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National competent authority

An umbrella term for two very different roles: the notifying authority and the market surveillance authority. For EU institutions the European Data Protection Supervisor takes their place.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-nationale-bevoegde-autoriteit
Payload hash (sha256): 68e66efba97d9301506986942cb0b5559676c13e74b683e6a04131755f934feb

Citation line

Praxikon, "National competent authority", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-nationale-bevoegde-autoriteit@1.0.0, dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0), effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-14T00:00:00.000Z, sha256 68e66efba97d9301506986942cb0b5559676c13e74b683e6a04131755f934feb

Version: 1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 8 August 2026
Knowledge time (known_at): 8 August 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Application date: 1 August 2024
Topics: definitions

Review status: Placed against the official source (8 August 2026). Next check due by 4 February 2027. The check date is the knowledge date of this version; no later recheck has been recorded.

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What this object is about

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Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 3(48)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
Via
No condition or exception recorded on this object.
Consequence
- ActorDeployer
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

What this object states

Official fact

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Article 3(48) defines a national competent authority as a notifying authority or a market surveillance authority. As regards AI systems put into service or used by Union institutions, agencies, offices and bodies, references to national competent authorities or market surveillance authorities are to be construed as references to the European Data Protection Supervisor.
- Locator: Article 3(48)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

Our interpretation

Our own reading. It can change without the law changing, and it is not the position of a supervisory authority.

The definition bundles two roles that should not be confused. The notifying authority designates and supervises conformity assessment bodies; as a deploying organisation you will rarely deal with it. The market surveillance authority supervises you, requests documentation, receives serious incident reports and imposes measures. Member States were required to designate and publish these authorities by 2 August 2025. The fact that designation is not fully settled in some Member States changes nothing about your obligations: the duties rest on you, not on the supervisor.
- Locator: Article 3(48)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

Recommended step

A practical step we consider appropriate. Not an obligation following from the Regulation.

For every market in which you operate, track which market surveillance authority is competent for your sector, who inside your organisation handles contact and who is authorised to file notifications. State that contact point in your technical documentation.
- Locator: Article 3(48)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

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Reference

Praxikon, "National competent authority",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-nationale-bevoegde-autoriteit@1.0.0,
dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0),
effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 68e66efba97d9301506986942cb0b5559676c13e74b683e6a04131755f934feb,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-nationale-bevoegde-autoriteit
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Adefinitie-nationale-bevoegde-autoriteit&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-23)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-nationale-bevoegde-autoriteit@1.0.0 (sha256 68e66efb)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-definitie-nationale-bevoegde-autoriteit-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {National competent authority},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-nationale-bevoegde-autoriteit},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.1.0, schema 1.4.0},
  note         = {effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 68e66efba97d9301506986942cb0b5559676c13e74b683e6a04131755f934feb},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-nationale-bevoegde-autoriteit},
  urldate      = {2026-08-23},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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