249 dated events · read from the primary sources on 23 October 2026
What changed in the regulations, month by month
The days a regulation began to apply, the acts and guidance adopted under it, and the national measures member states notified for NIS2, each from the date the content module holds and nothing typed by hand; 53 still to come, 196 behind us.
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December 2026
- AI ActThe two prohibitions inserted in Article 5 by the Omnibus apply. Read
- AI ActThe Article 50(2) marking duty reaches systems that were already on the market on the general date of application. Read
- Product liabilityThe Product Liability Directive applies to products placed on the market or put into service after this day, software included, and liability for them cannot be limited by contract. Read
- Product liabilityMember states must have their national measures transposing the Product Liability Directive in force by this day. Read
- DeforestationThe Deforestation Regulation applies, after two postponements, to cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood products. The Timber Regulation, Regulation (EU) No 995/2010, is repealed the same day. Read
- DeforestationThe Commission publishes what happens when the information system is unavailable for more than an hour: a contingency reference number covers what cannot be filed. Read
January 2027
February 2027
June 2027
- Pay Transparency DirectiveThe latest day national law may set for the first pay gap report of employers with 150 to 249 workers, then every three years (Article 9(3)). Read
- Pay Transparency DirectiveThe latest day national law may set for the first pay gap report of employers with 250 or more workers, then every year (Article 9(2)). Read
- DeforestationThe Deforestation Regulation applies to natural persons and micro and small undertakings, six months after everyone else, except for the timber products the Timber Regulation already covered. Read
August 2027
- RoHSApplications to grant, renew or revoke a RoHS exemption go to the European Chemicals Agency instead of the Commission from this day. Read
- BatteriesManufacturers and importers from EUR 40 million in net turnover run a verified battery due diligence policy. Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 moved this day by two years. Read
- BatteriesRechargeable industrial batteries above 2 kWh meet the minimum performance and durability values from this day at the earliest. Read
- BatteriesRechargeable industrial batteries above 2 kWh, other than those with only external storage, carry their carbon footprint performance class from this day at the earliest. Read
September 2027
October 2027
- Energy efficiencyThe latest day a state may set for a certified energy management system above 85 TJ a year. A certified ISO 14001 or EMAS system with an Annex VI energy audit exempts from it. Read
December 2027
- AI ActThe high-risk requirements apply to Annex III systems, on the date the Digital Omnibus set. Read
- Radio equipmentDelegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30 is repealed. Article 3(3), points (d), (e) and (f) of the Radio Equipment Directive stop reaching new equipment, and the Cyber Resilience Act covers the same ground from the same day. Equipment placed on the market before then is still under market surveillance, so its design and test records still have to exist. Read
- CRAEvery other obligation applies: the essential requirements of Annex I, the technical file, the conformity assessment and the CE marking for products with digital elements. Read
- DeforestationThe products Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/2102 adds to Annex I come into scope, among them soluble coffee, frozen cattle tongues, and soaps and chemicals made using oil palm. Read
- BatteriesProducers of portable batteries attain the second collection target for waste portable batteries by this day. Read
February 2028
August 2028
- AI ActThe high-risk requirements apply to Annex I systems, on the date the Digital Omnibus set. Read
- PPWRPackaging placed on the market carries the harmonised label of its material composition from this day at the earliest. A late Commission act moves it later. Read
- BatteriesLMT batteries meet the minimum performance and durability values from this day at the earliest. Read
- BatteriesPortable batteries of general use, button cells aside, meet the minimum performance and durability values from this day at the earliest. Read
- BatteriesIndustrial batteries above 2 kWh, electric vehicle and SLI batteries document their recycled cobalt, lead, lithium and nickel from this day at the earliest. Read
- BatteriesLMT batteries carry a carbon footprint declaration from this day at the earliest. A late Commission act moves it later. Read
February 2029
- PPWRReusable packaging carries a label saying so and a QR code from this day at the earliest, or later if the Commission's act comes late. Read
- BatteriesRechargeable industrial batteries above 2 kWh, other than those with only external storage, stay below the maximum carbon footprint from this day at the earliest. Read
December 2029
- DeforestationTimber produced before the Deforestation Regulation entered into force leaves the Timber Regulation. Placed on the market from this day, it has to be deforestation-free like any other. Read
January 2030
- PPWRThe first re-use targets apply to transport packaging within the Union and to grouped boxes other than cardboard from this day. Read
- PPWRThe single-use formats Annex V lists, from shrink-wrapped multipacks to hotel miniatures, can no longer be placed on the market for those uses from this day. Read
- PPWRGrouped, transport and e-commerce packaging is filled to an empty space ratio of at most 50 %, from this day at the earliest. A late Commission act moves it later. Read
- PPWRPackaging is designed with its weight and volume reduced to the minimum its function needs, from this day. Read
- PPWRThe plastic parts of packaging contain the minimum recycled content Article 7(1) sets, from this day at the earliest. A late Commission act moves it later. Read
- PPWRPackaging may be placed on the market only if it is recyclable within grades A, B or C, from this day at the earliest. A late Commission act moves it later. Read
February 2030
- BatteriesLMT batteries carry their carbon footprint performance class from this day at the earliest. Read
August 2030
December 2030
- BatteriesProducers of portable batteries attain the third collection target for waste portable batteries by this day. Read
June 2031
- Pay Transparency DirectiveThe latest day national law may set for the first pay gap report of employers with 100 to 149 workers, then every three years (Article 9(4)). Read
August 2031
February 2032
- BatteriesRechargeable industrial batteries with external storage carry their carbon footprint performance class from this day at the earliest. Read
August 2033
August 2036
- BatteriesThe higher minimum shares of recycled content apply, LMT batteries included. Read
Behind us, newest first
October 2026
- NIS2Hungary notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- DeforestationA due diligence statement is attributed to the competent authority of the member state the operator is established in, rather than the state the product enters. Read
- AI ActEN 18286 cited under the AI Act by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/2274, the first harmonised standard for high-risk AI systems. Read
- Energy efficiencyThe latest day a state may set for the first energy audit of an enterprise above 10 TJ a year without an energy management system. The national law's date binds, and it can be earlier. Read
