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Council, Parliament, and critics reopen the 2026 timetable for high-risk and transparency rules
Key takeaways
- The AI Act is no longer a single 2026 deadline story: compliance now depends on which chapter applies and whether simplification amendments reset the high-risk timetable.
- National implementation is becoming the practical enforcement layer, with France, Germany, Spain, and Italy shaping who supervises AI systems and how companies get guidance.
- Standards and AI Office guidance are now gating dependencies for high-risk compliance, so implementation capacity matters almost as much as the legal text itself.
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