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With just under three months to go before the 27 EU member states need to appoint a regulator tasked with overseeing business\u2019 compliance with the AI Act, it remains unclear in at least half of the member states which authority will be nominated, a round-up by Euronews shows.<\/p>\n
By 2 August member states must notify\u00a0the Commission about which market surveillance authorities are appointed, in addition the countries need to adopt an implementing law that sets out penalties and that empowers their authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The latest meeting of the AI Board in late March, which helps coordinate cooperation between member states, showed that the majority of the counties sent representatives from ministries. Just a handful – Denmark, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Romania – had national regulators attending.<\/p>\n
The EU executive does not want to comment on which countries are ready yet, but an official working at the AI Office told Euronews that the process in those member states that recently went through elections, such as Germany, will likely be delayed.<\/p>\n
The official said that the states are overall are having \u201cintense discussions\u201d in the AI Board \u2013 which helps coordinate cooperation between member states \u2013 as there are different ways to set up the oversight structure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Countries are free to decide how to do it, and whether to appoint just one or several regulators.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think 95% of them have certainly chosen the structure that they want to have, and started the process to appoint the authorities. We will see whether on 2 August things will be finalized or not. Sometimes it’s difficult to tell because the process in the parliaments may be more or less on here,\u201d the official said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Delays<\/strong><\/p>\n The AI Act \u2013 which aims to regulate AI tools according to the risk they pose to society \u2013 entered into force in August 2024, and started to apply gradually. It will be fully in force in 2027.<\/p>\n A delay in appointing the oversight bodies will mean uncertainty for businesses that have to start complying with the rules.<\/p>\n Some member states have set up an entirely new regulator, such as Spain, where AESIA<\/a>, an independent agency of the Spanish Department of Digital Transformation, is likely to assume the role.<\/p>\n In Poland, a pending implementing act sets up a new body, the Committee on Development and Security of AI, as the market surveillance authority.\u00a0<\/p>\n