Top 10 operational impacts of the EU AI Act – Governance: EU and national stakeholders

This article is part of a series on the operational impacts of the EU AI Act.

The EU AI Act sets up an intricate governance structure with various stakeholders at both the EU and national levels to ensure its effective and coherent implementation and enforcement. Chapter VII of the AI Act provides an overview of this structure but certain details concerning specific roles, tasks and interactions can be found beyond this section. Also, Chapter VII does not mention all the actors involved in the act's implementation and enforcement.

This article focuses on each body, outlining its composition and main competences to help organizations better understand the AI Act's governance structure. While indicating every task of each stakeholder is beyond the scope of this article, the annex below navigates the AI Act's text to find their responsibilities.