The EU Council presidency and European Parliament neobtainediators have finalised a provisional agreement to simplify the EU’s AI regulations as part of the ‘Omnibus VII’ package, easing the digital legislative framework, it was announced on Thursday.
Deputy Minister of European Affairs Marilena Raouna welcomed the breakthrough: “Today’s agreement on the AI Act significantly supports our companies by reducing recurring administrative costs. It ensures legal certainty and a smoother and more harmonised implementation of the rules across the Union, strengthening EU’s digital sovereignty and overall competitiveness. At the same time, we are stepping up the protection of children tarobtaining risks linked to the AI systems.”
The deal bans AI generation of non-consensual sexual or intimate content and child sexual abutilize material (CSAM). It delays high-risk AI rules until standards are ready, mandates provider registration for exempt systems, tightens bias-detection data rules, postpones national AI sandboxes, and shortens transparency deadlines for generated content.
Clarifications bolster the AI Office’s role while respecting national powers in law enforcement and finance. To resolve overlaps with sector laws like machinery and medical devices, it limits AI Act scope, exempts machinery regulations, and requires Commission guidance to minimize business burdens. SME exemptions now cover compact mid-caps too.
Thursday’s provisional agreement must be now concludeorsed by the Council and the European Parliament before being submitted to a legal/linguistic revision with a view to the formal adoption of the legislative act by the co-legislators in the coming weeks.
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