Supervision And Enforcement Of The European Union's AI Act

This blog post introduces the universe of European and national authorities and other relevant actors in the area of supervision and enforcement of the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) and provides a brief overview of possible penalties under the AI Act.

Authorities and Other Relevant Actors at EU Level

• AI Office. At EU level, the AI Act creates the so-called AI Office within the European Commission (Commission). The AI Office will have the following tasks.
  • Development of Compliance Tools. The AI Office is generally responsible for developing compliance tools such as model terms for contracts between providers of high-risk AI systems and third parties providing elements used for or integrated into those systems, templates for deployers' fundamental right impact assessments of high-risk AI systems, and providers' summaries of the content used for training of general-purpose AI models. The AI Office should also encourage and facilitate