What France has done nationally under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744: the accompanying law, which bodies it has designated as market surveillance authority, single point of contact and notifying authority, its Article 99 penalty regime, whether an Article 57 regulatory sandbox exists (the deadline is 2 August 2027), and any national guidance that reaches courts, law firms or legal-AI deployers. Each row is dated and sourced to the gazette, parliament or authority; titles in the original language are quoted, English titles marked where translated by us.
DGE and DGCCRF publish the draft designation of national authoritiestranslated
La DGE et la DGCCRF publient le projet de désignation des autorités nationales
Authority: DGE, DGCCRF, CNIL and sector authorities — market surveillance authority, single point of contact, notifying authority
The French government published a proposed AI Act governance scheme coordinated by DGE and DGCCRF and using existing sector regulators. The notice says the scheme still needs to be submitted to Parliament via a bill.
“"Ce schéma doit être soumis au Parlement"”
Authority designation · 2025-09-09 · announced
Coordination and single point of contacttranslated
Coordination et point de contact unique
Authority: DGCCRF — market surveillance authority, single point of contact
The detailed French government page assigns DGCCRF operational coordination of market-surveillance authorities and the Article 70(2) single point of contact role under the proposed scheme.
“"jouera à ce titre le rôle de point de contact unique"”
Authority designation · 2025-09-09 · announced
National Commission for Informatics and Liberties (CNIL)translated
Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL)
France’s proposed scheme gives CNIL extensive supervision for prohibited practices, transparency and many Annex III high-risk areas, including biometrics, employment, law-enforcement, migration and democratic processes.
“"la CNIL sera chargée du contrôle des systèmes d’IA"”
Authority designation · 2025-09-09 · announced
Administration of justicetranslated
Administration de la justice
Authority: Conseil d’État, Cour de cassation, Cour des comptes, CNIL — market surveillance authority
The proposed French authority matrix assigns specified justice-administration AI systems to the Conseil d’État, Cour de cassation and Cour des comptes, with CNIL handling other justice-related AI categories.
“"Administration de la justice : Conseil d’État, Cour de cassation, Cour des comptes"”
Guidance reaching legal practice
Guidance for deployers · 2025-09-09 · operational
European regulation on artificial intelligencetranslated
Règlement européen sur l’intelligence artificielle
Authority: DGE/DGCCRF
The French government guidance explains that regulated companies should generally deal with their usual sector regulator for AI Act implementation under the proposed decentralised authority model.
“"si une entreprise est déjà régulée sur son secteur"”
Authorities in the EU dataset
Not designated in Commission list— single-point-of-contact (not yet designated)source
France and the AI Act
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