Digital Omnibus

What is the Digital Omnibus?

The Digital Omnibus is an EU legislative package that amends several existing digital laws—including the AI Act—through a single legislative procedure. “Digital Omnibus” is not the official title of a single law, but a commonly used collective term for this package of amendments. “Omnibus” refers to the legislative procedure itself: instead of revising each affected law individually, the amendments are bundled together and adopted in a single process.

How it changes the AI Act

The Digital Omnibus primarily postpones the deadlines for High-Risk AI obligations and reduces administrative requirements, particularly for smaller companies. It was finally approved by the Council of the European Union on June 29, 2026, published in the Official Journal on July 24, 2026, and entered into force on July 27, 2026.

Why such a legislative package exists

Bringing individual amendments through the EU legislative process one by one is slow and time-consuming. An omnibus procedure combines several, often closely related amendments into a single legislative process. This can speed up adoption, but it also makes it more difficult to trace individual changes because they are distributed across several laws within a single document.

Practical significance

Changes to the AI Act are maintained in the AI Act entry. This entry explains the legislative procedure, not the content of the individual amendments. That remains true even if a future omnibus package changes aspects of the AI Act other than deadlines.

Further reading

Related terms

→ AI Act
→ High-Risk AI