Gesetz zur Marktüberwachung und Innovationsförderung von künstlicher Intelligenz (KI-MIG), AI Market Surveillance and Innovation Promotion Act
Gesetz zur Marktüberwachung und Innovationsförderung von künstlicher Intelligenz (KI-Marktüberwachungs-und-Innovationsförderungs-Gesetz… KI-MIG), §§ 2, 6, 8, 13, 15, 16
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In force 49 days, effective 29 July 2026.
An AI governance rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Expect the Bundesnetzagentur to be Germany's central market surveillance authority, single point of contact, and central complaints office under the EU AI Act, unless your AI system is directly tied to a regulated financial activity that the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht already supervises, in which case expect that authority instead.
- Provide any information or documentation a market surveillance or notifying authority requests under Article 21 or Article 45, carry out or update the fundamental rights impact assessment Article 27 requires, and give an affected person the explanation Article 86 requires when you operate a high-risk AI system for one of the purposes Annex III lists: failing to do so can carry a German administrative fine of up to 50,000 euros, separate from the Regulation's own fines.
- Expect a fine for a substantive EU AI Act violation, such as a prohibited practice or a transparency failure, to be pursued in Germany through the same national administrative-offense procedure, at the amount the Regulation itself sets.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionNo
Penalty structure
This is KI-MIG's own national administrative fine, reaching only the specific national duties this instrument's summary lists: failing to inform or document under Article 21, failing to carry out or update a fundamental rights impact assessment under Article 27, failing to inform a notifying body under Article 45, or failing to explain a decision to an affected person under Article 86.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 6 September 2026
- Currency
- EUR
- Fixed cap
- 50,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The Bundesnetzagentur is Germany's central market surveillance authority for the EU AI Act, except that the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht is the market surveillance authority for an AI system directly connected to a regulated financial activity carried out by a financial undertaking it already supervises, and a competent Land authority is the market surveillance authority where a Land public body, or a broadcaster or media service provider, deploys an AI system for a journalistic or advertising purpose.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Governance, Reporting
Who checks it
Audit expectation
on_request
Who audits it
Regulator
What this law does
Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.
KI-MIG names the Bundesnetzagentur as Germany's central market surveillance authority for the EU AI Act. The Bundesnetzagentur is also the Regulation's single point of contact under Article 70. The Bundesnetzagentur is the Regulation's central complaints office under Article 85. The Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht is instead the market surveillance authority for an AI system that a regulated financial undertaking it already supervises places on the market.
A competent Land authority is the market surveillance authority instead where a Land public body deploys an AI system. A competent Land authority is also the market surveillance authority where a broadcaster or media service provider deploys an AI system for a journalistic or advertising purpose. A person who fails to carry out or update the fundamental rights impact assessment that Article 27 requires commits a national administrative offense.
The operator of a high-risk AI system who fails to give an affected person the explanation Article 86 requires commits the same national administrative offense. That administrative offense is punishable by a fine of up to 50,000 euros. A violation of the Regulation under Article 99(3) to (5) is instead prosecuted in Germany through the OWiG administrative-offense procedure. The Bundesnetzagentur separately operates at least one KI-Reallabor, an AI regulatory sandbox, under Articles 57 and 58.
When LexLint raises it
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