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2026–2027 compliance calendar · Spain and Latin America
Every date a compliance lead should have on the wall: what comes into force, where, who it applies to and what's at stake. Updated: July 2026.
| Date | Area | What happens | Who it applies to | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | EspañaApplies to you | Ley 2/2023 (Spain · whistleblowing). The AIPI (Spain's independent whistleblower protection authority) starts operating and begins supervising internal channels. | Companies with 50+ employees and the public sector | Guide → |
| 2 Aug 2026 | UEApplies to you | AI Act (Reg. 2024/1689). Full application of the AI Act: the penalty regime becomes operational (AESIA in Spain). Up to €35 M or 7% of turnover. | Any company using or supplying AI systems in the EU | Guide → |
| 2026 (ongoing) | Chile | Ley Karin (21.643, Chile). Administrative changes: an admissibility filter for reports that aren't harassment, and a review of the regulation. Internal handling gains weight. | Every employer in Chile | Guide → |
| 1 Dec 2026 | Chile | Ley 21.719 (Chile · data protection). The new data protection regime takes effect: a supervisory agency and fines of up to 20,000 UTM. | Any organisation processing personal data in Chile | Guide → |
| Dec 2026 | UEApplies to you | EUDR (Reg. 2023/1115). Due diligence for deforestation-free products expected to apply: without a geo-referenced statement, the goods don't enter the EU. | Operators and traders in cocoa, coffee, soy, timber, rubber, palm and cattle (and derived products) | Guide → |
| 1 Sep 2024 | Chile | Ley 21.595 (Delitos económicos). The reform of Act 20.393 comes into force: more than two hundred offences and a model standard that demands effective implementation, not an approved document. | Every Chilean legal person, with no size threshold | Guide → |
| in progress | Colombia | Ley 2195 de 2022 (PTEE). The superintendencies set out by circular the required content of the Business Transparency and Ethics Programme in each sector. | Legal persons under inspection, supervision or control | Guide → |
| in progress | Perú | Ley 30424. The SMV examines the prevention model at the prosecutor's request, and does so on the state it was in on the date of the act. | Peruvian legal persons, with no size threshold | Guide → |
| 12 Aug 2026 | UEApplies to you | PPWR (Rgto. 2025/40). General application of the Packaging Regulation: an EU Declaration of Conformity becomes required for each type of packaging, with technical documentation to support it. | Anyone placing packaging on the EU market, including whoever fills it or sells it under their own brand | Guide → |
| 2 Aug 2027 | UEApplies to you | AI Act (Reg. 2024/1689). End of the extended deadline for high-risk AI systems embedded in regulated products (Annex I). | Manufacturers of products with embedded AI | Guide → |
Dates as per the official calendars in force at July 2026; extensions and implementing regulations may change them. For information only — check each milestone with your adviser. Subscribe to the Regulatory Radar (footer) to get the changes.
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