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AI Governance Glossary
Governance Concept

What Is Market Surveillance Authority?

Market Surveillance Authority is the national authority each EU Member State designates to supervise and enforce the EU AI Act in its territory, with powers to investigate, demand documentation, and order corrective action against non-compliant AI systems.

Definition

Market Surveillance Authoritythe national authority each EU Member State designates to supervise and enforce the EU AI Act in its territory, with powers to investigate, demand documentation, and order corrective action against non-compliant AI systems.

Enforcement of the EU AI Act is largely national: each Member State names one or more market surveillance authorities, drawing on the framework of the EU's general market-surveillance rules. They sit alongside the European AI Office (which oversees general-purpose AI) and can impose the Act's administrative fines. Knowing which authority is competent for your sector and country is part of regulatory readiness.

Source: EU AI Act, Article 70

Plain-language explanation

Enforcement of the EU AI Act is largely national: each Member State names one or more market surveillance authorities, drawing on the framework of the EU's general market-surveillance rules. They sit alongside the European AI Office (which oversees general-purpose AI) and can impose the Act's administrative fines. Knowing which authority is competent for your sector and country is part of regulatory readiness.

Primary source: EU AI Act, Article 70

Related terms

EU AI Act Serious Incident Reporting Post-Market Monitoring Conformity Assessment EU Database for High-Risk AI

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