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AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689), as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (In force since 2024-08-01).
Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI), in force since 27 July 2026, deferred commencement of the AI Act's Annex III high-risk-system rules from 2 August 2026 to 2 December 2027, and deferred the Annex I high-risk rules from 2 August 2027 to 2 August 2028. As amendments made within a directly applicable Regulation, these deferred dates bind in Italy without domestic transposition.
Instruments (2)
- AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689), as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 In force since 2024-08-01
- Legge 23 settembre 2025, n. 132 (Disposizioni e deleghe al Governo in materia di intelligenza artificiale) In force since 2025-10-10
Claims and evidence (4)
Legge 132/2025 Art 20 designates AgID as the AI Act notifying authority and ACN as the market-surveillance authority, single EU contact point and inspection/sanctioning authority, without prejudice to Banca d'Italia, CONSOB and IVASS as sectoral market-surveillance authorities.
Evidence and sources
- AI Resources
In order to ensure the application and implementation of national and European Union legislation on artificial intelligence, the Agency for Digital Italy (AgID) and the National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) are designated as National Authorities for Artificial Intelligence
- AI Resources
Derived: Probable The Digital Omnibus (Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, in force 27 July 2026) deferred the AI Act Annex III high-risk rules from 2 August 2026 to 2 December 2027, and the Annex I high-risk rules from 2 August 2027 to 2 August 2028.
Evidence and sources
- ActuIA
It moved the rest of the timeline: high-risk systems listed in Annex III are only covered from 2 December 2027.
- ActuIA
Derived: Probable Legge 132/2025, Italy's national AI law, entered into force on 10 October 2025 and designates AgID and ACN as national AI authorities.
Evidence and sources
- AI Resources
In order to ensure the application and implementation of national and European Union legislation on artificial intelligence, the Agency for Digital Italy (AgID) and the National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) are designated as National Authorities for Artificial Intelligence
- AI Resources
D.Lgs. 160/2026 designates AgID as AI Act notifying authority and ACN as market-surveillance authority, with Banca d'Italia, CONSOB and IVASS as sectoral authorities for high-risk AI in their supervised sectors.
Evidence and sources
- 4Crypto
Certain models released under a free and open-source licence may be exempt from part of the documentation and information duties where the conditions of Article 53(2) are met.
- Noze
AgID is the notifying authority, ACN handles market surveillance and is the single point of contact, Banca d'Italia, CONSOB and IVASS cover high-risk systems in their sectors.
- 4Crypto