Dokumendiregister | Justiitsministeerium |
Viit | 7-2/5535 |
Registreeritud | 26.06.2025 |
Sünkroonitud | 27.06.2025 |
Liik | Sissetulev kiri |
Funktsioon | 7 EL otsustusprotsessis osalemine ja rahvusvaheline koostöö |
Sari | 7-2 Rahvusvahelise koostöö korraldamisega seotud kirjavahetus (Arhiiviväärtuslik) |
Toimik | 7-2/2025 |
Juurdepääsupiirang | Avalik |
Juurdepääsupiirang | |
Adressaat | Eesti alaline esindus Euroopa Liidu juures |
Saabumis/saatmisviis | Eesti alaline esindus Euroopa Liidu juures |
Vastutaja | Ott Velsberg (Justiits- ja Digiministeerium, Kantsleri vastutusvaldkond, Digiriigi valdkond, Digiriigi osakond, AI ja andmete talitus) |
Originaal | Ava uues aknas |
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111
Office: L-51 12 – Tel. direct line +32 229-60240
EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, CONTENT AND
TECHNOLOGY
The Director-General
Brussels CNECT/A2/LJ
Their Excellencies
The Deputy Permanent
Representatives of the Member
States to the European Union
Subject: National implementation of the Artificial Intelligence Act
Your Excellency,
Thank you very much for the support that your Member State already provided for the
implementation of the Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act – AI Act).
The AI Act sets landmark new EU rules to create the conditions for a well-functioning
single market for AI and ensure that AI developed and used in Europe is safe and respects
fundamental rights. The enforcement of these rules is of critical importance. The AI Act
has attracted the attention of regulators, academia, civil society and stakeholders
worldwide, who are closely watching how the new rules will be supervised and the tangible
effects the AI Act will bring to the EU economy and citizens.
A large part of the AI Act’s supervision and enforcement will take place on national level.
The AI Act requires Member States to appoint national competent authorities, where
necessary to empower them to supervise, monitor and enforce the AI Act, and to lay down
rules regarding penalties and other enforcement measures. While I am fully aware of the
ongoing preparations in your Member State, I wish to underline the importance of a timely
establishment of the national governance to prepare the start of its application and
enforcement. Clear contact points and regimes for fines are also an important step towards
legal certainty for the market.
By 2 August 2025, Member States are required to notify to the Commission the national
competent authorities and, among them, a single point of contact (Article 70 para. 2), report
on the status of the financial and human resources of those national competent authorities
(Article 70 para. 6) and notify the national rules on penalties and other enforcement
measures (Article 99 para. 2). Please transmit these to [email protected], in the
form set out in the Annex to this letter.
My services stand ready to support you in all your preparations for the appointment and
empowerment of the national competent authorities and preparation of national laws on
penalties and in any other AI Act-related matter. In my services, Mr Kilian Gross
2
[email protected] and Ms Laura Jugel [email protected] are at
your disposal for any clarifications you may need.
The AI Act sets up a robust supervisory structure, which requires Member States and the
Commission to work hand in hand for the effective enforcement of the rules. It is now time
to all work together to ensure a single, well-coordinated, coherent and strong framework
for AI in the EU.
Yours sincerely,
Roberto Viola
3
Annex
Practical guidance for the fulfilment of Articles 70(2), (6) and 99(2) AI Act
You are kindly requested to provide the information specified below and make your
submissions to [email protected]:
I. Notifications according to Article 70(2) AI Act
Please provide the full list of national competent authorities that have been established or
designated according to Article 70(1) AI Act, which among those authorities has been
determined as single-point-of-contact, and where this information has been made publicly
available pursuant to Article 70(2) AI Act. Please provide for each authority the scope of
their competences under the AI Act.
Specific information as regards market surveillance authorities:
1. If market surveillance authorities have been designated or established in derogation
of the default rule set out in Article 74(3) AI Act, please provide a justification why
you deem that the appropriate circumstances are fulfilled and which measures have
been implemented to ensure appropriate coordination with relevant sectoral market
surveillance authorities.
