This article is part of a series on the operational impacts of the EU AI Act. The full series can be accessed here.


Published: September 2024


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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.


Who is responsible for the AI Act's governance at the EU level?

Besides initiating the AI Act, the European Commission is also an important facilitator of its implementation and enforcement. Along with other bodies, many of which are newly established at the EU level, it aims to ensure consistent application of the AI Act across the EU.

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Who is responsible for the AI Act's governance at the national level?

Member states are responsible for implementing and enforcing the AI Act on a national level. They are supported in this role by national competent authorities and other bodies established at a national level.

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Annex

This section outlines the different EU and national stakeholders, and the articles and recitals of the EU AI Act in which their competences and compositions are referenced.

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