diff --git a/backend-compliance/compliance/services/control_generator.py b/backend-compliance/compliance/services/control_generator.py
index ac58a62..2b43ae8 100644
--- a/backend-compliance/compliance/services/control_generator.py
+++ b/backend-compliance/compliance/services/control_generator.py
@@ -806,7 +806,9 @@ class ControlGeneratorPipeline:
                                 or payload.get("source_code", ""))
 
                     # Filter by regulation_code if configured
-                    if config.regulation_filter and reg_code:
+                    if config.regulation_filter:
+                        if not reg_code:
+                            continue  # Skip chunks without regulation code
                         code_lower = reg_code.lower()
                         if not any(code_lower.startswith(f.lower()) for f in config.regulation_filter):
                             continue
@@ -852,10 +854,16 @@ class ControlGeneratorPipeline:
                 collection, collection_total, collection_new,
             )
 
-        logger.info(
-            "RAG scroll complete: %d total unique seen, %d new unprocessed to process",
-            len(seen_hashes), len(all_results),
-        )
+        if config.regulation_filter:
+            logger.info(
+                "RAG scroll complete: %d total unique seen, %d passed regulation_filter %s",
+                len(seen_hashes), len(all_results), config.regulation_filter,
+            )
+        else:
+            logger.info(
+                "RAG scroll complete: %d total unique seen, %d new unprocessed to process",
+                len(seen_hashes), len(all_results),
+            )
         return all_results
 
     def _get_processed_hashes(self, hashes: list[str]) -> set[str]:
diff --git a/backend-compliance/tests/test_control_generator.py b/backend-compliance/tests/test_control_generator.py
index c47a698..c8b2447 100644
--- a/backend-compliance/tests/test_control_generator.py
+++ b/backend-compliance/tests/test_control_generator.py
@@ -1022,6 +1022,54 @@ class TestRegulationFilter:
             assert "nist_sp_800_218" in codes
             assert "amlr" not in codes
 
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_scan_rag_filters_out_empty_regulation_code(self):
+        """Chunks without regulation_code must be skipped when filter is active."""
+        mock_db = MagicMock()
+        mock_db.execute.return_value = MagicMock()
+        mock_db.execute.return_value.__iter__ = MagicMock(return_value=iter([]))
+
+        qdrant_points = {
+            "result": {
+                "points": [
+                    {"id": "1", "payload": {
+                        "chunk_text": "OWASP ASVS requirement for input validation " * 5,
+                        "regulation_code": "owasp_asvs",
+                    }},
+                    {"id": "2", "payload": {
+                        "chunk_text": "Some template without regulation code at all " * 5,
+                        # No regulation_id, regulation_code, source_id, or source_code
+                    }},
+                    {"id": "3", "payload": {
+                        "chunk_text": "Another chunk with empty regulation code value " * 5,
+                        "regulation_code": "",
+                    }},
+                ],
+                "next_page_offset": None,
+            }
+        }
+
+        with patch("compliance.services.control_generator.httpx.AsyncClient") as mock_client_cls:
+            mock_client = AsyncMock()
+            mock_client_cls.return_value.__aenter__ = AsyncMock(return_value=mock_client)
+            mock_client_cls.return_value.__aexit__ = AsyncMock(return_value=False)
+
+            mock_resp = MagicMock()
+            mock_resp.status_code = 200
+            mock_resp.json.return_value = qdrant_points
+            mock_client.post.return_value = mock_resp
+
+            pipeline = ControlGeneratorPipeline(db=mock_db, rag_client=MagicMock())
+            config = GeneratorConfig(
+                collections=["bp_compliance_ce"],
+                regulation_filter=["owasp_"],
+            )
+            results = await pipeline._scan_rag(config)
+
+            # Only the owasp chunk should pass — empty reg_code chunks are filtered out
+            assert len(results) == 1
+            assert results[0].regulation_code == "owasp_asvs"
+
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_scan_rag_no_filter_returns_all(self):
         """Verify _scan_rag returns all chunks when no regulation_filter."""