Artificial Intelligence Centre Law

Mākslīgā intelekta centra likums

Record LV-01 · Latvijas Vēstnesis 2025/55.1 (19.03.2025)

Issued by: Saeima of the Republic of Latvia
Jurisdiction: Latvia
Level · region: National · Europe
Published / adopted: 2025-03-06
In force: 2025-03-20
Last updated: 2026-06-01
Language: Latvian
Official identifier: Latvijas Vēstnesis 2025/55.1 (19.03.2025)

Summary

Establishes the foundation Mākslīgā intelekta centrs (AI Centre) to build Latvia's AI ecosystem and reduce AI-related risks, so that AI is used ethically, responsibly and safely respecting fundamental rights. Its tasks include identifying AI security risks in the public and private sectors, raising risk-management literacy, drafting AI guidelines, proposing measures against risks to human rights, democratic governance or public safety and, from 1 June 2026, giving opinions on AI and deepfake use in election campaigns. It runs a regulatory sandbox with the competent authorities in which legal requirements may be set aside for a period, provided testing does not endanger safety or health.

Language

English translation by Valsts valodas centrs (State Language Centre) Open it. The Latvian text is authoritative.

Safety topics

evaluation & testingdeepfakes & synthetic mediaresearch priorities

Status notes

Adopted by the Saeima on 6 March 2025, promulgated on 19 March 2025 and in force from 20 March 2025, the day after promulgation. The centre had to be founded by 31 March 2025, the Cabinet's rules on the sandbox and on data processing in it were due by 31 May 2025, and the task of giving opinions on AI and deepfakes in elections applies from 1 June 2026. The council has nine members: one each from the Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development (VARAM), the Ministry of Economics and the Ministry of Defence, and members nominated by the private sector and the universities; the Saeima named the Latvian Information and Communication Technology Association and the Latvian Universities Association as the private and academic founders. VARAM supervises the centre's delegated public tasks. An amending law of 14 May 2026, in force from 1 June 2026, deleted Article 7(5). The law does not refer to Regulation (EU) 2024/1689; Latvia's AI Act authorities are set out in the Cabinet's 2025 implementation report (LV-02).

Sources

Open the official source https://likumi.lv/ta/id/359339

Secondary source: https://www.saeima.lv/en/news/saeima-news/34443-saeima-approves-the-creation-of-an-artificial-intelligence-technology-ecosystem-in-latvia

Local copy

Archived. A source changed since the previous snapshot; both versions are kept. Last attempt 2026-10-17 21:36:48 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/LV-01/2026-10-12/official.html

Retrieved 2026-10-12 04:38:01 UTC

SHA-256 0651920f126607ab22245eb3a97764059be39181aab5f07a141880e854f15c0e

Secondary source (third-party copy, not published) archive/LV-01/2026-10-17/secondary-2.html

Retrieved 2026-10-17 21:36:54 UTC

SHA-256 dfc5afce989a5fb3ad27f9065fc456752f2cedb3f24a4d552661f56a76433654

Verification

The instrument's own official text, or an official register, was stored and confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-17 · official-url-fetched

Recheck of 17 Oct 2026: re-read the consolidated text on likumi.lv (version in force from 1 June 2026, stored 12 Oct 2026) and the Saeima press release of 7 March 2025 (stored again 17 Oct 2026; only the page furniture changed). likumi.lv confirms the title, adoption, promulgation, entry into force, the publication reference, the amendment of 14 May 2026 and the content of Articles 1 to 9 and the transitional provisions; the Saeima release confirms the founding members. Stored in this run: the State Language Centre's English translation on likumi.lv, which gives the English title 'Artificial Intelligence Centre Law'; it is valid for 20 March 2025 to 31 May 2026 and does not include the amendment of 14 May 2026. The bill number 811/Lp14 in version 1's identifier came from a tracker and is in no stored file, so it was removed.

Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-17: 11 field(s) supported.

History

2026-10-17english_version: – → {"kind": "government translation", "url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/en/en/id/359339" — not recorded in version 1; the State Language Centre's English translation on likumi.lv (stored in this run) is a government translation; it predates the amendment of 14 May 20262026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2026-10-17notes: Adopted in final reading on 6 March 2025, promulgated on 19 March 2025 and in fo → Adopted by the Saeima on 6 March 2025, promulgated on 19 March 2025 and in force — the council's composition restated as Article 7(3) gives it (three ministries plus members nominated by the private sector and universities); the ICT association and the universities' association are the founders named by the Saeima, not council seats in the law; the election task's start date added2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2026-10-17official_identifier: Latvijas Vēstnesis 2025/55.1 (19.03.2025); bill No. 811/Lp14 → Latvijas Vēstnesis 2025/55.1 (19.03.2025) — the bill number 811/Lp14 removed: it came from a tracker and is in no stored file; the publication reference (Latvijas Vēstnesis 55, 19.03.2025, OP 2025/55.1) is confirmed by likumi.lv2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

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Latvia AI Act implementation report (2025) Latvia · Published (non-binding, current)

Citation

Saeima of the Republic of Latvia. Artificial Intelligence Centre Law [Latvijas Vēstnesis 2025/55.1 (19.03.2025)]. 2025-03-06. https://likumi.lv/ta/id/359339. Status: In force; verified 2026-10-17 (level A). Local copy archive/LV-01/2026-10-12/official.html retrieved 2026-10-12 04:38:01 UTC, SHA-256 0651920f126607ab22245eb3a97764059be39181aab5f07a141880e854f15c0e. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record LV-01.

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