September 2026
- DeforestationDelegated Regulation (EU) 2026/2102 amends Annex I. Cattle hides, skins and leather leave it, and the entries it adds wait for a date of their own. Read
- NIS2Finland notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- Data ActAccess by design applies to connected products and related services placed on the market from this day. Read
- CRAThe Article 14 reporting duty applies: an actively exploited vulnerability or a severe incident is reported to ENISA's single reporting platform within 24 hours of awareness, with the notification at 72 hours. Read
- CRAENISA publishes the list of CSIRTs designated as coordinators, one per member state, the day before the reporting platform opened. Read
August 2026
- BatteriesElectric vehicle batteries carry their carbon footprint performance class from this day at the earliest. Read
- BatteriesBatteries carry the Annex VI Part A label, with the capacity or the minimum average duration, from this day at the earliest. A late implementing act moves it later. Read
- PPWRThe Packaging Regulation applies and Directive 94/62/EC is repealed. The manufacturer's, importer's and distributor's duties and the PFAS limit for food-contact packaging apply from this day. Read
- AI ActThe general date of application, the Article 50 transparency duties included. Read
July 2026
- CRAThe Commission adopts its guidance on the application of the Regulation, C(2026) 5252, the document the CRA pages cite by paragraph. Read
- AI ActArticles 102 to 110, the amendments to other Union acts, apply. Read
- AI ActThe Digital Omnibus on AI enters into force: the high-risk dates move and the marking transition is set. Read
- AI ActThe Digital Omnibus on AI is published in the Official Journal. Read
- NIS2France notified 15 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- Critical entitiesEach member state had to have identified its critical entities in eleven sectors by this day, and notify each of them within a month. Read
- NIS2Netherlands notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Netherlands notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- AI ActThe Digital Omnibus on AI, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, is signed. Read
June 2026
- NIS2Portugal notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- CRAChapter IV applies: notifying authorities designate the notified bodies that will assess the products the Regulation does not let manufacturers self-assess. Read
- NIS2Finland notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- Pay Transparency DirectiveMember states must have their national measures transposing the Pay Transparency Directive in force by this day (Article 34(1)). Read
- NIS2Germany notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
May 2026
- NIS2Luxembourg notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
April 2026
- NIS2Hungary notified 4 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
March 2026
- NIS2Poland notified 5 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
February 2026
- BatteriesRechargeable industrial batteries above 2 kWh, other than those with only external storage, carry a carbon footprint declaration from this day at the earliest. Read
- NIS2Bulgaria notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Sweden notified 13 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
January 2026
December 2025
November 2025
- CRAProducts with digital elements inside the L-category vehicle Regulation leave the CRA's scope, except an L1e vehicle designed to pedal, which stays in. Read
October 2025
- NIS2Czechia notified 3 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Finland notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Germany notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- Energy efficiencyMember states had to have their national measures for the Energy Efficiency Directive in force by this day, Article 11's energy audits and management systems among them. Read
September 2025
- NIS2Hungary notified 9 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Czechia notified 4 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- Data ActThe Data Act applies: the switching duties on providers of data processing services, the contract terms, and the access rights on connected products. Read
August 2025
- BatteriesExtended producer responsibility applies: producers register in each Member State and collect waste batteries. Every battery carries the separate collection symbol, and Directive 2006/66/EC is repealed. Read
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Germany notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- AI ActChapter V applies to general-purpose AI models, with the governance chapters. Read
- Radio equipmentArticle 3(3), points (d), (e) and (f) of the Radio Equipment Directive start to bite. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30 names the equipment they reach. Which of the three a product owes turns on whether it connects, what data it can process and whether it moves money. Read
July 2025
- DORADelegated Regulation (EU) 2025/532 on subcontracting enters into force. Read
- NIS2Finland notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Latvia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Denmark notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Denmark notified 6 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Germany notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Estonia notified 27 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
June 2025
May 2025
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- Energy efficiencyData centres from 500 kW of installed IT power report to the European database by this day and every year after. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1364 applies without transposition. Read
- NIS2Cyprus notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
April 2025
- NIS2Each member state had to have established its list of essential and important entities by this day, built from the details those entities submitted under Article 3(4). A duty on the state, not on the entity, and the reason the submission matters. Read
- NIS2Malta notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
March 2025
February 2025
- BatteriesElectric vehicle batteries carry a carbon footprint declaration per model and plant from this day at the earliest. A late Commission act moves it later. Read
- DORADelegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1190, threat-led penetration testing, is adopted. Read
- NIS2Slovakia notified 5 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Poland notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- AI ActChapters I and II apply: subject matter, definitions, the prohibited practices, and the AI literacy duty of Article 4. Read
January 2025
- NIS2Germany notified 3 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Denmark notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Hungary notified 4 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Lithuania notified 3 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Lithuania notified 6 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Germany notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Cloud, data centre, managed service, marketplace, search and social networking providers had to be registered with their competent authority for ENISA's registry by this day. Read
- DORADORA applies to banks, insurers, investment firms and payment institutions, and through their contracts to their ICT providers. Read
