Opinion
Interplay between the AI Act and the EU digital legislative framework
Study for the European Parliament that analyses how the AI Act relates to other pillars of the EU digital framework, particularly the GDPR, the Data Act and the Cyber Resilience Act, and also the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act and NIS 2. The study maps overlaps and gaps between these instruments and concludes that the layered obligations create substantial regulatory burden. It contains recommendations for amendments. It is a study commissioned by a parliamentary committee and not a binding interpretation by the legislature or the Commission. There is also a short summary version (At a Glance, ECTI_ATA(2025)778577).
What this means for you
For anyone stacking compliance across the AI Act, GDPR, Data Act and cyber rules, this is the only official EU analysis that explicitly names the duplications.