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EDPB–EDPS Joint Opinion 1/2026

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    Exact English EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 1/2026, adopted 20 January 2026, on the proposal concerning simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence. The downloaded PDF is the official EDPS co-author mirror of the document whose registered EDPB PDF now returns HTTP 403; the current EDPB landing page independently exposes the same title, opinion number, date and PDF filename.

    Source: European Data Protection Board, European Data Protection Supervisor. Retrieved 2026-09-10.

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Official metadata

Official title
EDPB–EDPS Joint Opinion 1/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)
Official reference
Joint Opinion 1/2026
Document type
Opinion
Document date
2026-01-20
Document date kind
Institutional adoption
Document-date evidence
European Data Protection Board and European Data Protection Supervisor · Joint-opinion PDF cover: 'EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 1/2026' and 'Adopted on 20 January 2026'. — Establishes 2026-01-20 as this exact record's institutional adoption date.
Publication date
2026-01-21
Publication-date evidence
European Data Protection Board · EDPB landing-page date '21 January 2026' for 'EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 1/2026 on the Proposal on the AI Omnibus'. — Establishes 2026-01-21 as first official publication for this exact version or release.
Version label
Adopted opinion
Legal status
Non binding
Language
en

Research classifications

These are researcher classifications used to organise and analyse the corpus; they are not official EU metadata.

Record level
Supporting
Version status
Final
Temporal collection
Contemporary EU AI policy
Relevance class
Direct AI relevance
Policy stage
Negotiation
Corpus tier
Core
Sectors
  • General cross sector
Policy membership
  • Digital Omnibus
  • EU AI policy pathway

Classification evidence

  • Relevance class: Direct AI relevance · European Data Protection Board and European Data Protection Supervisor · Exact 'EDPB–EDPS Joint Opinion 1/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)': subject heading and analysis/recommendation sections addressing the proposed EU AI Regulation or AI Omnibus. — The artifact directly governs, interprets, evaluates or operationalises EU artificial-intelligence policy rather than merely mentioning AI.
  • Sector tags: General cross sector · European Data Protection Board and European Data Protection Supervisor · Exact 'EDPB–EDPS Joint Opinion 1/2026 on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)': subject heading and analysis/recommendation sections addressing the proposed EU AI Regulation or AI Omnibus. The cited scope applies horizontally to AI systems, models, providers, deployers or affected persons rather than one economic sector. — The retained general_cross_sector tag is supported by the artifact's horizontal AI-policy scope.
  • Provenance tags: Authored by an EU agency or body · European Data Protection Board and European Data Protection Supervisor · Exact PDF cover title 'EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 1/2026' names the European Data Protection Board and European Data Protection Supervisor as the joint issuing bodies. — The exact opinion is issued by the named EU body.
  • Provenance tags: Joint institutional · European Data Protection Board and European Data Protection Supervisor · Exact PDF cover title 'EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 1/2026' jointly names EDPB and EDPS; the cover records adoption on 20 January 2026. — The opinion is expressly a joint instrument of two EU supervisory bodies.
  • Provenance tags: Officially published · European Data Protection Board and European Data Protection Supervisor · EDPB landing-page date '21 January 2026' for 'EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 1/2026 on the Proposal on the AI Omnibus'. — The exact version is distributed through an official EU institutional endpoint.

Production provenance

Provenance tags
  • Authored by an EU agency or body
  • Joint institutional
  • Officially published
Named bibliographic authors
None recorded after review
Institutions and roles

Official sources and identifiers

  • Official source · Publisher/host: European Data Protection Board and European Data Protection Supervisor
  • Official source · Publisher/host: European Data Protection Board

Formal procedure

Official procedure reference:

  • 2025/0359(COD)

Parent or principal record

Research assessment

Inclusion rationale
Verified official English text within the AI Act implementation and amendment corpus.
Researcher notes
Official metadata is transcribed from the cited source; corpus tier and policy-stage classification are researcher assessments.
Review status
verified

Relationships

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Verification

Expanded evidence review
Verified
Reviewed by
Yichen Hao
Evidence review date
2026-09-05T18:07:46Z

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  • Last verified: 2026-09-04T00:00:00Z · Official English PDF confirms EDPB–EDPS Joint Opinion 1/2026, adopted 20 January 2026, on COM(2025) 836 final.
  • Last verified: 2026-09-05T17:58:09Z · Live official landing-page review on 5 September 2026. The page is dated 21 January 2026 and identifies Joint Opinion 1/2026; the linked exact PDF records adoption on 20 January 2026. Direct PDF retrieval during this pass was rate-limited, so the existing PDF source's retrieval and verification timestamps are intentionally unchanged.

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