S.I. No. 366/2025 - European Union (Artificial Intelligence) (Designation) Regulations 2025

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th July, 2025.

I, PETER BURKE, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act), hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Artificial Intelligence) (Designation) Regulations 2025.

Interpretation

2. (1) In these Regulations –

“Artificial Intelligence Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 20241 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act);

“Marine Survey Office” means that part of the Department of Transport which is known by that name;

“Minister” means the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment.

(2) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and also used in the Artificial Intelligence Regulation has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in that Regulation.

(3) In these Regulations –

(a) a reference to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered of the Artificial Intelligence Regulation, and

(b) a reference to a numbered Annex is a reference to the Annex so numbered of the Artificial Intelligence Regulation.

Designation of national competent authorities

3. For the purposes of Article 70(1) –

(a) the Minister is designated as a national competent authority, and

(b) each of the following market surveillance authorities specified in the third column of the Schedule is designated as the national competent authority for the purpose of the point of Section A, Annex I specified in the second column of the Schedule opposite mention of the market surveillance authority concerned.

Designation of market surveillance authorities

4. (1) The Central Bank of Ireland is designated as the market surveillance authority for the purposes of Article 74(6).

(2) The Data Protection Commission is designated as the market surveillance authority for the purposes of Article 74(8).

Designation of notifying authorities

5. For the purposes of Article 28, the following bodies are designated as notifying authorities:

(a) in respect of Union harmonisation legislation listed in points 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10 of Section A, Annex I, the Minister;

(b) in respect of Union harmonisation legislation listed in points 3 and 8 of Section A, Annex I, the Minister for Transport;

(c) in respect of Union harmonisation legislation listed in points 11 and 12 of Section A, Annex I, the Health Products Regulatory Authority;

(d) in respect of Union harmonisation legislation listed in point 6 of Section A, Annex I, the Commission for Communications Regulation.

Designation of single point of contact

6. The Minister is designated as the single point of contact for the purposes of Article 70(2).

Schedule

Regulation 3

Reference Number (1)	Point of Section A, Annex I (2)	Market Surveillance Authority designated as National Competent Authority for the purposes of Article 70(1)(3)
1.	Point 1 (as regards machinery and machinery products used in the workplace)	Health and Safety Authority
2.	Point 2	Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
3.	Point 3	Marine Survey Office
4.	Point 4	Health and Safety Authority
5.	Point 5	Health and Safety Authority
6.	Point 6	Commission for Communications Regulation
7.	Point 7	Health and Safety Authority
8.	Point 8	Commission for Railway Regulation
9.	Point 9 (insofar as it relates to consumer products)	Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
10.	Point 9 (insofar as it relates to personal protective equipment in the workplace)	Health and Safety Authority
11.	Point 10 (insofar as it relates to domestic gas appliances)	Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
12.	Point 10 (insofar as it relates to non-domestic gas appliances)	Health and Safety Authority
13.	Point 11	Health Products Regulatory Authority
14.	Point 12	Health Products Regulatory Authority

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 July, 2025.

PETER BURKE,

Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment.