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Spanish FDI and Artificial Intelligence

25/07/2025

Artificial intelligence (“AI”) is increasingly important for companies and, consequently, as potential trigger for the Spanish FDI regime. This note sets out the legal framework (Section 2, below), the interpretation of the authority (Section 3, below), and the levels of intervention as regards AI (Section 4, below).

Legal Framework

Article 7bis (2)(b) Act 19/2003, of 4 July, on the legal regime governing capital movements and economic transactions with foreign countries and on certain measures to prevent money laundering (the “Spanish FDI Act”) refers to AI in the context of “critical and dual-use technologies, key technologies for industrial leadership and training, and technologies developed under programs and projects of particular interest to Spain”.

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