EU AI Act sets €35 million fines for Greek firms

Greece’s implementing bill for the European Union AI Act defines strict penalties for companies that breach the new artificial‑intelligence rules. Fines can reach up to €35 million or 7 % of a firm’s global annual turnover, with lower caps for smaller enterprises. The legislation targets prohibited practices such as social scoring, harmful manipulation, large‑scale facial‑recognition data collection, and workplace emotion‑detection systems. Enforcement powers will be given to the national data‑protection authority and sectoral regulators, which may issue warnings, impose fines and publish the nature of violations.

Separately, the European Commission released a set of technical recommendations to help AI providers comply with the AI Act’s transparency obligations. Providers must embed clear signals in AI‑generated text, images, video or audio, and mandatory labeling applies to deep‑fakes and other synthetic media on matters of public interest. Non‑compliance can attract fines of up to 3 % of global turnover, capped at €15 million for companies and €750 000 for EU bodies. The guidelines are voluntary, but the transparency rules are binding.