Policy pillar

Legislative intelligence and geopolitical technology policy

Zeph Tech tracks parliamentary votes, agency rulemakings, and treaty negotiations so policy teams can anticipate regulatory trajectories before they hit compliance deadlines.

Coverage spans EU AI Act proceedings, U.S. federal agency rulemakings, EU Digital Markets and Services Acts enforcement, data transfer agreements, export controls, and sector bills moving through Congress, state legislatures, and global parliaments.

Featured policy guides

Zeph Tech’s policy programme now spans digital markets, AI legislation, corporate sustainability due diligence, trade controls, semiconductor industrial incentives, and advocacy governance. Each guide cites primary statutes and regulator guidance so policy, legal, and product leaders can execute with evidence, and the new guardrails section below condenses the enforcement playbooks into actionable cadences.

Digital markets operations

Use the Digital Markets Compliance Guide to align DMA, DSA, and UK DMCC Act conduct requirements with interoperable APIs, consent guardrails, and regulatory response playbooks.

Read the digital markets guide

AI policy implementation

The AI Policy Implementation Guide converts EU AI Act, National AI Initiative Act, and Executive Order 14110 mandates into inventories, conformity assessments, and CAIO-led oversight.

Read the AI policy guide

Export controls and sanctions

Deploy the Export Controls Guide to synchronise ECRA licensing, IEEPA sanctions, and EU Dual-Use obligations with classification, screening, and enforcement workflows.

Read the export controls guide

Semiconductor industrial strategy

The Semiconductor Strategy Guide links CHIPS and Science Act incentives, EU Chips Act programmes, and DPA Title III priorities to capital, supplier, and workforce execution.

Read the semiconductor guide

Advocacy governance

Retain the Policy Advocacy Roadmap for coordinated comment strategies, lobbying compliance, and evidence tracking across jurisdictions.

Read the advocacy guide

Policy fundamentals

Policy analysts track every stage of lawmaking, convert statutory text into operational mandates, and brief leadership on geopolitical impact.

Legislative monitoring

Maintain live trackers for EU trilogues, U.S. Federal Register dockets, UK Parliamentary readings, and APAC gazettes.

Mandate translation

Convert enacted policy into execution guidance for compliance, product, and infrastructure teams.

  • Framework mapping. Link DORAReg. (EU) 2022/2554, GDPRReg. (EU) 2016/679, NIS2Dir. (EU) 2022/2555, and AI Act provisionsReg. (EU) 2024/1688 to Zeph Tech control libraries and operating-model guides.
  • Readiness scoring. Tie rulemakings to remediation backlogs, budget forecasts, and regulatory reporting calendars.
  • Scenario planning. Model election outcomes, coalition negotiations, and trade disputes that shift enforcement timelines.

Stakeholder communications

Equip executives with narratives, comment strategies, and coalition playbooks.

Policy guardrails and enforcement operations

Use these enforcement workflows to keep EU AI Act, digital platform, and export-control mandates on schedule while linking to Zeph Tech’s policy tips, digital markets guide, AI implementation guide, and policy feed briefings for the supporting evidence trails.

EU AI Act enforcement runway

Track the Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 application windows—with prohibited systems banned six months after entry into force, general-purpose AI duties twelve months later, and high-risk system obligations thirty-six months out—so programme owners can stage documentation, monitoring, and notification kits.Official Journal L 246/1 (EU AI Act)

  • Run quarterly conformity drills. Execute Annex IV technical documentation refreshes, Article 9 risk-management reviews, and post-market monitoring updates before European AI Office inspections.EU AI Act, Title III Chapters 2–3
  • Stage GPAI transparency packages. Align model cards, training data provenance notes, and energy reporting with the Article 53 general-purpose AI requirements our GPAI enforcement briefing tracks.EU AI Act, Title VIII
  • Schedule banned-practice decommissioning. Confirm biometric categorisation, predictive policing, and emotion recognition roll-offs ahead of the February 2025 prohibition date, using the AI policy implementation guide for checklists.EU AI Act, Articles 5 & 113

DMA/DSA compliance drills

Gatekeepers designated under Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 and very large platforms bound by Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 face annual compliance reporting, systemic risk reviews, and data access obligations coordinated through Commission enforcement teams.Digital Markets ActDigital Services Act

  • Lock Article 11 compliance reports. Refresh DMA self-assessments every March with evidence on interoperability, data portability, and FRAND terms, leveraging the digital markets compliance guide templates.DMA, Article 11
  • Drill systemic risk scenarios. Conduct DSA Article 34 risk exercises on disinformation, AI recommender amplification, and civic integrity before filing the annual assessments due to the Commission.DSA, Article 34
  • Rehearse data access fulfilment. Coordinate Article 40 researcher data workflows with product and privacy teams so approved auditors can obtain datasets within the Commission’s deadlines, and log lessons in our policy tips playbooks.DSA, Article 40

Export-control governance cadence

Advanced computing and semiconductor controls under the U.S. Export Administration Regulations now mandate end-use screening, semiannual reporting, and continuous monitoring across ECCNs 3A090, 4A090, and associated foreign direct product rules.88 FR 73458 (BIS Oct 25 2023)

  • Quarterly license reconciliation. Match shipment records, deemed export logs, and reexport notifications against the updated ECCN thresholds before BIS post-license checks.88 FR 73458
  • Refresh red-flag screening. Update restricted party, military end-user, and regional risk filters in accordance with Supplement No. 7 to Part 744 and document outcomes in the export controls guide trackers.15 CFR 744
  • Schedule semiannual reports. Prepare end-use statements and advanced computing usage metrics for the April and October filings the interim final rule requires, linking evidence to our export-control guardrails briefing summaries.88 FR 73458

Latest policy intelligence

Entries cite primary legislation, official gazettes, agency dockets, and plenary votes so public policy teams can brief executives with confidence.

