§ AI Act · DMA COMPARISON

AI Act vs DMA: Where They Overlap and Conflict

3 overlaps, 1 conflicts and 2 gaps mapped between AI Act and DMA in the Fontvera regulatory corpus.

Summary

AI Act and DMA both apply across European business activity, but they were drafted at different times with different policy goals. This page summarises every article-level crossref between the two in the Fontvera corpus.

3 overlaps mean the same conduct triggers obligations in both regimes — design controls once, document twice. 1 conflicts mean the two regulations push in opposite directions on a specific question. 2 gaps mean one regulation leaves something on a topic the other addresses.

Who this applies to
Compliance teams who need to map a single control framework onto both AI Act and DMA.
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§ Detail

In depth

Summary statistics

Overlaps: 3 · Conflicts: 1 · Gaps: 2

6 article-level crossrefs catalogued between AI Act and DMA from the Fontvera EU regulatory corpus. Article numbers are verbatim from the underlying obligation_crossrefs table; descriptions are extracted, not paraphrased.

All crossrefs between these regulations

Article (A)Article (B)TypeSeverityDescription
AI Act Art 101DMA Art 17overlaplow[entity affected: Commission] Both regulations require the Commission to communicate preliminary findings to the concerned entity (provider or gatekeeper) before adopting final decisions, ensuring pro
AI Act Art 101DMA Art 18overlaplow[entity affected: Commission] Both regulations mandate that the Commission communicate preliminary findings to the subject of the proceedings (provider or gatekeeper) as part of the enforcement proces
AI Act Art 100DMA Art 21overlapmedium[entity affected: Union institutions/Undertakings] Both regulations require entities to provide necessary information and access to data or files to the Commission or supervisory authorities during in
AI Act Art ?DMA Art ?gaphigh[entity affected: Gatekeepers using High-Risk AI] A gatekeeper deploying a high-risk AI system must comply with both AI Act safety requirements and DMA interoperability/fairness obligations, but neith
AI Act Art ?DMA Art ?gaphigh[entity affected: Providers of General-Purpose AI Models] General-purpose AI models used by gatekeepers may fall under both regulations, but there is no clear guidance on whether DMA's prohibition on
AI Act Art 18DMA Art 5conflictmedium[entity affected: Gatekeeper/Provider] AI Act requires providers to keep technical documentation and logs for 10 years, while DMA requires gatekeepers to provide real-time access to data and algorithm

Conflicts explained

The 1 article-level conflicts between AI Act and DMA mean a control that satisfies one can pull the wrong way on the other:

Which regulation takes precedence

EU law does not lay down a universal precedence rule between AI Act and DMA. In practice three resolution approaches apply: lex specialis (the more specific provision wins when both purport to govern the same conduct); regulator guidance (EDPB, EBA, ESMA and the AI Office have all issued joint readings on overlapping articles — check the most recent applicable opinion); and document the choice (when the regulations leave the call to the controller, the audit defence is your written reasoning, not the regulator's silence). Where the corpus surfaces a conflict rather than an overlap, treat that as an escalation path to legal — not a control-design question.

What this means for your compliance team

Treat the 3 overlaps as design opportunities — one control, two regulatory anchors. Treat the 1 conflicts as escalation paths to legal: the regulations themselves don't resolve them, you do, and you document the reasoning. The 2 gaps point at scenarios where one regulation is silent while the other speaks — assume the regulator who has the explicit rule will win.

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§ What Fontvera found

Documents in our corpus

eiopa EU Fetched 2026-04
Opinion on Artificial Intelligence governance and risk management
eurlex EU Fetched 2026-04
EUR-Lex: 32025R0454 (2025-03-07)
ai_office EU Fetched 2026-05
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