2. If market surveillance authorities have been designated or established in derogation
of the default rule set out in Article 74(6) AI Act, please provide a justification why
you deem that the designated authority/-ies is/are relevant, the appropriate
circumstances are fulfilled and which measures have been implemented to ensure
appropriate coordination, as required by Article 74(7) AI Act.
3. Please indicate the legal conditions under national law determining that the market
surveillance authority designated according to Article 74(8) AI Act is the
competent data protection supervisory authority under Regulation (EU) 2016/679
or Directive (EU) 2016/680, or that this authority has been designated pursuant to
the same conditions laid down in Articles 41 to 44 of Directive (EU) 2016/680.
4. Please provide the legal conditions under national law determining the
empowerment of the market surveillance authority/-ies pursuant to Article 14 of
Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and any additional powers foreseen under the AI Act.
Specific information as regards notifying authorities:
1. Please indicate if the assessment and monitoring to be carried out by the notifying
authority/-ies according to Article 28(1) AI Act has been delegated to a national
accreditation body within the meaning of, and in accordance with, Regulation (EC)
No 765/2008.
2. Please indicate how the notifying authority/-ies are established, organised and
operated in such a way that no conflict of interest arises with conformity
assessment bodies, and that the objectivity and impartiality of their activities are
safeguarded in accordance with Article 28(3) AI Act.
3. Please indicate how the notifying authority/-ies are organised in such a way that
decisions relating to the notification of conformity assessment bodies are taken by
4
competent persons different from those who carried out the assessment of those
bodies in accordance with Article 28(4) AI Act.
4. Please indicate how the notifying authority/-ies are equipped in such a way that
they have an adequate number of competent personnel at their disposal for the
proper performance of their tasks, including their available expertise in fields such
as information technologies, AI and law, including the supervision of fundamental
rights, in accordance with Article 28(7) AI Act.
Legal act determining the designation of national competent authorities:
Please provide the full name and reference to the legal act determining the designation of
national competent authorities, and, where available, the hyperlink to its publication.
If, on 2 August 2025, such legal act has not yet been formally adopted, we kindly ask you
to submit the following information:
1. Information about the progress of the legal act:
a. Any interim steps already taken necessary for its adoption and their timing
b. Any interim steps still to be taken necessary for its adoption and their
timing
c. The expected adoption date
2. Please indicate any foreseeable elements in your legislative, administrative or
political context that might impact the expected date of adoption.
II. Notifications according to Article 70(6) AI Act
Please provide a report on the status of the financial and human resources of the national
competent authorities, with an assessment of their adequacy.
III. Notifications according to Article 99(2) AI Act
Please provide the full name and reference of the draft or adopted legislative act, and,
where available, the hyperlink to its publication.
If, on 2 August 2025, the legislative act has not yet been formally adopted, we kindly ask
you to submit the following information:
1. Information about the progress of the legislative act:
a. Any interim steps already taken necessary for its adoption and their
timing
b. Any interim steps still to be taken necessary for its adoption and their
timing
c. The expected adoption date(s)
2. Please indicate any foreseeable elements in your legislative or political
context that might impact the expected date(s) of adoption.
Electronically signed on 25/06/2025 17:53 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121
From: CNECT A2 <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:33:00 +0000
To: (Permanent Representation of Austria = Représentation permanente de l'Autriche) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Belgium = Représentation permanente de la Belgique) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Bulgaria = Représentation permanente de la Bulgarie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Croatia = Représentation permanente de la Croatie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Cyprus = Représentation permanente de Chypre) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Denmark = Représentation permanente du Danemark) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Estonia = Représentation permanente de l'Estonie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Finland = Représentation permanente de la Finlande) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of France = Représentation permanente de la France) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Germany = Représentation permanente de l'Allemagne) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Greece = Représentation permanente de la Grèce) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Hungary = Représentation permanente de la Hongrie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Ireland = Représentation permanente de l'Irlande) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Italy = Représentation permanente de l'Italie = Rappresentanza Permanente d’Italia presso l’Uni... <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Latvia = Représentation permanente de la Lettonie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Lithuania = Représentation permanente de la Lituanie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Luxembourg = Représentation permanente du Luxembourg) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Malta = Représentation permanente de Malte) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Netherlands = Représentation permanente des Pays-Bas) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Poland = Représentation permanente de la Pologne) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Portugal = Représentation permanente du Portugal) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Romania = Représentation permanente de la Roumanie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Slovakia = Représentation permanente de la Slovaquie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Slovenia = Représentation permanente de la Slovénie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Spain = Représentation permanente d'Espagne) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Sweden = Représentation permanente de Suède) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic = Représentation permanente de la République tchèque) <[email protected]>
Subject: Courtesy reminder about upcoming obligations under the AI Act - Ares(2025)5085077
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111
Office: L-51 12 – Tel. direct line +32 229-60240
EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, CONTENT AND
TECHNOLOGY
The Director-General
Brussels CNECT/A2/LJ
Their Excellencies
The Deputy Permanent
Representatives of the Member
States to the European Union
Subject: National implementation of the Artificial Intelligence Act
Your Excellency,
Thank you very much for the support that your Member State already provided for the
implementation of the Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act – AI Act).
