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.
Market Surveillance Authority — 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.
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.
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