Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)

2025/0359(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure

Procedure 2025/0359(COD) (ordinary legislative procedure) concerns “Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)”; the committee responsible is IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection). Completed: Published in the Official Journal on 24 Jul 2026. Parliament held roll-call votes on 2 days, most recently on 16 Jun 2026 (final vote): adopted with 423 votes in favour, 57 against and 174 abstentions.

Reference
2025/0359(COD)
Type
Ordinary legislative procedure
Official title
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)
Status
Completed, 1st reading
Lead
IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection
LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Opinion
CULT Culture and Education (opinion: Emma Rafowicz (S&D, France))
ITRE Industry, Research and Energy
JURI Legal Affairs (opinion: Sergey Lagodinsky (Greens/EFA, Germany))
TRAN Transport and Tourism (opinion: Vivien Costanzo (S&D, Germany))
Budgetary assessment
BUDG Budgets
Rapporteurs
Arba Kokalari (EPP, Sweden), Michael McNamara (Renew, Ireland)
Shadow rapporteurs
Leila Chaibi (The Left, France), Pernando Barrena Arza (The Left, Spain), Kim Van Sparrentak (Greens/EFA, Netherlands), Markéta Gregorová (Greens/EFA, Czechia), Brando Benifei (S&D, Italy), Kristian Vigenin (S&D, Bulgaria), Svenja Hahn (Renew, Germany), Axel Voss (EPP, Germany), Assita Kanko (ECR, Belgium), Piotr Müller (ECR, Poland), Jaroslav Bžoch (PfE, Czechia), Virginie Joron (PfE, France), Mary Khan (ESN, Germany)
Opinions
13 shadow rapporteurs in the committees for opinion

Roll-call votes in Parliament

Votes in the Council of the EU

  • 29 Jun 2026: Council (Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs), Adoption of the legislative act: adopted; Member states: 27 for, 0 against, 0 abstentions. All 27 member states in favour. Result at the Council of the EU

Timeline

1st reading

  1. 19 Jan 2026: Proposal referred to plenary
  2. 21 Jan 2026: Appointment of a rapporteur
  3. 5 Feb 2026: Parliamentary committee tabling report
  4. 24 Feb 2026: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
  5. 5 Mar 2026: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion
  6. 18 Mar 2026: Parliamentary committee adopting an opinion; Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
  7. 19 Mar 2026: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting
  8. 26 Mar 2026: Interinstitutional negotiation (3 times, most recently on 6 May 2026); Amending a text in plenary; Referral of the matter back to the EP committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations by the EP plenary
  9. 2 Jun 2026: Approval of the provisional agreement with the Council by the EP committee responsible
  10. 15 Jun 2026: Debates in European Parliament plenary sitting (agenda)
  11. 16 Jun 2026: EP position at 1st reading
  12. 8 Jul 2026: Signature
  13. 24 Jul 2026: Publication in the Official Journal

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Votes in the Council: Council of the European Union, voting results (consilium.europa.eu), reused with acknowledgement of the source under Decision (EU) 2017/1842; population figures from the Council’s Rules of Procedure (Annex III, Official Journal of the EU). Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0. Names of steps, roles and procedure types from the European Parliament’s vocabulary.