Regulation · directly applicable · CELEX 32026R1744
Digital Omnibus on AI (AI Omnibus)
Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI)
Official text: Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 of 8 July 2026 (Digital Omnibus on AI)Tier 1 · primary law
- Status
- In force as of 21 October 2026
- Competent authority
- not established in this dataset
- Sanction ceiling
- none recorded
The Commission's own label is 'Digital Omnibus on AI'; 'AI Omnibus' is the informal shorthand used in this brief. Re-evaluated 21 Oct 2026 (audit item 9): in force with no end of validity, per the Publications Office's metadata (Cellar SPARQL, read 21 Oct 2026). Its Art. 4, read in the Official Journal text from Cellar that day, has it enter into force on the third day following publication and sets no separate application date, so status:in-force is the whole of its status; the dates it sets are dates of the AI Act it amends. Only the status was re-read that day; the other fields were last re-read on 27 Aug 2026.
What does the Digital Omnibus on AI do?
Simplification of the AI Act, principally by deferring the high-risk tier.
How it allocates obligationsInherits the AI Act's.
- Regulated actor
- AI provider · AI deployer
- Protected party
- Affected person
- Territorial reach
- Established in the EU · Outside the EU, serving EU users
- Implementation model
- Directly applicable
- Enforcement mechanism
- Inherits the AI Act's.
What is this page based on? Evidence and sources
Every statement this site makes about AI Omnibus, graded by what actually carries it. The grade is derived from the claim type and its sources, never stored, so it cannot drift from what it describes.
The instrument record itself was last verified on 21 October 2026; every claim below carries its own date.
3 Primary law1 Official source1 Secondary only1 Attributed view1 Interpretation
Primary law law
The AI Omnibus delayed the AI Act's high-risk obligations by sixteen months for Annex III systems and twelve for Annex I product-embedded systems, while leaving prohibitions, GPAI duties and transparency close to the original schedule.
Tier 2 · regulator supports in part
AI Omnibus enters into force — European Commission 27 July 2026 Annex III high-risk from 2 December 2027; product-embedded high-risk from 2 August 2028
Primary law law
The AI Omnibus, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, entered into force on 27 July 2026, amending the AI Act.
Tier 2 · regulator states this
AI Omnibus enters into force — European Commission 27 July 2026 "On 27 July 2026, the AI Omnibus enters into force across the EU"
Primary law law
The AI Omnibus replaced Article 4 of the AI Act: providers and deployers must now take measures to support the development of AI literacy of their staff, and the obligation does not require them to guarantee any specific level of AI literacy — where the original text required measures to ensure a sufficient level.
Official source fact
The AI Omnibus was proposed on 19 November 2025; the Council adopted its general approach on 13 March 2026 and Parliament its mandate on 26 March 2026, by 569 votes to 45; agreement was reached on 7 May 2026; Parliament approved the text on 16 June and the Council on 29 June 2026.
Tier 2 · regulator states this
Legislative Train — Digital Omnibus on AI — European Parliament 2026 'The Council agreed its general approach on 13 March 2026. The co-legislators reached a trilogue agreement on the file on 7 May 2026'; 'Parliament's plenary approved the agreement on 16 June 2026 ... and the Council adopted the act on 29 June 2026'
Secondary only fact
The second political trilogue on the AI Omnibus, on 28 April 2026, ended without agreement after roughly twelve hours, over how the AI Act interlocks with existing sectoral product-safety law rather than over the delay itself.
Unverified · the brief itself states this
Original source document underlying this siteno link — The European Legal Framework for the Digital World (this brief) 19 August 2026 Part V
Attributed view attributed
The EDPB and EDPS adopted Joint Opinion 1/2026 on the AI Omnibus and Joint Opinion 2/2026 on the Data Omnibus, holding in the second that the personal-data definition change goes far beyond a targeted modification and would significantly narrow the concept, that the Art. 41a implementing-act power should not be entrusted to the Commission, and that Art. 88c is unnecessary.
Tier 2 · regulator states this
EDPB–EDPS Joint Opinion 2/2026 on the Digital Omnibus proposal — European Data Protection Board February 2026 Paras 17 ('significantly narrowing the concept of personal data') and 21 ('goes far beyond a targeted modification of the GDPR'); paras 23 and 25 (applying the definitions is for supervisory authorities; 'suggest deleting proposed Article 41a GDPR'); para 39 ('it is not necessary to add a specific provision to the GDPR on this point')
Interpretation interpretation
The November 2025 Digital Omnibus is an official concession that the rulebook the Union spent six years building requires structural repair before it has finished arriving.
Unverified · the brief itself states this
Original source document underlying this siteno link — The European Legal Framework for the Digital World (this brief) 19 August 2026 Part VIII
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