# EU AI Act Omnibus VII

**Type:** Regulatory amendment package  
**Status:** Adopted by Council March 13, 2026; Parliament committees March 18, plenary March 26; trilogue target April 28, 2026  
**Domain:** AI governance, regulatory simplification  

## Overview

Omnibus VII is a simplification package amending the EU AI Act (adopted June 2024). The package delays high-risk AI system compliance deadlines by 16 months, justified by the Commission's assessment that needed standards and tools are not yet available.

## Key Provisions

- **High-risk AI systems (stand-alone):** Compliance delayed from 2025 to December 2, 2027
- **High-risk AI systems (embedded in products):** Compliance delayed to August 2, 2028
- **New prohibition:** Non-consensual intimate imagery / CSAM
- **AI regulatory sandboxes:** Establishment deadline extended to December 2, 2027
- **EU AI Office:** Supervisory competence clarified over GPAI model-based systems

## Timeline

- **2024-06** — EU AI Act adopted
- **2025-02** — Prohibited practices obligations applied
- **2025-08** — GPAI obligations applied
- **2026-03-13** — Council adopts Omnibus VII negotiating position
- **2026-03-18** — Parliament committees adopt position
- **2026-03-26** — Parliament plenary confirms position
- **2026-04-28** — Target date for final trilogue agreement

## Governance Context

Omnibus VII was adopted two days after the EU ratified the CoE AI Framework Convention (March 11, 2026), creating a form-substance divergence where international treaty commitments advanced while domestic compliance requirements retreated. The national security exclusion (Article 2.3) remains intact while commercial compliance is delayed.