Sin­gle point of con­tact (Single Point of Contact)

• Tasks

The single point of contact serves as the central contact point for the AI Office established within the European Commission and for the EU Member States’ competent authorities, in particular the notifying authorities and the market surveillance authorities. The single points of contact in the 27 Member States will collectively support the effective implementation and application of the AI Act across the internal market.

Tasks

Unless decided otherwise by the new federal government or by the legislature in legislation implementing the AI Act, the single point of contact will have the following tasks:

• collecting information from market surveillance and notifying authorities comprising details of tasks, electronic contact details and details of contact persons and a representative acting as a direct contact point;
• providing the electronic contact details of market surveillance and notifying authorities;
• communicating the identity, tasks and electronic contact details of market surveillance and notifying authorities, as well as any subsequent changes, to the European Commission;
• processing information from the AI Office and other counterparts at Member State and EU level;
• fulfilling the reporting obligations under the AI Act, where market surveillance and notifying authorities do not report direct.