The EU AI Act in Germany
The Act is Union law in Germany as everywhere else.
Drafted with AI help and checked against the official EU text before publishing.
The Act is Union law in Germany as everywhere else. From 29 July 2026 the Bundesnetzagentur is the default market-surveillance authority and the central contact point under the national KI-MIG. Literacy and transparency dates are the same as the rest of the Union.
A German statute organises who watches the market; it does not replace the Union duties or move the Union dates.
From 29 July 2026 the Bundesnetzagentur is the default market-surveillance authority and the central contact point under the national KI-MIG. The European Commission lists it as Germany's single point of contact (list last updated 7 September 2026). Some sectors keep their usual supervisor — for example BaFin in listed financial cases.
Literacy and chatbot-transparency stay on the Union dates. Article 50 requires a clear notice. It does not name German. Whether German consumer-language rules add a German-language chatbot notice is not verified here.
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What the law actually says
"Die Bundesnetzagentur ist die für die Einhaltung der Verordnung (EU) 2024/1689 zuständige Marktüberwachungsbehörde, soweit in diesem Gesetz nichts anderes bestimmt ist."
In English: "The Bundesnetzagentur is the market surveillance authority responsible for adherence to Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, unless otherwise provided in this Act."
— KI-MIG § 2(1) (Gesetz zur Marktüberwachung und Innovationsförderung von künstlicher Intelligenz) · gesetze-im-internet.deIn plain words
- The EU AI Act still supplies the duties. KI-MIG organises who watches the market in Germany.
- Some sectors keep their usual supervisor (for example BaFin in listed financial cases). A shop with a chatbot still starts with the Union text.
- Help and complaints route through the Bundesnetzagentur as the central contact point (KI-MIG § 6).
Who enforces it there
- KI-MIG entered into force on 29 July 2026 (Article 5 of the Act of 22 July 2026, BGBl. 2026 I Nr. 223).
- Bundesnetzagentur is the default market-surveillance authority (KI-MIG § 2(1)) and the single point of contact in the sense of Article 70(2) of the AI Act (KI-MIG § 6(1)).
- The European Commission lists the Bundesnetzagentur as Germany's single point of contact for market surveillance. That list was last updated on 7 September 2026.
- Official pages: gesetze-im-internet.de/ki-mig/ and bundesnetzagentur.de (press notice 29 July 2026).
Language obligations
- Article 50(5) of the AI Act requires notices to be clear and distinguishable by the first interaction. It does not name German as a required language.
- Whether German consumer-contract rules add a language duty on top is not settled on this page.
National additions
- KI-MIG is the national market-surveillance and contact-point law. It does not rewrite Article 4 or Article 50.
- Sector exceptions (finance, some product rules) are in KI-MIG § 2. A typical small shop is under the default Bundesnetzagentur line.
Where small businesses get help
- KI-MIG § 5 sets up a coordinating competence centre at the Bundesnetzagentur, including awareness-raising for the AI Act.
- Start with bundesnetzagentur.de and the Union text on eur-lex.europa.eu. This page is not a substitute for that desk.
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