AI Regulatory Sandboxes in the District of Artificial Intelligence

Authors

  • Katia Vladimirova University of National and World Economy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33919/ljnbu.25.2.5

Keywords:

AI Act, artificial intelligence, sanboxes

Abstract

In 2024, two regulations were adopted that for the first time introduced the concept of a regulatory laboratory and defined its main characteristics in order to promote innovation. These are the so-called Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA)/ and AI Act. The second of them, the AI Act, introduces for the first time at the European level, the mandatory construction by the member states of regulatory laboratories in the field of artificial intelligence. This is an innovation that is not present in any other Regulations, incl. and in the GDPR.

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Published

30.12.2025

How to Cite

Vladimirova, K. (2025). AI Regulatory Sandboxes in the District of Artificial Intelligence. Law Journal of New Bulgarian University, 21(2), 57–65. https://doi.org/10.33919/ljnbu.25.2.5