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Policy Briefing — September 12, 2025

The EU Data Act becomes applicable on September 12, 2025, imposing data-sharing, portability, and cloud switching obligations on manufacturers, service providers, and hyperscale platforms across the bloc.

  • EU Data Act
  • Data portability
  • Cloud switching
  • B2G data access
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Policy Briefing — July 4, 2025

FERC Order 881’s July 12, 2025 compliance date forces transmission policy leads to document ambient-adjusted rating tariffs, transparency commitments, and audit trails before regional reviews ramp up.

  • FERC Order 881
  • Transmission policy
  • Federal Power Act
  • Regulatory transparency
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Priority policy themes

AI and automated decision-making

Monitor risk-based regimes, licensing, and export controls.

  • EU AI Act. Track the Parliament’s April 2024 adoption, publication in the Official Journal, and staged application dates for prohibited, high-risk, and general-purpose systems.
  • U.S. federal actions. Follow OMB M-24-10 federal AI governance, NIST AI RMF profiles, and NTIA AI accountability consultations.
  • Global restrictions. Monitor China’s generative AI measures, Canada’s AIDA bill, and multilateral export controls on advanced semiconductors.

Digital markets and platforms

Anticipate obligations for gatekeepers, app stores, and online services.

  • EU Digital Markets Act. Track Commission compliance deadlines, remedy requests, and investigations into gatekeeper conduct throughout 2024–2025.
  • Content and safety rules. Monitor EU Digital Services Act systemic risk mitigation plans, UK Online Safety Act codes of practice, and Australia eSafety commissioner decisions.
  • Competition policy. Follow U.S. FTC/DOJ tech antitrust cases, CMA mobile ecosystem market investigations, and Bundeskartellamt Section 19a designations.

Trade, security, and industrial policy

Keep procurement, export, and supply chain teams aligned with geopolitical shifts.

  • Export controls. Track U.S. BIS October 2023/2024 semiconductor rules, Dutch ASML licensing decisions, and Japan’s METI restrictions on advanced tools.
  • Industrial incentives. Follow U.S. CHIPS and Science Act awards, EU Chips Act implementation, and India semiconductor incentive schemes.
  • Supply chain security. Monitor U.S. Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council cyber clauses, EU Critical Raw Materials Act timelines, and Canada’s national security review updates.

2023–2025 policy calendar

Legislative checkpoints reflect confirmed votes, enforcement dates, and consultation windows; the list freezes at the current review window (updated October 24, 2025).

  1. December 2023

    EU co-legislators sealed the political agreement on the AI Act, which we unpack across controls and governance in the AI governance guide.

  2. March 2024

    The U.S. SEC adopted its climate disclosure rule, with reporting cadence and assurance playbooks consolidated in our ESG assurance guide.

  3. July 2024

    Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 entered into force via the Official Journal, and Zeph Tech’s Official Journal briefing details the staggered enforcement checkpoints.

  4. October 2024

    Member States hit the NIS2 transposition deadline, expanding cyber supervision and supply-chain duties—see Zeph Tech’s transposition readiness briefing for programme checklists.

  5. November 2024

    New York’s amended 23 NYCRR 500 cybersecurity regulation reaches its final compliance date on 1 November, closing audit, tabletop, and board-reporting gaps detailed in our NYDFS amendment guide.

  6. December 2024

    OMB Memorandum M-24-04 fixes 6 December as the deadline for federal secure software attestations, with implementation steps covered in Zeph Tech’s attestation briefing.

  7. January 2025

    The Digital Operational Resilience Act enters application, activating incident, testing, and third-party oversight duties—operators can follow our DORA enforcement checklist.

  8. February 2025

    Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 takes effect on 2 February, banning unacceptable AI practices; Zeph Tech’s enforcement playbook packages the evidence operators need.

  9. March 2025

    The U.S. Commerce Department’s CHIPS funding agreement with GlobalFoundries unlocks Malta, NY expansion milestones—track facility and supply-chain controls in our CHIPS policy briefing.

  10. April 2025

    Large EU issuers deliver their first CSRD annual reports covering FY 2024, supported by Zeph Tech’s CSRD reporting briefing.

  11. May 2025

    Canada’s Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act statements are due by 31 May; compliance teams can leverage Zeph Tech’s ESG assurance guide for evidence workflows.

  12. June 2025

    U.S. facilities face the EPA’s TRI reporting deadline on 1 July, with Zeph Tech’s compliance operations guide detailing data reconciliation and certification controls.

  13. July 2025

    APRA’s CPS 230 activates for banks and insurers on 1 July, and Zeph Tech’s risk oversight guide maps the board attestations, impact tolerances, and third-party controls regulators expect.

  14. August 2025

    General-purpose AI duties under the EU AI Act apply from 1 August; review Zeph Tech’s GPAI obligations briefing for documentation and incident workflows.

  15. September 2025

    The EU Data Act becomes applicable on 12 September, embedding data access, switching, and smart-contract safeguards covered in our Data Act implementation briefing.

  16. October 2025

    Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Q3 transitional reports land by 31 October, with sustainability attestations and trade evidence structured in our ESG accountability guide.

  17. November 2025

    Colorado’s Artificial Intelligence Act (SB24-205) enters its final pre-enforcement sprint ahead of February 2026; review Zeph Tech’s Colorado AI Act readiness briefing for impact assessments, notices, and Attorney General engagement.

  18. December 2025

    Public company auditors must implement the PCAOB’s QC 1000 quality-control standard by 15 December; the compliance operations guide details evidence capture and assurance hand-offs.