15/10/2026
Three months after the Digital Omnibus on AI, where do we stand?
Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 has been in force since 27 July 2026. It is the first amendment to the AI Act, and the message has not changed: deadlines move, obligations stay.
📌 High-risk obligations are postponed, not removed: 2 December 2027 for Annex III systems, 2 August 2028 for Annex I.
📌 Prohibited practices and GPAI obligations already apply. Since 2 August 2026, so do the Article 50 transparency duties, now backed by final Commission guidelines and an approved Code of Practice.
📌 AI literacy (Article 4) is now an obligation of effort, not of result. Training still needs to happen, and to be documented.
📌 SME relief extends to small mid-caps.
📌 “Agentic AI” appears in the AI Act only as a notified-body code, not as a legal definition.
What is still open: the other half of the Digital Omnibus, on GDPR, cookies and the Data Act, is stuck in the Council. Only the AI part is law today.
Next date in the calendar: 2 December 2026, when two new prohibitions apply and machine-readable marking becomes mandatory for systems already on the market.
In the carousel, the key changes at a glance.
👉 Full analysis on our blog: https://www.datavalleyconsulting.com/en/post/the-digital-omnibus-on-ai-what-regulation-eu-2026-1744-actually-changes