A Robust Governance for the AI Act: AI Office, AI Board, Scientific Panel, and National Authorities

TL;DR

This paper analyzes the governance framework and enforcement mechanisms of the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act, proposing a normative model to ensure coordinated implementation by various institutional bodies at national and EU levels.

Contribution

It provides a detailed explanation of the AIA's governance structure and introduces a normative model for its effective and uniform enforcement across institutions.

Findings

Clarifies roles of EU and national bodies in AIA enforcement

Proposes a normative governance model for AI regulation

Highlights institutional capacities needed for enforcement

Abstract

Regulation is nothing without enforcement. This particularly holds for the dynamic field of emerging technologies. Hence, this article has two ambitions. First, it explains how the EU's new Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) will be implemented and enforced by various institutional bodies, thus clarifying the governance framework of the AIA. Second, it proposes a normative model of governance, providing recommendations to ensure uniform and coordinated execution of the AIA and the fulfilment of the legislation. Taken together, the article explores how the AIA may be implemented by national and EU institutional bodies, encompassing longstanding bodies, such as the European Commission, and those newly established under the AIA, such as the AI Office. It investigates their roles across supranational and national levels, emphasizing how EU regulations influence institutional structures and operations. These regulations may not only directly dictate the structural design of institutions but also indirectly request administrative capacities needed to enforce the AIA.