The AI Act sets landmark new EU rules to create the conditions for a well-functioning
single market for AI and ensure that AI developed and used in Europe is safe and respects
fundamental rights. The enforcement of these rules is of critical importance. The AI Act
has attracted the attention of regulators, academia, civil society and stakeholders
worldwide, who are closely watching how the new rules will be supervised and the tangible
effects the AI Act will bring to the EU economy and citizens.
A large part of the AI Act’s supervision and enforcement will take place on national level.
The AI Act requires Member States to appoint national competent authorities, where
necessary to empower them to supervise, monitor and enforce the AI Act, and to lay down
rules regarding penalties and other enforcement measures. While I am fully aware of the
ongoing preparations in your Member State, I wish to underline the importance of a timely
establishment of the national governance to prepare the start of its application and
enforcement. Clear contact points and regimes for fines are also an important step towards
legal certainty for the market.
By 2 August 2025, Member States are required to notify to the Commission the national
competent authorities and, among them, a single point of contact (Article 70 para. 2), report
on the status of the financial and human resources of those national competent authorities
(Article 70 para. 6) and notify the national rules on penalties and other enforcement
measures (Article 99 para. 2). Please transmit these to [email protected], in the
form set out in the Annex to this letter.
My services stand ready to support you in all your preparations for the appointment and
empowerment of the national competent authorities and preparation of national laws on
penalties and in any other AI Act-related matter. In my services, Mr Kilian Gross
2
[email protected] and Ms Laura Jugel [email protected] are at
your disposal for any clarifications you may need.
The AI Act sets up a robust supervisory structure, which requires Member States and the
Commission to work hand in hand for the effective enforcement of the rules. It is now time
to all work together to ensure a single, well-coordinated, coherent and strong framework
for AI in the EU.
Yours sincerely,
Roberto Viola
3
Annex
Practical guidance for the fulfilment of Articles 70(2), (6) and 99(2) AI Act
You are kindly requested to provide the information specified below and make your
submissions to [email protected]:
I. Notifications according to Article 70(2) AI Act
Please provide the full list of national competent authorities that have been established or
designated according to Article 70(1) AI Act, which among those authorities has been
determined as single-point-of-contact, and where this information has been made publicly
available pursuant to Article 70(2) AI Act. Please provide for each authority the scope of
their competences under the AI Act.
Specific information as regards market surveillance authorities:
1. If market surveillance authorities have been designated or established in derogation
of the default rule set out in Article 74(3) AI Act, please provide a justification why
you deem that the appropriate circumstances are fulfilled and which measures have
been implemented to ensure appropriate coordination with relevant sectoral market
surveillance authorities.
2. If market surveillance authorities have been designated or established in derogation
of the default rule set out in Article 74(6) AI Act, please provide a justification why
you deem that the designated authority/-ies is/are relevant, the appropriate
circumstances are fulfilled and which measures have been implemented to ensure
appropriate coordination, as required by Article 74(7) AI Act.
3. Please indicate the legal conditions under national law determining that the market
surveillance authority designated according to Article 74(8) AI Act is the
competent data protection supervisory authority under Regulation (EU) 2016/679
or Directive (EU) 2016/680, or that this authority has been designated pursuant to
the same conditions laid down in Articles 41 to 44 of Directive (EU) 2016/680.
