AI and data laws

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European UnionEuropean UnionLawRegulation (EU) 2026/1744 (COM(2025) 836, 2025/0359(COD))

Digital Omnibus on AI

Amends the AI Act to delay high-risk obligations to 2 December 2027 and 2 August 2028, extend SME relief to small mid-caps, simplify AI literacy and registration duties, widen AI Office oversight, and ban AI nudification and CSAM generation.

In forceIntroducedCommitteeFloorLawIn force

Enters into forceJul 27 3 months ago

Body
European Parliament and Council
Session
10th parliamentary term
Introduced
Nov 19, 2025
In effect since
Jul 273 months ago
Votes
Parliament 423-57-174 (final, 2026-06-16); Parliament 569-45-23 (position, 2026-03-26)

Timeline

  1. Aug 2, 2028 in 1 year

    AI Act high-risk rules for Annex I product systems scheduled to apply

  2. Dec 2, 2027 in 1 year

    AI Act high-risk rules for Annex III systems scheduled to apply

  3. Dec 2 in 3 weeks

    Ban on AI systems generating non-consensual intimate content and CSAM scheduled to apply

  4. Jul 27 3 months ago

    Enters into force

  5. Jul 24 3 months ago

    Published in the Official Journal as Regulation (EU) 2026/1744

  6. Jul 8 4 months ago

    Final act signed

  7. Jun 29 4 months ago

    Council adopts the act

  8. Jun 16 4 months ago

    Parliament adopts the agreed text at 1st reading, 423-57-174

  9. Jun 2 5 months ago

    IMCO and LIBE approve the text agreed in interinstitutional negotiations

  10. May 7 6 months ago

    Provisional political agreement reached in trilogue

  11. Mar 26 7 months ago

    Parliament adopts its amendments and negotiating position, 569-45-23

  12. Mar 18 7 months ago

    IMCO and LIBE joint committee vote

  13. Mar 13 8 months ago

    Council adopts its negotiating mandate

  14. Jan 19 9 months ago

    Referral to IMCO and LIBE announced in Parliament

  15. Nov 19, 2025 11 months ago

    Commission proposal published (COM(2025) 836) as part of the digital omnibus package

European Union
European UnionCOM(2026) 502 (2026/0138(COD))

Cloud and AI Development Act

Proposed regulation to speed up permitting and deployment of data centres, aim to at least triple EU data centre capacity, and create an EU-wide four-level cloud and AI sovereignty framework with a public sector procurement mechanism.

Proposed
European Union
European UnionRegulation (EU) 2024/1689

AI Act

Sets EU-wide risk-based rules for AI systems, banning certain practices, imposing requirements on high-risk systems, transparency duties for some AI, and obligations for general-purpose AI model providers.

In force
European Union
European UnionCouncil Regulation (EU) 2026/150

EuroHPC AI Gigafactories amendment

Amends the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking regulation to provide a legal basis for AI Gigafactories of more than 100,000 advanced AI processors and to expand quantum computing activities.

In force

Change log

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