EU AI Act — designation of national authorities
Number of EU Member States that have officially notified the European Commission of the two national authorities required by the AI Act (notifying authority under Art. 28 and market surveillance authority under Art. 70). The formal deadline was 2 August 2025. As of Q1 2026, most of the 27 Member States have yet to complete the process.
Evolution
Data analysis
Statistical readings derived from the attributes of each recorded case. All figures come from the documented events; amounts are computed only over cases with a sum expressed in the indicated currency, without converting between currencies.
Member states with both authorities designated
The AI Act requires all 27 EU states to notify two national supervisory authorities. At the latest cut, only 3 of 27 had done so: the supervisory architecture meant to enforce the rule still does not exist in most of the bloc.
A law with no authority to enforce it is paper. The AI Act requires each member state to designate and notify the Commission of two national authorities —a notifying body and a market-surveillance authority—, and this indicator simply measures how many have done so. The figure is telling: only three of twenty-seven at the latest cut.
The delay matters because without those designated authorities there is no one to investigate or sanction on the ground. This scalar indicator is deliberately austere —a number out of twenty-seven— because its month-by-month evolution is itself the most honest thermometer of whether the EU is building the capacity to enforce its own flagship rule.
Observation history
| As of | Value | Note / source |
|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2026 | 3 | Corte de seguimiento. El Future of Life Institute mantiene el conteo en 3 Estados miembros con ambas autoridades designadas ('clear'), 10 con designación parcial o propuesta legislativa pendiente ('partial clarity') y 14 sin designar ninguna autoridad competente. España (AESIA), Alemania (Bundesnetzagentur + DAkkS) e Irlanda (modelo descentralizado de 15 autoridades coordinadas por su National AI Office) son los tres con marco completo. El dato se mantiene estable respecto del corte anterior. source ↗ source ↗ |
| May 21, 2026 | 3 | Tres Estados miembros han completado el proceso de designación de ambas autoridades. El resto opera bajo designaciones parciales o transitorias. El Digital Omnibus extendió plazos de aplicación efectiva a diciembre 2027 / agosto 2028, lo que ha reducido presión política sobre el cumplimiento del Art. 70. source ↗ source ↗ |
| December 31, 2025 | 1 | España fue el primer Estado miembro en completar la designación de ambas autoridades: AESIA (Agencia Española de Supervisión de Inteligencia Artificial) como autoridad notificante y de vigilancia del mercado en el ámbito IA. source ↗ |
| August 2, 2025 | 0 | Fecha límite formal Art. 70 AI Act. Ningún Estado miembro había completado la designación de ambas autoridades en plazo. source ↗ |
Methodology
- scalar
- Single-source aggregation
- weekly