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Market surveillance authority

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The national authority designated to enforce the AI Act for products placed on its market, with powers to investigate, demand documentation and require corrective action.

Developed in
ch. 18, Who supervises what
Chapters
ch. 08, Regulatory Map · ch. 18, EU AI Act
Source
Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source

Where it is used

2 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

  • AI Office

    The European Commission body that supervises general-purpose AI and coordinates AI Act enforcement, with investigation powers and the ability to levy…

  • Testing in real-world conditions

    Under the EU AI Act, temporary testing of an AI system for its intended purpose outside a laboratory, under a plan approved by the market surveillance…

  • AI Act (EU)

    Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the EU's horizontal, risk-tiered law for AI, amended by the Digital Omnibus.

Sources

No external source: the term is coined or used in a specific sense by this Body of Knowledge, and the section linked under "Developed in" is its source.

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Market surveillance authority. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/market-surveillance-authority. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026marketsurveillanceauthority,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Market surveillance authority}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/market-surveillance-authority}
}