4. Please provide the legal conditions under national law determining the
empowerment of the market surveillance authority/-ies pursuant to Article 14 of
Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and any additional powers foreseen under the AI Act.
Specific information as regards notifying authorities:
1. Please indicate if the assessment and monitoring to be carried out by the notifying
authority/-ies according to Article 28(1) AI Act has been delegated to a national
accreditation body within the meaning of, and in accordance with, Regulation (EC)
No 765/2008.
2. Please indicate how the notifying authority/-ies are established, organised and
operated in such a way that no conflict of interest arises with conformity
assessment bodies, and that the objectivity and impartiality of their activities are
safeguarded in accordance with Article 28(3) AI Act.
3. Please indicate how the notifying authority/-ies are organised in such a way that
decisions relating to the notification of conformity assessment bodies are taken by
4
competent persons different from those who carried out the assessment of those
bodies in accordance with Article 28(4) AI Act.
4. Please indicate how the notifying authority/-ies are equipped in such a way that
they have an adequate number of competent personnel at their disposal for the
proper performance of their tasks, including their available expertise in fields such
as information technologies, AI and law, including the supervision of fundamental
rights, in accordance with Article 28(7) AI Act.
Legal act determining the designation of national competent authorities:
Please provide the full name and reference to the legal act determining the designation of
national competent authorities, and, where available, the hyperlink to its publication.
If, on 2 August 2025, such legal act has not yet been formally adopted, we kindly ask you
to submit the following information:
1. Information about the progress of the legal act:
a. Any interim steps already taken necessary for its adoption and their timing
b. Any interim steps still to be taken necessary for its adoption and their
timing
c. The expected adoption date
2. Please indicate any foreseeable elements in your legislative, administrative or
political context that might impact the expected date of adoption.
II. Notifications according to Article 70(6) AI Act
Please provide a report on the status of the financial and human resources of the national
competent authorities, with an assessment of their adequacy.
III. Notifications according to Article 99(2) AI Act
Please provide the full name and reference of the draft or adopted legislative act, and,
where available, the hyperlink to its publication.
If, on 2 August 2025, the legislative act has not yet been formally adopted, we kindly ask
you to submit the following information:
1. Information about the progress of the legislative act:
a. Any interim steps already taken necessary for its adoption and their
timing
b. Any interim steps still to be taken necessary for its adoption and their
timing
c. The expected adoption date(s)
2. Please indicate any foreseeable elements in your legislative or political
context that might impact the expected date(s) of adoption.
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Reg. number: 14-4/580
Reg. kuupäev: 26.06.2025
Sisu: Courtesy reminder about upcoming obligations under the AI Act - Ares(2025)5085077
Parimat
Raili Lillemets
Sekretär
Eesti alaline esindus Euroopa Liidu juures
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111
Office: L-51 12 – Tel. direct line +32 229-60240
EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, CONTENT AND
TECHNOLOGY
The Director-General
Brussels CNECT/A2/LJ
Their Excellencies
The Deputy Permanent
Representatives of the Member
States to the European Union
Subject: National implementation of the Artificial Intelligence Act
Your Excellency,
Thank you very much for the support that your Member State already provided for the
implementation of the Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act – AI Act).
The AI Act sets landmark new EU rules to create the conditions for a well-functioning
single market for AI and ensure that AI developed and used in Europe is safe and respects
fundamental rights. The enforcement of these rules is of critical importance. The AI Act
has attracted the attention of regulators, academia, civil society and stakeholders
worldwide, who are closely watching how the new rules will be supervised and the tangible
effects the AI Act will bring to the EU economy and citizens.
A large part of the AI Act’s supervision and enforcement will take place on national level.
The AI Act requires Member States to appoint national competent authorities, where
necessary to empower them to supervise, monitor and enforce the AI Act, and to lay down
rules regarding penalties and other enforcement measures. While I am fully aware of the
ongoing preparations in your Member State, I wish to underline the importance of a timely
establishment of the national governance to prepare the start of its application and
enforcement. Clear contact points and regimes for fines are also an important step towards
legal certainty for the market.
