The Netherlands has enacted laws and/or issued guidance on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Companies subject to Dutch laws and regulations should be familiar with all relevant AI-related laws, regulations, and guidance, including those listed below.
Laws and Regulations
General
The AI Act establishes harmonized rules for placing on the market, putting into service, and using artificial intelligence systems (“AI Systems”) in the European Union. It prohibits certain AI practices and establishes specific requirements for high-risk AI Systems and operators of such systems, rules on market monitoring, market surveillance governance and enforcement, and measures to support innovation, with a particular focus on SMEs, including start-ups.
Principles, Studies, & Recommendations
AI Regulation Guide, October 2024
A guide for businesses and organizations involved in machine learning and AI development.
Dutch Data Protection Authority Guidance on the AI Literacy Measures (February 2025)
Dutch Data Protection Authority Report on AI and Algorithms Risks (February 2025)
AI Act Guide (September 2025)
The Netherland's Ministry of Economic affairs released this guidance to help organizations understand their responsibilities under the EU AI Act. The guidance details obligations for general purpose AI models, high risk AI systems, data protection safeguards and transparency standards.
Building AI literacy (October 2025)
Guidance published by the Netherlands' data protection authority explaining the steps that organizations can take to ensure sufficient AI literacy – in particular, the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding of the technical functioning of AI systems, as well as their social, ethical and practical aspects.