The Article 70 register

Which countries have designated AI Act authorities

15 of the 27 EU member states have designated their AI Act market surveillance authority in national law. 8 have a proposal in draft and 4 have neither. The deadline in Article 70 was 2 August 2025, and the obligations bind operators regardless.

A missing authority is not a missing obligation. The Article 5 prohibitions have applied across the Union since 2 February 2025 and the Article 50 transparency duties since 2 August 2026, whether or not a member state has named anyone to enforce them. What the gap changes is where an action comes from: in states with no designated authority, every AI enforcement action so far has come from the data protection authority under the GDPR.

Every member state

The designation register

EU member states with AI Act market surveillance authority designation status, authority and number of tracked enforcement actions.
Member state	Status	Authority and legal basis	Actions
Austria	Not designated	No market surveillance authority designated as of the last verification date. An AI service desk sits in the telecommunications regulator RTR, which is an advisory function rather than an enforcement one.	1
Belgium	Proposed	BIPT, the telecommunications regulator, is the proposed coordinating authority. Designation is not complete.	0
Bulgaria	Not designated	No market surveillance authority designated as of the last verification date.	0
Croatia	Not designated	No market surveillance authority designated as of the last verification date.	0
Cyprus	Designated	The Office of the Commissioner of Electronic Communications and Postal Regulation, OCECPR, is designated.	0
Czechia	Proposed	The Czech Telecommunication Office is the proposed authority. Designation is not complete.	0
Denmark	Designated	The Agency for Digital Government, Digitaliseringsstyrelsen, is designated as coordinating market surveillance authority.	0
Estonia	Proposed	Designation proposed in draft national legislation and not complete.	0
Finland	Designated	Traficom coordinates market surveillance, with sectoral supervisors keeping their own competences.	0
France	Proposed	The DGCCRF and the CNIL are proposed for AI Act roles. Designation is not complete, which has not stopped the CNIL enforcing the GDPR against AI systems.	2
Germany	Designated	Bundesnetzagentur designated as market surveillance authority and single point of contact. National implementing law in force 29 July 2026.	0
Greece	Not designated	No market surveillance authority designated as of the last verification date.	0
Hungary	Designated	Designated in national law.	0
Ireland	Designated	Statutory Instrument 366 of 2025 designates a distributed model of fifteen sectoral authorities rather than one regulator. The Data Protection Commission continues to lead on the GDPR side for most large model providers.	3
Italy	Designated	Law 132/2025 designates ACN for market surveillance and AgID for notification. The Garante remains the authority that has actually taken action against AI systems.	9
Latvia	Designated	VARAM, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, is designated.	0
Lithuania	Designated	RRT, the Communications Regulatory Authority, is designated.	0
Luxembourg	Proposed	The CNPD is proposed. Designation is not complete.	0
Malta	Designated	The Malta Digital Innovation Authority is designated.	0
Netherlands	Proposed	The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens and the RDI are proposed as coordinating authorities. Designation is not complete, and the AP has been one of the most active authorities against AI systems under the GDPR.	1
Poland	Proposed	A new Commission for the Development and Safety of AI, KRiBSI, is proposed in draft legislation.	0
Portugal	Designated	ANACOM is designated as coordinating market surveillance authority.	0
Romania	Designated	ANCOM is designated.	0
Slovakia	Proposed	Designation proposed in draft national legislation and not complete.	0
Slovenia	Designated	AKOS is designated.	0
Spain	Designated	AESIA, created by Royal Decree 729/2023, is the first purpose built AI supervisory agency in Europe.	0
Sweden	Designated	PTS, the Post and Telecom Authority, is designated as coordinating authority.	0

Union level enforcement, by the Commission and the AI Office, has its own page: the European Union.

Answers

Questions about national AI Act enforcement

Which countries have designated AI Act authorities?

15 of the 27 member states have designated a market surveillance authority in national law: they are listed on this page with their authority and legal basis. 8 more have a proposal in draft legislation and 4 have neither. The Article 70 deadline was 2 August 2025.

What happens if a member state has not designated an AI Act authority?

The obligations still apply. The Act binds operators directly and the Article 5 prohibitions have been in force since 2 February 2025 everywhere in the Union. What is missing is the national machinery to investigate and fine, which means enforcement in those states currently runs through data protection authorities under the GDPR instead, and the Commission may open infringement proceedings against the member state itself.

How many EU countries have notified their AI Act single point of contact?

Fewer than have designated one. The European Parliamentary Research Service recorded eight of 27 member states as having notified a single point of contact as of March 2026. Designation in national law and notification to the Commission are separate steps, and this register tracks the first.

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Last updated 20 August 2026. Every record re verified 20 August 2026. The tracker is checked every Monday, and the same day for any action under the AI Act.