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title: "Market surveillance authority"
description: "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."
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/market-surveillance-authority
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
version: "0.5.0"
updated: 2026-09-24
---

# Market surveillance authority

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](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/eu-ai-act#who-supervises-what)
- Chapters: [ch. 08, Regulatory Map](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/regulatory-map) · [ch. 18, EU AI Act](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/eu-ai-act)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-market-surveillance-authority

## Sources

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