Digital Omnibus Regulation Proposal
SÉRVULO PUBLICATIONS 28 Nov 2025
On 19 November 2025, the European Commission presented the Digital Omnibus Package, a legislative proposal aimed at simplifying and harmonizing the European Union's digital standards. This package aims to foster innovation and reduce compliance costs for businesses by eliminating regulatory overlaps, reducing administrative burdens, and strengthening legal certainty. The initiative covers strategic areas such as artificial intelligence, data protection, cybersecurity, and platform governance.
The proposal provides for amendments to the Artificial Intelligence Act, with the aim of reducing obligations for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Among the measures, the simplification of documentary requirements and the postponement of certain compliance deadlines for high-risk systems stand out. In addition, it creates a single point for reporting cybersecurity incidents, reducing existing fragmentation.
The package introduces revisions to the GDPR to clarify the concept of personal data, simplify information obligations in low-risk processing, and standardize criteria for reporting breaches. It also updates the rules on cookie consent under the ePrivacy Regulation, with a view to reducing so-called “consent fatigue.” Among the measures are the possibility of centralized settings in the browser and the option to give consent with a single click.
The digital package presented thus aims to make access to data a central driver of innovation, simplifying the rules and making them more practical for consumers and businesses, proposing to consolidate European data legislation.
One of the main innovations is the European Business Wallet, an integrated digital identity solution that allows businesses to securely sign, store, and share verified documents, as well as interact digitally with public authorities in all Member States.
The Commission expects these simplification measures to generate savings of up to €5 billion in administrative costs by 2029, reducing regulatory burdens by at least 25% (and 35% for SMEs). The proposals will now be considered by the European Parliament and the Council, with entry into force expected in early 2027 and full implementation by 2029.
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