On 7 May 2026, Council and Parliament negotiators concluded a trilogue on the Digital Omnibus on AI. The agreement is provisional. Both co-legislators must still endorse and formally adopt the amended text. The European Commission proposed the package in late 2025. The targets are Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 and its compliance calendar.
The deal defers Annex III high-risk AI compliance to 2 December 2027. It defers Annex I product-embedded high-risk AI obligations to 2 August 2028. Watermarking duties for providers under Article 50(2) shift to 2 December 2026. Other Article 50 transparency duties apply from 2 August 2026 as scheduled. A new prohibition targets AI systems generating non-consensual intimate imagery and child sexual abuse material, with compliance due by 2 December 2026.
Providers of high-risk AI systems gain time to complete conformity assessments, technical documentation, and quality management. Deployers in regulated sectors retain transparency duties starting 2 August 2026. Operators of generative tools producing non-consensual intimate imagery must withdraw these services by 2 December 2026. Banks, insurers, employers, and public authorities using Annex III systems gain the deferral most directly.
The agreement is political. Final text depends on legal-linguistic review and formal votes in both institutions. Member State implementing measures, including designated market-surveillance authorities, sit at varying readiness. The codes of practice on general-purpose AI and on marking AI-generated content continue to evolve in parallel.
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Source: Council of the European Union, press release "Artificial intelligence: Council and Parliament agree to simplify and streamline rules", 7 May 2026, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2026/05/07/artificial-intelligence-council-and-parliament-agree-to-simplify-and-streamline-rules/, confirmed 14 May 2026.
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