bill follows the March 2025 Anteproyecto de Ley, which underwent public consultation. Processing under urgencia shortens the timeline for parliamentary debate. Key open points before enactment include the formal designation of the national competent authority and the resourcing plan for the delegado de IA role across multiple public bodies.
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