Law 4961/2022 on emerging information and communication technologies and strengthening digital governance (Part A, Chapter B: provisions on the development of artificial intelligence)

Summary

AI chapter of a 2022 digital-governance law (Articles 3-14). Public-sector bodies may use AI systems to take or support decisions affecting a person's rights only where a specific law expressly allows it with safeguards; the defence and citizen-protection ministries and the intelligence service are excluded. Before use a body must carry out an algorithmic impact assessment, publish information about the system and keep a register of its systems, and contractors must disclose how systems work. Private employers must inform workers and candidates before using AI that affects decisions about them, and medium and large firms must register AI used for consumer profiling or staff evaluation.

Language

No English version of this instrument was found. The English title and the summary are the register's own, written from the sources below; for the exact wording use the Greek text.

Safety topics

Status notes

Signed on 26 July 2022 and published on 27 July 2022; the AI chapter applied from 1 January 2023 (Article 116(2)). The National Transparency Authority handles complaints about breaches of the public-sector transparency duties. The rest of the law covers cybersecurity, Internet of Things devices, unmanned aircraft for postal services, distributed ledger technology, 3D printing and other digital-governance matters. Chapter B of Part A was repealed by Article 26 of Law 5321/2026 from 20 July 2026, which re-established the public-sector AI register and the AI Observatory and set up the AI Act supervisory structure.

Sources

Open the official source https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/01/2022/20220100146.pdf

Local copy

Verification

History

1. 2026-10-17english_version: – → {"kind": "none found"} — no English text of the law was found2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2. 2026-10-17notes: Signed on 26 July 2022 and published on 27 July 2022; the AI chapter applied fro → Signed on 26 July 2022 and published on 27 July 2022; the AI chapter applied fro — the National Transparency Authority's complaint role added (Article 6(3)); the list of the law's other subjects made specific2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
3. 2026-10-17summary: Greece's first AI-specific statutory provisions (Articles 3-14). Public-sector b → AI chapter of a 2022 digital-governance law (Articles 3-14). Public-sector bodie — rewritten from the full text of Articles 3-14, now read beyond their headings: exact exclusion (the Ministries of National Defence and Citizen Protection, their supervised bodies and the National Intelligence Service), the publication and register duties, and Article 10's register for medium and large firms added; 'Greece's first' removed (not stated in the text)2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Related records

Greek AI Act implementation law (Law 5321/2026) Greece · In force

EU AI Act European Union · Partially in force

Citation

Hellenic Parliament; Ministry of Digital Governance. Law 4961/2022 on emerging information and communication technologies and strengthening digital governance (Part A, Chapter B: provisions on the development of artificial intelligence) [Law 4961/2022 (ΦΕΚ Α΄ 146/27.07.2022)]. 2022-07-27. https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/01/2022/20220100146.pdf. Status: Superseded; verified 2026-10-17 (level A). Local copy archive/GR-02/2026-10-12/official.pdf retrieved 2026-10-12 04:36:38 UTC, SHA-256 efd553d9411f4039375c74e9e332456401b51c7470d6567f4f13cfeb55d2a43d. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record GR-02.

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