EU AI Act Omnibus Tracker
Wöchentlicher Digest der Omnibus-Vereinbarungen und benachbarter Regulierungsbewegungen — in einfacher Sprache, mit Quellenangaben, und mit konkreter "so what"-Aussage für KMU und Start-ups, die KI in der EU ausliefern.
Letztes Update:
Omnibus provisional deal: high-risk deadline shifts to Dec 2027, watermarking pulled forward to Dec 2026
The EU institutions reached a provisional political agreement on the AI Act Omnibus simplification package. The four headline changes most relevant for SMEs:
- Standalone high-risk AI compliance (Annex III systems) postponed from 2 August 2026 → 2 December 2027.
- AI embedded in sectoral products (medical devices, machinery, automotive): 2 August 2028.
- Article 50 watermarking + transparency obligations for AI-generated content moved forward to 2 December 2026 — alongside new bans on "nudifier" apps and AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
- SME + small mid-cap exemptions broadened: companies under 750 employees AND €150M turnover get reduced obligations on documentation, conformity assessment, and post-market monitoring. Processing personal data for bias detection is now explicitly permitted under safeguards.
Medical devices are not exempted from AI Act overlap — MDR/IVDR and the AI Act apply in parallel.
Was das für KMU bedeutet
Build plans previously calibrated to August 2026 should be re-baselined — but do not under-invest: the obligations are unchanged, the runway is just longer. If you ship generative AI to the EU market, the watermarking conformance question is now a Q4 2026 problem, not a 2027 one. SMEs should re-read Articles 9–15 with the new exemption envelope in hand; the gap to enterprise GRC suites just narrowed.
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