TIC Council Releases Recommendations for the Digital Omnibus on AI

TIC Council Europe has published its latest policy paper, TIC Council Recommendations for the Digital Omnibus on AI, outlining seven priority actions needed to ensure the effective and timely implementation of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act.

TIC Council members, as Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs), have invested significantly in recent years to build the technical expertise, personnel and infrastructure needed to assess AI systems. Our members are ready to support industry and regulators in the implementation and application of the AI Act, and TIC Council looks forward to collaborating with the European Commission, the European Parliament and Member States to work jointly in making CABs fully operational as quickly and consistently as possible across the Single Market.

Our recommendations focus on ensuring that Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) can become fully operational as quickly and consistently as possible across the Single Market—an essential condition for delivering robust AI oversight and supporting industry in meeting their obligations.

The paper sets out seven key areas where co-legislators should take decisive action:

  • Governance readiness – accelerating the designation of notifying authorities and providing clarity for existing structures.
  • Timelines and postponement of high-risk AI provisions – upholding the proposed hard backstops to avoid prolonged uncertainty.
  • Notification framework for Notified Bodies – streamlining procedures and refining Annex XIV codes to ensure a practical, technology-neutral system.
  • Collaborative role of the AI Office and CABs for GPAI assessments – avoiding duplication and establishing a balanced division of responsibilities.
  • Integrated assessment for sectoral products – providing clearer guidance on how AI Act requirements interface with sectoral legislation.
  • Smart compliance support for SMEs and SMCs – maintaining risk-based requirements while enabling proportionate support.
  • Transparency in risk classification – preserving mechanisms that allow scrutiny of systems declared as non-high-risk.

Through these recommendations, TIC Council Europe calls on EU policymakers to seize this moment to reinforce the EU’s trust framework for AI—one that is coherent, technically sound and operationally feasible.

Read the full document here.