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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.