Distributed oversight model
Under the draft law, the Federal Network Agency will serve as the central coordinator, market surveillance authority, and the notifying body. The Bonn-based agency already coordinates Germany’s EU Digital Services Act implementation and supervises platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and X.
The draft law assigns AI oversight to established regulators, including the Federal Cartel Office, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), and data protection authorities at federal and state levels, the statement added.
“The supervisory map has changed shape. It is no longer sensible to think in terms of a single regulator relationship for AI,” said Sanchit Vir Gogia, chief analyst at Greyhound Research. “Germany has chosen to anchor coordination inside the Federal Network Agency. That gives the system a centre of gravity. But it has not centralised enforcement power in one place.”
