Who will monitor compliance with the AI Act in the Republic of Slovenia?
In the Republic of Slovenia, the legislator has assigned the supervision of the provisions of the AI Act to five market surveillance authorities, namely:
- The Agency for Communication Networks and Services of the Republic of Slovenia
- the Information Commissioner,
- the Bank of Slovenia;
- Insurance Supervision Agency;
- The Market Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia.
Relevant Articles: 6 (ZIUDHPUI).
How are the other competences for the implementation of the Artificial Intelligence Act in the Republic of Slovenia divided?
In the RS, according to the Act implementing Regulation (EU) laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (ZIUDHPUI), the competences for the implementation of the AI Act, excluding market surveillance authorities, are dispersed among several public sector bodies.
Notifying authorities for Section A, Annex I of the AI Act:
- Ministry responsible for the market,
- Ministry responsible for infrastructure,
- Ministry responsible for Health.
Notifying authority for Annex III of the AI Act, point 1:
- Ministry for Digital Transformation.
Assessment and monitoring of conformity assessment bodies:
- Slovenian Accreditation Service.
Relevant Articles: 3, 4, 5 (ZIUDHPUI)
Which areas of the Act is the Agency responsible for monitoring?
The Agency is responsible for supervision:
- High-risk AI systems related to products covered by the Union harmonisation legislation listed in Section A of Annex I
- High-risk AI systems listed in Annex III:
- point 2 (critical infrastructure),
- point 4 (recruitment, management of workers and access to self-employment),
- point 5a (AI systems intended to be used by public authorities or on behalf of public authorities to evaluate the eligibility of natural persons for essential public assistance benefits and services, including healthcare services, as well as to grant, reduce, revoke, or reclaim such benefits and services) and point 5d (AI systems intended to evaluate and classify emergency calls by natural persons or to be used to dispatch, or to establish priority in the dispatching of, emergency first response services, including by police, firefighters and medical aid, as well as emergency healthcare patient triage systems),
- Article 50 (transparency obligations for providers and deployers of certain AI systems)
Relevant Articles: 50, Annex I, Annex III and 10(5) (ZIUDHPUI).