This page provides continuous monitoring of the proposed Digital Omnibus initiative. It maps legislative developments, institutional negotiations and systemic implications within the broader EU digital regulatory framework.
Last updated: 24 July 2026
1. Key regulatory scope
| Proposal | Objects |
| Prosal Digital Omnibus, COM(2025) 837 | The purpose is to simplify, consolidate and modernise the EU’s data, privacy, cybersecurity and platform rules. |
| Proposal Digital Omnibus on AI, COM(2025) 836 | The focus here is exclusively on the practical implementation of the AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689), which has revealed structural challenges even before its core provisions become applicable. |
2. Legislative Status
Digital Omnibus, COM(2025) 837
- Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2018/1724, (EU) 2018/1725, (EU) 2023/2854 and Directives 2002/58/EC, (EU) 2022/2555 and (EU) 2022/2557 as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2018/1807, (EU) 2019/1150, (EU) 2022/868, and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 (Digital Omnibus)
- Draft Opinion JURI Commission, 5 June 2026 DRAFT
- Draft report on the Omnibus, by the rapporteurs Aurora Salla and Marina Kaljurand ( Commitee on Industry, Research and Energy, Commitee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) DRAFT
Digital Omnibus on AI, COM(2025) 836
- Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689 and (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)
- Draft report on the Omnibus on AI, by the rapporteurs Arba Kokalari and Michael McNamara (Commitee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Commitee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) DRAFT
- Amendments tabled in Committee (to read the amendments, click on the link, then visit the section named “Documentation Gateaway”)DRAFT
- Opinion by the Commitee on Culture and Education
- Opinion by the Committee on Legal Affairs
- Council of the European Union negotiating mandate, 13/03/2026
- Final Compromise Amendments approved in commissions, on 18/03/2026
- Text adopted in Parliament’s plenary, containing the MEPs’ amendments to the Omnibus on AI, 26th of March 2026.
- European Parliament plenary legislative resolution on the Digital Omnibus on AI, text adopted, 16 June 2026
- Council of the European Union final approval, conclusion of the legislative process, 29 June 2026
- Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, 24 July 2026
3.Key developments
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- EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 2/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework (Digital Omnibus), 11 February 2026
- Legislative train schedule (Digital Omnibus) – official website
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- EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 1/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI), 21 January 2026
- Legislative train schedule (Digital Omnibus on AI) – official website
- Agreement between the Parliament and the Council of the EU (press release), 7 May 2026
- Agreement between the Parliament and the Council of the EU, text version of the 13 May 2026
- Vote of the IMCO and LIBE Comittees on the on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations (approved), 02 June 2026
- European Parliament plenary legislative resolution on the Digital Omnibus on AI, text adopted, 16 June 2026
- Council of the European Union final approval, conclusion of the legislative process, 29 June 2026
- Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, 24 July 2026
4. Our analysis
- Comment on the EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 2/2026, Luigi Muraca for Medialaws
- Comment on the EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 1/2026, Omayma Brahmi for Medialaws
5. Other useful documents
- Staff Working Document accompanying the Proposal
- Opinion by the European Economic and Social Commitee
- Study prepared at the request of the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
- Document by the Italian Parliament (Camera dei deputati, 14th commission) on the Omnibus package, 24 February 2026
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- Opinion by the ‘Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommate” (BEUC)
- Opinion of the European Central Bank on a proposed regulation as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework, 10 March 2026
- EDPB Annual Report 2025, 9 April 2026
- Committee of the Regions: opinion, 7 May 2026
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