By 2 August 2025, Member States are required to notify to the Commission the national
competent authorities and, among them, a single point of contact (Article 70 para. 2), report
on the status of the financial and human resources of those national competent authorities
(Article 70 para. 6) and notify the national rules on penalties and other enforcement
measures (Article 99 para. 2). Please transmit these to [email protected], in the
form set out in the Annex to this letter.
My services stand ready to support you in all your preparations for the appointment and
empowerment of the national competent authorities and preparation of national laws on
penalties and in any other AI Act-related matter. In my services, Mr Kilian Gross
2
[email protected] and Ms Laura Jugel [email protected] are at
your disposal for any clarifications you may need.
The AI Act sets up a robust supervisory structure, which requires Member States and the
Commission to work hand in hand for the effective enforcement of the rules. It is now time
to all work together to ensure a single, well-coordinated, coherent and strong framework
for AI in the EU.
Yours sincerely,
Roberto Viola
3
Annex
Practical guidance for the fulfilment of Articles 70(2), (6) and 99(2) AI Act
You are kindly requested to provide the information specified below and make your
submissions to [email protected]:
I. Notifications according to Article 70(2) AI Act
Please provide the full list of national competent authorities that have been established or
designated according to Article 70(1) AI Act, which among those authorities has been
determined as single-point-of-contact, and where this information has been made publicly
available pursuant to Article 70(2) AI Act. Please provide for each authority the scope of
their competences under the AI Act.
Specific information as regards market surveillance authorities:
1. If market surveillance authorities have been designated or established in derogation
of the default rule set out in Article 74(3) AI Act, please provide a justification why
you deem that the appropriate circumstances are fulfilled and which measures have
been implemented to ensure appropriate coordination with relevant sectoral market
surveillance authorities.
2. If market surveillance authorities have been designated or established in derogation
of the default rule set out in Article 74(6) AI Act, please provide a justification why
you deem that the designated authority/-ies is/are relevant, the appropriate
circumstances are fulfilled and which measures have been implemented to ensure
appropriate coordination, as required by Article 74(7) AI Act.
3. Please indicate the legal conditions under national law determining that the market
surveillance authority designated according to Article 74(8) AI Act is the
competent data protection supervisory authority under Regulation (EU) 2016/679
or Directive (EU) 2016/680, or that this authority has been designated pursuant to
the same conditions laid down in Articles 41 to 44 of Directive (EU) 2016/680.
4. Please provide the legal conditions under national law determining the
empowerment of the market surveillance authority/-ies pursuant to Article 14 of
Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and any additional powers foreseen under the AI Act.
Specific information as regards notifying authorities:
1. Please indicate if the assessment and monitoring to be carried out by the notifying
authority/-ies according to Article 28(1) AI Act has been delegated to a national
accreditation body within the meaning of, and in accordance with, Regulation (EC)
No 765/2008.
2. Please indicate how the notifying authority/-ies are established, organised and
operated in such a way that no conflict of interest arises with conformity
assessment bodies, and that the objectivity and impartiality of their activities are
safeguarded in accordance with Article 28(3) AI Act.
3. Please indicate how the notifying authority/-ies are organised in such a way that
decisions relating to the notification of conformity assessment bodies are taken by
4
competent persons different from those who carried out the assessment of those
bodies in accordance with Article 28(4) AI Act.
4. Please indicate how the notifying authority/-ies are equipped in such a way that
they have an adequate number of competent personnel at their disposal for the
proper performance of their tasks, including their available expertise in fields such
as information technologies, AI and law, including the supervision of fundamental
rights, in accordance with Article 28(7) AI Act.
Legal act determining the designation of national competent authorities:
Please provide the full name and reference to the legal act determining the designation of
national competent authorities, and, where available, the hyperlink to its publication.
If, on 2 August 2025, such legal act has not yet been formally adopted, we kindly ask you
to submit the following information:
1. Information about the progress of the legal act:
a. Any interim steps already taken necessary for its adoption and their timing
b. Any interim steps still to be taken necessary for its adoption and their
timing
c. The expected adoption date
2. Please indicate any foreseeable elements in your legislative, administrative or
political context that might impact the expected date of adoption.
II. Notifications according to Article 70(6) AI Act
Please provide a report on the status of the financial and human resources of the national
competent authorities, with an assessment of their adequacy.
