Council and Parliament Reach Agreement on the Digital Omnibus Regulation on AI

The primary aim of the Omnibus Regulation is to simplify and adapt the provisions of the AI Regulation.
The trilogue agreement provides for a postponement of the implementation deadlines, so that the regulations for high-risk AI systems, as set out in Annex III of the AI Regulation, will not apply until December 2, 2027, and for AI systems embedded in products, not until August 2, 2028. One amendment that remained contentious until the very end concerns the exclusion of machinery products from the scope of the AI Regulation. In the future, AI systems in machinery will be subject only to the relevant sector-specific regulations. In addition, it is envisaged that the Commission will specify further machinery-related safety and health protection requirements in this regard by means of a delegated act. Furthermore, the Digital Omnibus Regulation on AI introduces new obligations for labeling AI-generated content as well as a ban on so-called “nudifier apps.”
The relevant committees and the plenary session of the European Parliament have already approved the compromise text. The Council must still formally confirm the outcome of the trilogue; a vote on this is scheduled for the Council meeting on June 29, 2026. The regulation will then be published in the Official Journal and is set to enter into force just three days later. To ensure that the postponement of the application deadlines takes effect in a timely manner, this must occur before August 2, 2026.