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: 03/03/2026
1. Legislative status
Proposal stage:
- 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)
- 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)
- Amendments tabled in Committee (to read the amendments, click on the link, then visit the section named “Documentation Gateaway”)
- Draft Opinion by the Committee on Culture and Education (to read the opinion, click on the link, then click on the documents published on the 12th of February 2026 and on the 4th of February 2026)
- Opinion by the Committee on Legal Affairs
2. 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. |
3. Key developments
- 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
- 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 – official website
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
- Briefing by the European Parliamentary Research Service about the Digital Omnibus on AI (Author: Maria Niestadt)
- 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)
- Opinion by the ‘Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommate” (BEUC)