III. Notifications according to Article 99(2) AI Act
Please provide the full name and reference of the draft or adopted legislative act, and,
where available, the hyperlink to its publication.
If, on 2 August 2025, the legislative act has not yet been formally adopted, we kindly ask
you to submit the following information:
1. Information about the progress of the legislative act:
a. Any interim steps already taken necessary for its adoption and their
timing
b. Any interim steps still to be taken necessary for its adoption and their
timing
c. The expected adoption date(s)
2. Please indicate any foreseeable elements in your legislative or political
context that might impact the expected date(s) of adoption.
Electronically signed on 25/06/2025 17:53 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121
From: CNECT A2 <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:33:00 +0000
To: (Permanent Representation of Austria = Représentation permanente de l'Autriche) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Belgium = Représentation permanente de la Belgique) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Bulgaria = Représentation permanente de la Bulgarie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Croatia = Représentation permanente de la Croatie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Cyprus = Représentation permanente de Chypre) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Denmark = Représentation permanente du Danemark) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Estonia = Représentation permanente de l'Estonie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Finland = Représentation permanente de la Finlande) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of France = Représentation permanente de la France) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Germany = Représentation permanente de l'Allemagne) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Greece = Représentation permanente de la Grèce) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Hungary = Représentation permanente de la Hongrie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Ireland = Représentation permanente de l'Irlande) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Italy = Représentation permanente de l'Italie = Rappresentanza Permanente d’Italia presso l’Uni... <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Latvia = Représentation permanente de la Lettonie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Lithuania = Représentation permanente de la Lituanie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Luxembourg = Représentation permanente du Luxembourg) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Malta = Représentation permanente de Malte) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Netherlands = Représentation permanente des Pays-Bas) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Poland = Représentation permanente de la Pologne) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Portugal = Représentation permanente du Portugal) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Romania = Représentation permanente de la Roumanie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Slovakia = Représentation permanente de la Slovaquie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Slovenia = Représentation permanente de la Slovénie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Spain = Représentation permanente d'Espagne) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Sweden = Représentation permanente de Suède) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic = Représentation permanente de la République tchèque) <[email protected]>
Subject: Courtesy reminder about upcoming obligations under the AI Act - Ares(2025)5085077
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111
Office: L-51 12 – Tel. direct line +32 229-60240
EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, CONTENT AND
TECHNOLOGY
The Director-General
Brussels CNECT/A2/LJ
Their Excellencies
The Deputy Permanent
Representatives of the Member
States to the European Union
Subject: National implementation of the Artificial Intelligence Act
Your Excellency,
Thank you very much for the support that your Member State already provided for the
implementation of the Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act – AI Act).
The AI Act sets landmark new EU rules to create the conditions for a well-functioning
single market for AI and ensure that AI developed and used in Europe is safe and respects
fundamental rights. The enforcement of these rules is of critical importance. The AI Act
has attracted the attention of regulators, academia, civil society and stakeholders
worldwide, who are closely watching how the new rules will be supervised and the tangible
effects the AI Act will bring to the EU economy and citizens.
A large part of the AI Act’s supervision and enforcement will take place on national level.
The AI Act requires Member States to appoint national competent authorities, where
necessary to empower them to supervise, monitor and enforce the AI Act, and to lay down
rules regarding penalties and other enforcement measures. While I am fully aware of the
ongoing preparations in your Member State, I wish to underline the importance of a timely
establishment of the national governance to prepare the start of its application and
enforcement. Clear contact points and regimes for fines are also an important step towards
legal certainty for the market.
By 2 August 2025, Member States are required to notify to the Commission the national
competent authorities and, among them, a single point of contact (Article 70 para. 2), report
on the status of the financial and human resources of those national competent authorities
(Article 70 para. 6) and notify the national rules on penalties and other enforcement
measures (Article 99 para. 2). Please transmit these to [email protected], in the
form set out in the Annex to this letter.
My services stand ready to support you in all your preparations for the appointment and
empowerment of the national competent authorities and preparation of national laws on
penalties and in any other AI Act-related matter. In my services, Mr Kilian Gross
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[email protected] and Ms Laura Jugel [email protected] are at
your disposal for any clarifications you may need.
