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8 List of legal sources

EU law

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (AI Regulation / AI Act), OJ L, 2024/1689, 12 July 2024. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj

Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR), OJ L 119, 4 May 2016, pp. 1–88. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj

Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 July 2026 amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2023/1230 with a view to simplifying the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus Regulation on AI), OJ L, 2026/1744, 24 July 2026.

Austrian federal law

Federal Act on the Practice of Psychotherapy (Psychotherapy Act 2024 – PThG 2024), Federal Law Gazette I No. 49/2024. https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20012578

Foreign law

California Senate Bill No. 243 (2025), Companion chatbots [California, USA]. Retrieved on 18 July 2026 from https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB243

Illinois House Bill 1806 (2025), Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act, Public Act 104-0054 [Illinois, USA]. Retrieved on 19 July 2026 from https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/PublicActs/View/104-0054