# Designation of national competent authorities and single points of contact — AI Act — context bundle > Focused context for a single provision, curated from overview.legal on 2026-08-22. Canonical page: https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-70 > Every item cites its source. Verify against the official text (EUR-Lex / wetten.overheid.nl) before relying on it. ## Provision ### Designation of national competent authorities and single points of contact — Designation of national competent authorities and single points of contact *AI Act, aiact-art-70-en — https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-70* 1. Each Member State shall establish or designate as national competent authorities at least one notifying authority and at least one market surveillance authority for the purposes of this Regulation. Those national competent authorities shall exercise their powers independently, impartially and without bias so as to safeguard the objectivity of their activities and tasks, and to ensure the application and implementation of this Regulation. The members of those authorities shall refrain from any action incompatible with their duties. Provided that those principles are observed, such activities and tasks may be performed by one or more designated authorities, in accordance with the organisational needs of the Member State. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the identity of the notifying authorities and the market surveillance authorities and the tasks of those authorities, as well as any subsequent changes thereto. Member States shall make publicly available information on how competent authorities and single points of contact can be contacted, through electronic communication means by 2 August 2025. Member States shall designate a market surveillance authority to act as the single point of contact for this Regulation, and shall notify the Commission of the identity of the single point of contact. The Commission shall make a list of the single points of contact publicly available. 3. Member States shall ensure that their national competent authorities are provided with adequate technical, financial and human resources, and with infrastructure to fulfil their tasks effectively under this Regulation. In particular, the national competent authorities shall have a sufficient number of personnel permanently available whose competences and expertise shall include an in-depth understanding of AI technologies, data and data computing, personal data protection, cybersecurity, fundamental rights, health and safety risks and knowledge of existing standards and legal requirements. Member States shall assess and, if necessary, update competence and resource requirements referred to in this paragraph on an annual basis. 4. National competent authorities shall take appropriate measures to ensure an adequate level of cybersecurity. 5. When performing their tasks, the national competent authorities shall act in accordance with the confidentiality obligations set out in Article 78. 6. By 2 August 2025, and once every two years thereafter, Member States shall report to the Commission on the status of the financial and human resources of the national competent authorities, with an assessment of their adequacy. The Commission shall transmit that information to the Board for discussion and possible recommendations. 7. The Commission shall facilitate the exchange of experience between national competent authorities. 8. National competent authorities may provide guidance and advice on the implementation of this Regulation, in particular to SMEs including start-ups, taking into account the guidance and advice of the Board and the Commission, as appropriate. Whenever national competent authorities intend to provide guidance and advice with regard to an AI system in areas covered by other Union law, the national competent authorities under that Union law shall be consulted, as appropriate. 9. Where Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies fall within the scope of this Regulation, the European Data Protection Supervisor shall act as the competent authority for their supervision. ## Guidance ### EDPB Work Programme 2026-2027 *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/125689* EDPB Work Programme 2026–2027 Adopted on 11 February 2026 EDPB Work Programme 2026-2027 2 The European Data Protection Board The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is an independent European body established by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The EDPB has the following main tasks: • Issuing opinions, guidelines, recommendations and best practices to promote a common understanding of the GDPR and the Law Enforcement Directive (LED); • Advising the European Commission on any… ### EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 1/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/53738* EDPB, EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 1/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI) ### EDPB Annual Report 2024 *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/50818* De EDPB heeft het Jaarraport van 2024 gepubliceerd. Met ook een handzame samenvatting voor degene die geen tijd hebben. Er wordt ook een lijst met zaken van enkele DPAs uitgekozen, waaruit ook het volgende tabelletje met cijfers kan worden gedestilleerd. ↓ (dit leest het beste op de website, mind... ### Report on the use of SPE external experts in 2024 *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/50659* European Data Protection Board, Report on the use of SPE external experts in 2024, 2025. ### Statement 6/2024 on the Second Report on the Application of the General Data Protection Regulation - Fostering Cross-Regulatory Consistency and Cooperation *EDPB — https://overview.legal/posts/125698* 1 Statement 6/2024 on the Second Report on the Application of the General Data Protection Regulation - Fostering Cross - Regulatory Consistency and Cooperation Adopted on 3 December 2024 Executive summary The European Data Protection Board welcomes the reports from the European Commission and the Fundamental Rights Agency and takes this opportunity to confirm several ongoing initiatives which would help address some recommendations on cooperation under the GDPR, the future R egulation laying… ## Related topics - **Authority Cooperation** — https://overview.legal/topics/cooperation-with-authorities-ai ## Legal Framework --- Generated by overview.legal · https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-70 · 2026-08-22