Enforcement per member state
AI Act enforcement in Denmark
Last verification round: 2026-08-10
- Who supervises · partly designated
- Danish Agency for Digital Government (contact point), Danish Data Protection Authority, Danish Court Administration (Article 5 supervision)
- Single point of contact
- Digitaliseringsstyrelsen
- Implementing law
- in force
The situation in this country
Denmark was among the first Member States with a full implementing act: Act No. 467 of 14 May 2025, whose enforcement provisions apply since 2 August 2025. The Danish Agency for Digital Government is the central contact point for the AI Regulation; together with the Data Protection Authority and the Court Administration it supervises the Article 5 prohibited practices. According to the Agency for Digital Government it is not yet fully settled which bodies will supervise high-risk AI systems and the transparency obligations. No fines or formal investigations are known yet.
Obligations at play here
What has happened
2025-10-20 |
Guidance package on prohibited AI practices
On 20 October 2025 the Danish Agency for Digital Government published a package of one main guideline and five supplementary guidelines on the Article 5 prohibited AI practices, complementing the European Commission's guidance. The package sets out the rules the authority supervises, including fictional cases.
2025-08-02 |
Danish authorities operational for Article 5 supervision
As of 2 August 2025 the enforcement provisions of the Danish implementing act apply. The Danish Agency for Digital Government is the central contact point for the AI Regulation; the Agency for Digital Government, the Data Protection Authority and the Court Administration supervise the Article 5 prohibited AI practices. Supervision of high-risk AI systems and the transparency obligations has not yet been fully assigned.
2025-05-14 |
Act No. 467: Danish implementing act adopted
Denmark was among the first Member States to adopt an implementing act (Act on supplementary provisions to the AI Regulation, No. 467 of 14 May 2025), designating competent authorities and creating an enforcement framework. The enforcement provisions apply since 2 August 2025.