Regulation Tracker / EU AI Act / national implementation
What Romania 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.
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National implementing act · 2026-07-24 · draft
ANCOM states that Romania still needs national legislation to establish the AI Act implementation framework, including competent market surveillance authorities, cooperation mechanisms, sanctioning procedure and sanctions. The competent authorities were working on draft legislation.
“"national legislation needs to be adopted"”
Authority designation · 2024-11-13 · designated
Lista autorităților publice naționale ... art. 77 al Regulamentului privind Inteligența Artificială
Authority: Avocatul Poporului; ANPC; CNCD; ANSPDCP; and other listed authorities — fundamental-rights authority
ADR publishes Romania's Article 77 list of national authorities notified to the Commission for fundamental-rights protection in relation to high-risk AI systems, including the Ombudsman, consumer, equality, data-protection, child-rights, labour, audiovisual and electoral bodies.
“"lista autorităților pe care România le-a notificat Comisiei Europene"”
Authority designation · designated
Guvernanță
Authority: Autoritatea Națională pentru Administrare și Reglementare în Comunicații — market surveillance authority, single point of contact
ANCOM's AI governance page says a Romanian Government memorandum identified ANCOM as market surveillance authority and national single contact point for the AI Regulation, alongside sector authorities for finance and data-protection-sensitive high-risk uses.
“"ANCOM – autoritate de supraveghere a pieței și punct național unic de contact"”
Authority designation · designated
Guvernanță
Authority: Autoritatea pentru Digitalizarea României — notifying authority
ANCOM's governance page states that the Authority for the Digitalization of Romania was designated by memorandum as national notifying authority responsible for assessment, designation, notification and monitoring procedures for AI conformity-assessment bodies.
“"Autoritatea pentru Digitalizarea României a fost desemnată ... autoritate de notificare"”
Authority designation · designated
Guvernanță
Authority: Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal — market surveillance authority
ANCOM states that Romania's data-protection authority is identified for high-risk AI systems in biometrics for law enforcement, border management, justice and democracy, as well as law enforcement, migration, asylum, border-control, justice and democratic processes.
“"în domeniul administrării justiției și a proceselor democratice"”
Penalty regime (Art. 99) · 2026-07-24 · draft
ANCOM states that Romania's national implementing legislation will establish the sanctioning procedure and sanctions for AI Act infringements. It says ANCOM and other authorities can sanction non-compliance only after that legislation enters into force.
ANCOM says sanctions and sanctioning procedure will be set by national implementing legislation currently being drafted.
“"the sanctioning procedure and the system of sanctions"”
Romania and the AI Act
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