Finnish Government Proposal on Implementation EU AI Act

On 25 October 2024, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland published its draft government proposal regarding the implementation of EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act (the “AI Act”) in Finland. The draft proposal was sent out for public consultation, and the deadline for comments is 4 December 2024.

The AI Act is the world’s first comprehensive regulation on artificial intelligence (“AI”) that governs the development and use of AI. As a regulation, the AI Act will be binding and directly applicable in all EU Member States as it is. The Finnish Implementation Act will supplement the AI Act by designating supervisory authorities in Finland, their powers to impose administrative fines and other penalties and by specifying national leeway.

The EU’s AI Act has entered into force on 1 August 2024, but it will be fully applicable after two-year transition period on 2 August 2026, with some exceptions. The Finnish implementation act is expected to enter into force on 2 August 2025.

Further, there will be separate government proposals e.g. on test environments (so-called sandboxes).

The draft government proposal (in Finnish) is here.

Read the full article (in English) here.