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Switzerland and the AI Act

Switzerland is not bound by the AI Act; this page records its parallel approach and any designations that matter to legal-AI deployers, for comparison with the Member States. Each row is dated and sourced to the gazette, parliament or authority; titles in the original language are quoted, English titles marked where translated by us.

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No national implementing act, designation notice, sandbox or penalty law was found for Switzerland when we checked (2026-09-07). Pages checked: Federal Office of Justice; OFCOM; Directorate of International LawFederal Office of Communications. Official Swiss federal page; quote under 25 words. Not an EU AI Act designation.

Position on the Digital Omnibus

Position on the Digital Omnibus · 2025-02-12 · announced

Artificial Intelligence

Authority: Swiss Federal Council; OFCOM

Switzerland is outside the EU AI Act and Digital Omnibus framework. OFCOM states Switzerland currently has no AI-specific legislation and that the Federal Council chose a Swiss approach based on the Council of Europe AI Convention and sector-specific measures.

“"there is currently no specific legislation on AI"”

Hugging Face · GitHub