# Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (European Union) — Article 1, point (40)(a) — effective 2 December 2026

For Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (European Union), provision stating the date is Article 1, point (40)(a); effective date is 2 December 2026; what it applies to is Article 5(1), first subparagraph, points (ba) and (bb), and Article 5(1a) and (1b); amends / moved from is Amends Article 113, third paragraph, point (a) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, recorded from its source on 2026-09-08.

- **Jurisdiction:** European Union _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Instrument:** Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Short title:** Digital Omnibus on AI _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Provision stating the date:** Article 1, point (40)(a) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Effective date:** 2 December 2026 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it applies to:** Article 5(1), first subparagraph, points (ba) and (bb), and Article 5(1a) and (1b) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Amends / moved from:** Amends Article 113, third paragraph, point (a) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Chapters I and II shall apply from 2 February 2025, with the exception of Article 5(1), first subparagraph, points (ba) and (bb), and Article 5(1a) and (1b) which shall apply from 2 December 2026

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Instrument

> REGULATION (EU) 2026/1744 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 8 July 2026

### Short title

> amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2023/1230 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)

## Source

- http://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/b459c07f-86fb-11f1-bf5e-01aa75ed71a1.0006.03/DOC_1

Last verified: 2026-09-08. Review by: 2026-10-23.
Part of [AI law and regulation effective dates by jurisdiction](https://referencesource.org/ai-regulation-effective-dates/).