The Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) shall carry out measures to promote innovation under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. It shall have, in particular, the following tasks:
providing general information and guidance on the application of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 for the operators addressed by the Regulation and future operators within the meaning of Article 3, point (8), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises, start-ups and public bodies within the meaning of section 2(1) and (2) of the Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz),
advising, at the request of a public body within the meaning of section 2(1) and (2) of the Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz), on the legal status of a machine-based system as an AI system under Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 or its classification as a high-risk AI system under Article 6(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, having regard to the specific individual case,
carrying out awareness-raising and training measures concerning Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 to promote innovation under Article 62(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689,
promoting the building and sharing of knowledge on artificial intelligence, in particular through the conduct of studies, analyses and specialist events, in so far as this is necessary for the performance of its tasks under this Act,
promoting the networking and cooperation of the relevant actors in the AI ecosystem around AI systems, within the scope of its tasks under this Act, and
making its expertise available also for the performance of the further tasks under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 relating to the promotion of innovation, in particular by participating in the technical standardisation of artificial intelligence in national and international standardisation bodies.
The performance of advisory tasks by the Federal Network Agency under the second sentence, point (2), presupposes an administrative agreement to be concluded between the Federal Network Agency and the competent federal or Land ministry. That agreement shall govern, in particular, the assumption of the financial and staffing costs by the federal or Land ministry responsible in each case. The Federal Network Agency shall publish the essential considerations underlying the outcome of its advice under the second sentence, point (2).