The deferral becomes law
The Council and the European Parliament reached political agreement on 7 May 2026; the amending act was published in the Official Journal on 24 July 2026 and entered into force on 27 July 2026. Transparency duties and the AI literacy obligation kept their original dates. As of August 2026 this is the operative position.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- European Union Artificial Intelligence Act · regulation · European Union · not located
Evidence
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The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act and its 2026 Digital Omnibus amendment
The AI Act entered into force on 1 August 2024 with staged application. The Digital Omnibus on AI, published 19 November 2025, proposed deferring the high-risk compliance deadline from 2 August 2026; the Council and Parliament reached political agreement on 7 May 2026; the amending act was published in the Official Journal on 24 July 2026 and entered into force on 27 July 2026, deferring Annex III stand-alone high-risk obligations to 2 December 2027 and Annex I embedded-system obligations to 2 August 2028, while transparency rules and the AI literacy duty retained their original timeline. V55 verification basis: neither the Official Journal nor the Council page was fetched. The dates and the substance were carried in search results attributing them to the Council's May 2026 press release and to law-firm and specialist briefings on the Omnibus; the Official Journal citation number of the amending act was NOT retrieved and the regulation number given in this record's title should be confirmed by a curator before publication.
European Union — European Commission, Council of the European Union, European Parliament · 2024-08-01 to 2026-07-27 · Partly verified
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act, in force 1 August 2024; European Commission Digital Omnibus on AI, 19 November 2025; Council of the EU press release, "Artificial Intelligence: Council and Parliament agree to simplify and streamline rules", 7 May 2026, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2026/05/07/ ; the amending act published in the Official Journal 24 July 2026 and in force 27 July 2026
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