may 7 2026 - the eu council and parliament agreed to move high-risk obligations under annex iii from aug 2 2026 to dec 2 2027. annex i (ai embedded in regulated products) moves to aug 2 2028.

every buyer i talked to today asked the same question - do i still need to act now.

the answer is yes, and the reason isn't legal, it's operational.

what the omnibus actually delayed

the deadline to be compliant

the fines if you're not

what the omnibus did not delay

article 12 logs (immutable, 6mo retention, traceable to a specific input/output)

the conformity assessment paperwork

the post-market monitoring plan

the procurement teams that already ask for ai act readiness in vendor questionnaires

why the engineering still ships this quarter

german + french procurement teams started asking for ai act readiness 9 months ago. that didn't move.…