On 24 January 2024, the European Commission announced the establishment of the European Artificial Intelligence Office (“AI Office”), a pivotal component of the governance and enforcement framework of the forthcoming AI Act. This decision to establish the office will enter into force on 21 February 2024.

With a provisional agreement on the Act reached in December 2023, the Commission’s establishment of the AI Office comes before the formal adoption of the EU AI Act, which is expected to happen in the upcoming months. This was a deliberate move from the commission to allow for the preparation of the implementation of the forthcoming AI Act as soon as possible, once formally adopted.