EU AI Act News & Analysis
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Council and Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on the Digital Omnibus on AI in the early hours of Thursday 7 May 2026, nine days after the 28 April trilogue collapsed. Annex III high-risk obligations move to 2 December 2027 (16-month deferral); Annex I to 2 August 2028; Article 50(2) watermarking to 2 December 2026; new Article 5 prohibition on AI generating CSAM/NCII by 2 December 2026. Full analysis of what changed and what survived.
Read analysis →Germany passed its national implementation law (KI-VO Durchführungsgesetz) on 11 February 2026. Ireland chose a distributed 15-authority model. France, Spain, and Italy have opted for hybrid frameworks. This tracker maps what every Member State has done so far, and the compliance implications for providers and deployers operating cross-border.
Read tracker →The 7 May 2026 Omnibus deal deferred Annex III to 2 December 2027, but Article 50 transparency obligations (most parts), Article 49 EU database registration, GPAI enforcement, and national MSA powers still apply from 2 August 2026 as enacted. Plus what's new 2 December 2026 (watermarking + CSAM/NCII ban). The work plan compliance teams need now.
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