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Analysis of what's moving in EU AI regulation — every piece resolves to the articles and datasets it touches. Editorial, clearly separated from the legal record.
FEATURED · STANDARDSJUL 17, 2026 Published is not cited: the conformity gap users keep falling into The months between a standard's publication and its Official Journal citation are a live source of error. refs: Art. 40 · Art. 41by the euaicompliant desk
Transparency JUL 16, 2026 Legacy generative systems get until December 2 to carry the mark New generative output must be marked from August 2; pre-existing systems get a short transition. refs: Art. 50 · Art. 113 Penalties JUL 15, 2026 The penalty regime goes live on August 2 — what is actually enforceable From next month authorities can fine, even though most high-risk duties are more than a year away. refs: Art. 99 · Art. 113 Omnibus JUL 14, 2026 The Article 6(3) exemption returns with a registration string attached The Omnibus reinstated a lighter registration step for systems judged not high-risk under the exemption. refs: Art. 6 · Art. 49 GPAI JUL 12, 2026 One year of GPAI rules: what signing the Code of Practice bought The general-purpose AI obligations have run for twelve months; enforcement powers arrive in August. refs: Art. 53 · Art. 55 Standards JUL 10, 2026 Standards on the fast track: JTC 21's Q4 target and what conformity presumes CEN-CENELEC is skipping formal votes to land the first harmonised standards this year. refs: Art. 40 · prEN 18286 Enforcement JUL 8, 2026 The notified-body bottleneck: capacity for high-risk assessment is thin The AI conformity-assessment ecosystem is still being built, echoing the MDR and IVDR experience. refs: Art. 35 · Annex VI Prohibitions JUL 6, 2026 The prohibition nobody planned for: NCII and CSAM safeguards due December 2 The Omnibus added a prohibited practice with a five-month fuse, aimed at generative systems. refs: Art. 5 · COM(2025) 836 Omnibus JUL 3, 2026 Two calendars, one regulation: why most compliance schedules are now wrong The Omnibus struck through dates that vendors and law firms had already baked into their roadmaps. refs: Art. 113 · COM(2025) 836 Obligations JUL 1, 2026 Fine-tune and you may become the provider: the Article 25 role-shift Modifying a bought-in system can move the heavier compliance burden onto the deployer. refs: Art. 25 Omnibus JUN 29, 2026 The Digital Omnibus on AI is adopted — the compliance calendar just moved Parliament and Council have signed off the reform that resets the high-risk timeline while leaving August 2 untouched. refs: COM(2025) 836 · Council 9247/26 Enforcement JUN 26, 2026 Who enforces the Act in your country: the designation map, one year late Roughly a third of Member States are fully designated; the rest of the map is still filling in. refs: Art. 70 · Art. 77 High-risk JUN 12, 2026 Sixteen extra months, not a pause: sequencing high-risk to December 2027 Conformity work runs 12 to 18 months and the standards land Q4 2026 — the runway is tighter than it reads. refs: Art. 43 · Art. 113 Transparency JUN 10, 2026 The Transparency Code of Practice is final — the Article 50 playbook The Commission-backed code for AI-generated content is published and signable ahead of the August deadline. refs: Art. 50 · Transparency Code of Practice