Which authorities Germany has designated under the EU AI Act, its regulatory sandbox and its penalties regime — field by field, with the source and the date it was checked, and marked where a designation is announced but not yet in force.

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What is known

WhatBasisDesignation
Notifying authority / national competent authority Art. 70 Announced, not yet in force
Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) (2026-06-11)
Named as notifying authority and single point of contact in §2(1) of the KI-MIG (KI-Marktüberwachungs- und Innovationsförderungs-Gesetz). Passed by the Bundestag on 11 June 2026; Bundesrat passage and promulgation still outstanding at the date of review.
Market surveillance authority Art. 74 Announced, not yet in force
Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) (2026-06-11)
Central market surveillance authority under the KI-MIG, subject to sector-specific competence of other authorities. BNetzA already runs market surveillance for radio equipment under Directive 2014/53/EU (Annex I, point 6) and coordinates the Annex III critical-infrastructure and law-enforcement fields.
National AI regulatory sandbox Art. 57-63 Announced, not yet in force
KI-MIG (Innovationsförderung) (2026-06-11)
The regulatory sandbox sits in the innovation-promotion half of the KI-MIG. The Art. 57 obligation itself was moved to 2 August 2027 by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744.
National penalties regime laid down Art. 99 Announced, not yet in force
KI-MIG (2026-06-11)
The national penalties regime under Art. 99 is set out in the KI-MIG, which had passed the Bundestag but was not yet promulgated at the date of review.

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What the AI Act leaves to Member States

The Regulation applies directly and needs no transposition, but it does leave four things to national decision — which is what this page tracks:

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