{"id":19876,"date":"2026-03-23T15:28:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/?p=19876"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:32:25","slug":"council-agrees-position-to-improve-rules-on-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/council-agrees-position-to-improve-rules-on-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Agrees Position to Improve Rules on Artificial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 14 March 2026, \u00a0the<\/strong> Council agreed its position on the proposal to streamline certain rules regarding\u00a0artificial intelligence (AI) <\/strong>(\u201cProposal\u201c<\/strong>) which forms part of the so-called\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>Omnibus VII\u201d\u00a0legislative package in the EU\u2019s\u00a0simplification\u00a0agenda. The package includes proposals for two regulations aiming to simplify the EU\u2019s digital legislative framework and the implementation of harmonised rules on AI<\/strong>. The Council\u2018s negotiating mandate on draft regulation on the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on AI (Digital omnibus on AI) is available at this link<\/a>, and Commission\u2018s proposal for Regulation on the simplification of the implementation of harmonized rules on artificial intelligence of 17 November 2025 at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Proposal contains the<\/strong> extension of the timeline for applying rules on high-risk AI systems by up to 16 months<\/strong>, so that the rules start to apply once the Commission confirms the needed standards and tools are available. The Commission also proposed further targeted amendments to the AI Act<\/strong> that would extend certain regulatory exemptions granted to SMEs also to small mid-caps (SMCs), reduce requirements in a very limited number of cases, extend the possibility to process sensitive personal data for bias detection and mitigation, reinforce the AI Office\u2019s powers and reduce governance fragmentation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Council mandate also adds a new provision in the AI Act, prohibiting AI practices regarding the generation of non-consensual sexual and intimate content or child sexual abuse material<\/strong>. The text also introduces a fixed timeline for the delayed application of high-risk rules: the new application dates would be 2 December 2027 for stand-alone high-risk AI systems and 2 August 2028 for high-risk AI systems embedded in products. Furthermore, the Council mandate reinstates the obligation for providers to register AI systems in the EU database for high-risk systems<\/strong>, where they consider their systems to be exempted from classification as high-risk. It also reinstates the standard of strict necessity for the processing of special categories of personal data for the purpose of ensuring bias detection and correction.<\/p>\n

In addition to these, the text\u00a0postpones\u00a0the deadline for the establishment of AI regulatory sandboxes by competent authorities at national level until\u00a02 December 2027.<\/strong>\u00a0It also clarifies the\u00a0competences of the AI Office\u00a0for the supervision of AI systems<\/strong> based on general-purpose AI models where the model and that system are developed by the same provider by listing\u00a0exceptions\u00a0<\/strong>where national authorities remain competent, including law enforcement, border management, judicial authorities and financial institutions.<\/p>\n

Finally, the Council mandate adds a new obligation for the Commission to provide guidance to assist economic operators of high-risk AI systems<\/strong> covered by sectoral harmonisation legislation in complying with the high-risk requirements of the AI act in a manner that minimises compliance burden. Now,\u00a0the EU presidency will start negotiations with the European Parliament.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 14 March 2026, \u00a0the Council agreed its position on the proposal to streamline certain rules regarding\u00a0artificial intelligence (AI) (\u201cProposal\u201c) which forms part … <\/i>\u010c\u00edst v\u00edce<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","iawp_total_views":0},"categories":[577],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19877,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19876\/revisions\/19877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}