📋 Tender Overview
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11/19/2025
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The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MPO) has long advocated the need for greater clarity and effectiveness of digital rules, which it clearly declared in its non-paper, which it discussed with both the European Commission and member states. Today, the European Commission (EC) presented the Digital Omnibus, which simplifies European digital legislation and makes it more usable for businesses and citizens. The material contains a number of key proposals of the Ministry.
says Minister of Industry and Trade Lukas Vlcek.
The new digital omnibus brings concrete steps to reduce the administrative burden, harmonize and consolidate rules across digital areas and supports innovation and a stable legal environment. The European Commission introduces the Digital Fitness Check, simplifies technical documentation for small and medium-sized enterprises, allows more flexible dates for the effectiveness of obligations and strengthens the importance of regulatory sandboxes. At the same time, the list of high-risk AI systems is being revised, which will lead to a more efficient and clear setting of obligations for technology providers.
says government representative for AI and deputy minister Jan Kavalirek.
The commission took into account the departments requests for clearer definitions of terms and exemptions for research and development, simplification of registration of AI systems and strengthening of the protection of company data. MPO also welcomes the fact that the EC has proceeded to harmonize digital regulations and remove overlaps between individual legislations, which was one of the main points of the Czech non-paper.
For the obligations regarding high-risk AI systems, the proposed amendment to the AI Act stipulates that these obligations will only come into force after the EC decision has been issued, confirming the availability of supporting measures such as harmonized technical standards, common specifications or methodological guidelines. Once the Commission has issued this decision, the obligations shall apply for the schemes under Article 6(2) and Annex III six months after the decision, and for the schemes under Article 6(1) and Annex I twelve months after the decision. If the Commission does not issue a decision in time, the latest dates for the obligations to apply automatically apply: for Article 6(2) and Annex III schemes, no later than 2 December 2027, and for Article 6(1) and Annex I schemes no later than 2 August 2028.
The MPO will continue active communication with the EC and other member states in order to ensure the greatest possible usability of digital legislation for Czech businesses and citizens. The Digital Omnibus is a significant step forward and the Department will continue to push for further simplification and innovation in Europes digital space.
The final draft of the Digital Omnibus legislative package will first be submitted to the EC for formal approval. The Commission is expected to adopt the proposal in the fourth quarter of 2025. Once approved, the proposal will be forwarded to the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament, where both institutions will discuss it and may propose any changes, additions or modifications. This will be followed by a so-called trialogue, i.e. negotiations between the Commission, the Council and the Parliament, the aim of which is to reach an agreement on the final wording of the legislation. Once agreement is reached, the legislative package will be approved and subsequently published in the Official Journal of the European Union. From this moment, the deadline for the implementation of individual measures in the member states will start to run.
