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National competent authority

Under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the authority designated by each Member State — covering market-surveillance and notifying-authority functions — responsible for enforcement of the Act at national level, including serious-incident handling, audit, and sanction decisions.

Synonyms

market surveillance authority (EU AI Act) , notifying authority

See also

  • AI Office — The unit within the European Commission established under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 to coordinate enforcement of the general-purpose AI model provisions, support the AI Board and the national competent authorities, and issue Union-level guidance..
  • Serious incident (Art. 3(49)) — Under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, an incident or malfunction of an AI system that directly or indirectly leads to the death of a person or serious harm to a person's health, to a serious and irreversible disruption of critical infrastructure, to infringement of fundamental-rights obligations, or to serious harm to property or the environment..