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Commission proposes Digital Omnibus to tie AI Act high-risk dates to standards

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Source: European Commission press release IP/25/2718Also reported by European Commission: Digital Omnibus on AI Regulation Proposal

The European Commission proposed a digital package on 19 November 2025, including a Digital Omnibus on AI. It would link the start of high-risk AI rules to the availability of standards and support tools, extend SME simplifications to small mid-caps, add an EU-level sandbox from 2028 and centralise oversight of AI systems built on general-purpose models in the AI Office. A separate omnibus proposed targeted GDPR changes; the Commission estimated savings of up to €5 billion in administrative costs by 2029.

Why it matters

Providers of high-risk AI faced uncertainty over 2026 deadlines until the omnibus passed in 2026 with high-risk duties moved to 2027-28.

When
19 Nov 2025
ID
WTA-N-2025-0076
Who
European Commission, AI Office
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Summary by wheresthe.ai, from European Commission press release IP/25/2718 and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at European Commission press release IP/25/2718

Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Next stop on this Storyline: What happened nextEU pushes AI Act duties for hiring and workplace AI back to December 2027

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WTA-N-2025-0076: “Commission proposes Digital Omnibus to tie AI Act high-risk dates to standards.” wheresthe.ai, 19 Nov 2025. https://wheresthe.ai/d/eu-digital-omnibus-ai-proposal-2025-11/ (source: European Commission press release IP/25/2718).

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