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European Union: European Parliament and Council of the EU reached provisional agreement on Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation including artificial intelligence authority governance

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European Parliament and Council of the EU reached provisional agreement on Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation including artificial intelligence authority governance

On 7 May 2026, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached a provisional agreement on the Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation. The Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation would clarify the competences of the AI Office for supervising AI systems …

Scope

Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Artificial Intelligence authority governance
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2025-11-19
under deliberation

On 19 November 2025, the European Commission announced a Proposal for the Digital Omnibus on AI Reg…

2026-05-07
under deliberation

On 7 May 2026, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached a provisional agreement on…

2026-06-16
under deliberation

On 16 June 2026, the European Parliament passed a Regulation on the simplification of the implement…

2026-06-29
adopted

On 29 June 2026, the Council of the European Union adopted the Regulation on the simplification of …

2026-07-27
in grace period

On 27 July 2026, the Regulation on the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on …

2026-08-02
in force

On 2 August 2026, the AI Office's exclusive competence and enforcement toolkit, introduced by the R…