On 16 June 2026, the European Parliament gave its final approval of the targeted amendments to the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (“AI Act”) as part of the AI Digital Omnibus Regulation (2025/0359/EU) (the “Proposal”). The vote passed with 423 votes in favour, 57 against and 174 abstentions. The Proposal aims to simplify and address some of implementation challenges of the AI Act. The Parliament’s adopted text is generally in line with the provisional agreement reached by the Parliament and Council on 7 May 2026 (“the provisional agreement”) in regard to the Proposal (previously discussed here).
This article sets out a high-level summary of the key amendments approved by the Parliament.
Key amendments
