EU digital omnibus in force: high-risk AI rules pushed back to December 2027
The Council of the EU gave final approval to the digital omnibus on AI on 29 June 2026, which according to the sources entered into force on 27 July. The deadline for high-risk systems moves to December 2027, but the package also brings a new prohibition and a new GDPR legal basis for bias detection.
Who is affected and how
- corporate lawyer
- Contract and compliance projects for high-risk AI systems must be rescheduled to the new deadlines.
- compliance specialist
- The compliance roadmap must be updated, separating postponed obligations from those that are already live.
- lawyer
- AI Act advice to clients must be based on the new deadlines and the newly introduced prohibition.
Sources
- EU Digital Omnibus: What the AI Act Delay Means for KYC | Joinblejoinble.io · Aug 10, 2026
- What August 2 Actually Means: The EU AI Act After the Digital Omnibus – Center for Cyber Diplomacy and International Securitycybercenter.space · Aug 11, 2026
- EU AI Act Digital Omnibus: What Changed for Insurersaideliverybrief.substack.com · Aug 11, 2026
- EU AI Act Digital Omnibus: What Changed in 2026 | Adeptiv AIadeptiv.ai · Aug 12, 2026
- The Digital Omnibus on AI: What Actually Changed and What Teams Should Do Now | Content Hubhumanxai.events · Aug 12, 2026
- EU AI Act High-Risk Rules Delayed to December 2027transportmanagement.org · Aug 10, 2026
- EU AI Act High-Risk Deadline Moved to December 2027sakaradigital.com · Aug 13, 2026
- The AI Act deadline moved. Your timetable probably hasn't.blog.digitalregs.com · Aug 13, 2026
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