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European Union: Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation introducing AI Office's exclusive competence and enforcement toolkit becomes applicable

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Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation introducing AI Office's exclusive competence and enforcement toolkit becomes applicable

On 2 August 2026, the AI Office's exclusive competence and enforcement toolkit, introduced by the Regulation on the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation), become applic…

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
executive
Government Body
central government

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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…