Artificial Intelligence: the European Parliament formally adopts the final text of the AI Act

However, the text voted on that occasion did not correspond to the final version of the AI Act regulation as legal-linguistics revisions were still ongoing at the technical level by that time. Due to the extensive nature of the changes to the Commission’s proposal agreed in trilogues, the text adopted in March was indeed subject to further scrutiny by lawyer-linguists. This process led to the so-called ‘corrigendum procedure’ aimed at rectifying any errors identified in the provisional text to ensure legal consistency and linguistic precision. 

Once the revision process completed, the final text of the AI Act was examined by the lead Committees in Parliament, notably IMCO and LIBE, and the final wording of the regulation was greenlighted on 18^th April. In the backdrop of the last EP plenary session held under the current term, the final text of the AI Act (Corrigendum) has been announced and Act thereby formally adopted in Parliament. 

In respect to the CECE’s advocacy priorities on the file, no substantial changes to the definition of ‘AI system’ introduced by Article 3(1), nor to the classification of ‘High-risk AI’ set forth in Article 6 have been made in the final text. 

On the next steps, the AI Act as adopted in Parliament have to be formally endorsed by the Council to become law. Publication in the EU Official Journal is therefore expected in the coming weeks, following Council’s final adoption. Once in force, a gradual phasing-in of the new rules will follow. The implementation of the AI Act indeed requires a number of steps to be taken. In the coming months, the Commission is expected to issue implementing and delegated acts, as well as guidelines and standardisation request. According to the final timeline, the AI Act will be fully applicable as of mid-2027.