The AI Act sets up a robust supervisory structure, which requires Member States and the
Commission to work hand in hand for the effective enforcement of the rules. It is now time
to all work together to ensure a single, well-coordinated, coherent and strong framework
for AI in the EU.
Yours sincerely,
Roberto Viola
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Annex
Practical guidance for the fulfilment of Articles 70(2), (6) and 99(2) AI Act
You are kindly requested to provide the information specified below and make your
submissions to [email protected]:
I. Notifications according to Article 70(2) AI Act
Please provide the full list of national competent authorities that have been established or
designated according to Article 70(1) AI Act, which among those authorities has been
determined as single-point-of-contact, and where this information has been made publicly
available pursuant to Article 70(2) AI Act. Please provide for each authority the scope of
their competences under the AI Act.
Specific information as regards market surveillance authorities:
1. If market surveillance authorities have been designated or established in derogation
of the default rule set out in Article 74(3) AI Act, please provide a justification why
you deem that the appropriate circumstances are fulfilled and which measures have
been implemented to ensure appropriate coordination with relevant sectoral market
surveillance authorities.
2. If market surveillance authorities have been designated or established in derogation
of the default rule set out in Article 74(6) AI Act, please provide a justification why
you deem that the designated authority/-ies is/are relevant, the appropriate
circumstances are fulfilled and which measures have been implemented to ensure
appropriate coordination, as required by Article 74(7) AI Act.
3. Please indicate the legal conditions under national law determining that the market
surveillance authority designated according to Article 74(8) AI Act is the
competent data protection supervisory authority under Regulation (EU) 2016/679
or Directive (EU) 2016/680, or that this authority has been designated pursuant to
the same conditions laid down in Articles 41 to 44 of Directive (EU) 2016/680.
4. Please provide the legal conditions under national law determining the
empowerment of the market surveillance authority/-ies pursuant to Article 14 of
Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and any additional powers foreseen under the AI Act.
Specific information as regards notifying authorities:
1. Please indicate if the assessment and monitoring to be carried out by the notifying
authority/-ies according to Article 28(1) AI Act has been delegated to a national
accreditation body within the meaning of, and in accordance with, Regulation (EC)
No 765/2008.
2. Please indicate how the notifying authority/-ies are established, organised and
operated in such a way that no conflict of interest arises with conformity
assessment bodies, and that the objectivity and impartiality of their activities are
safeguarded in accordance with Article 28(3) AI Act.
3. Please indicate how the notifying authority/-ies are organised in such a way that
decisions relating to the notification of conformity assessment bodies are taken by
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competent persons different from those who carried out the assessment of those
bodies in accordance with Article 28(4) AI Act.
4. Please indicate how the notifying authority/-ies are equipped in such a way that
they have an adequate number of competent personnel at their disposal for the
proper performance of their tasks, including their available expertise in fields such
as information technologies, AI and law, including the supervision of fundamental
rights, in accordance with Article 28(7) AI Act.
Legal act determining the designation of national competent authorities:
Please provide the full name and reference to the legal act determining the designation of
national competent authorities, and, where available, the hyperlink to its publication.
If, on 2 August 2025, such legal act has not yet been formally adopted, we kindly ask you
to submit the following information:
1. Information about the progress of the legal act:
a. Any interim steps already taken necessary for its adoption and their timing
b. Any interim steps still to be taken necessary for its adoption and their
timing
c. The expected adoption date
2. Please indicate any foreseeable elements in your legislative, administrative or
political context that might impact the expected date of adoption.
II. Notifications according to Article 70(6) AI Act
Please provide a report on the status of the financial and human resources of the national
competent authorities, with an assessment of their adequacy.
III. Notifications according to Article 99(2) AI Act
Please provide the full name and reference of the draft or adopted legislative act, and,
where available, the hyperlink to its publication.
If, on 2 August 2025, the legislative act has not yet been formally adopted, we kindly ask
you to submit the following information:
1. Information about the progress of the legislative act:
a. Any interim steps already taken necessary for its adoption and their
timing
b. Any interim steps still to be taken necessary for its adoption and their
timing
c. The expected adoption date(s)
2. Please indicate any foreseeable elements in your legislative or political
context that might impact the expected date(s) of adoption.
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