The Czech Government has approved the AI Act implementing bill and set up a Government Council for Artificial Intelligence

At its meeting on 9 November 2026 the Czech Government approved the bill on the implementation of a European Union regulation in the field of artificial intelligence and on amendments to certain related acts (ref. no. 503/26), submitted by the Minister of Industry and Trade. The bill now goes to the Chamber of Deputies. Under the bill, the market surveillance authorities are to be the Czech Telecommunication Office (also the single point of contact under Article 70(2)), the Czech National Bank and the Data Protection Authority; the regulatory sandbox is to be established by the Office for Technical Standardisation, Metrology and State Testing (ÚNMZ) and operated by the Czech Standardisation Agency. The act is to take effect on the fifteenth day after promulgation.

At the same meeting the Government set up a Government Council for Artificial Intelligence (ref. no. 864/26). It is chaired by the Prime Minister, with the Minister of Industry and Trade as first vice-chair and the Government Commissioner for Artificial Intelligence as executive vice-chair; the Ministry of Industry and Trade provides its administrative and organisational support. According to the Prime Minister, the impetus for the Council came from Professor Vladimír Mařík of the Czech Technical University in Prague. The Council is an advisory body to the Government, not a competent authority under the AI Act.