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European Union: European Parliament passed Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation (2025/0359) including testing requirements for "high-risk AI systems"

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European Parliament passed Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation (2025/0359) including testing requirements for "high-risk AI systems"

On 16 June 2026, the European Parliament passed a Regulation on the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation). The vote passed with 423 votes in favour, 57 against, and 174…

Scope

Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Testing requirement
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 proposed targeted simplification measures to amend the…

2026-05-07
under deliberation

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

2026-05-13
under deliberation

On 13 May 2026, the Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) of the Council of the European Un…

2026-06-16
under deliberation

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