- NIS2Romania notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Austria notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Germany notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Hungary notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Slovakia notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
December 2024
- DeforestationThe day that decides the later date: natural persons and micro and small undertakings established as such by this day apply the Regulation six months after everyone else. Read
- NIS2Romania notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- Product safetyThe General Product Safety Regulation starts to apply, and Directives 2001/95/EC and 87/357/EEC are repealed from the same day. Regulation (EU) 2023/988 reaches every product a consumer can use. For a product other EU product law already covers, it switches off Articles 9 to 18. The distance-sales offer, accident notification, the recall notice and the remedy stay. Read
- NIS2Germany notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Greece notified 3 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
November 2024
- DORAImplementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2956, the register of information templates, is adopted. Read
- NIS2Romania notified 11 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Lithuania notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Croatia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Slovakia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2The technical and methodological requirements behind NIS2 Article 21(2) enter into force. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 turns the Directive's ten headings into 159 numbered requirements, for the eleven types of entity its Article 1 names. Read
- NIS2Germany notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
October 2024
- DORAThe content, time limits and templates of major-incident reports are adopted (Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/301 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/302). Read
- NIS2Germany notified 3 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2The national measures transposing the Directive apply from this day; the law a company is under is its member state's act, listed in the transposition register. Read
- Critical entitiesThe national measures transposing the Directive apply from this day, and nothing in it reaches a company until its own state identifies it. Read
- Critical entitiesThe member states had to have adopted and published the measures transposing the Directive by this day. Read
- NIS2Lithuania notified 12 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Italy notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Latvia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Belgium notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
- NIS2Romania notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
August 2024
- BatteriesThe conformity assessment applies, with the performance document for industrial, LMT and electric vehicle batteries and the state of health data in the battery management system. Read
July 2024
- AI ActRegulation (EU) 2024/1689 is published in the Official Journal. Read
June 2024
- NIS2Slovakia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
May 2024
- NIS2Belgium notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
March 2024
- DORADelegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1773, the policy on contractual arrangements, is adopted. Read
- DORADelegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1774, ICT risk management tools and the simplified framework, is adopted. Read
- DORADelegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1772, the classification of major incidents, is adopted. Read
February 2024
January 2024
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
December 2023
- WhistleblowingThe internal reporting channel reaches private entities with 50 or more but fewer than 250 workers: the national law had to bring that duty in by this day. Read
September 2023
- NIS2Hungary notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
July 2023
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
June 2023
December 2022
September 2022
- NIS2Czechia notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
June 2022
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
May 2022
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
February 2022
January 2022
December 2021
- WhistleblowingMember states must have their national measures transposing the Whistleblower Directive in force by this day. From it, public entities and private ones with 250 or more workers run an internal reporting channel. Read
November 2021
October 2021
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
August 2021
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
July 2021
- NIS2Czechia notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
January 2021
- NIS2Hungary notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
December 2020
September 2020
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
April 2020
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
January 2020
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
July 2019
- RoHSRoHS applies to all other electrical and electronic equipment the 2002 Directive did not cover, placed on the market from this day. Read
April 2019
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
May 2018
February 2018
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
August 2017
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
July 2017
March 2017
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
October 2016
September 2016
- NIS2Hungary notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
December 2015
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
September 2015
- NIS2Czechia notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
June 2015
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
May 2015
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
February 2014
- WEEEMember states must have their national measures transposing the WEEE Directive in force by this day. A producer's duties come from those measures, state by state. Read
December 2013
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
April 2013
January 2013
- RoHSMember states must have adopted and published their national measures transposing the RoHS Directive by this day. The restriction and the duties reach a company through those measures, state by state. Read
October 2012
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
June 2012
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
February 2012
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
January 2012
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
August 2011
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
July 2011
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
June 2011
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
December 2009
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
July 2009
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
June 2009
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
October 2008
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
July 2008
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
September 2006
- NIS2Hungary notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
June 2006
April 2005
- NIS2Czechia notified one national measure transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
January 2005
- NIS2Czechia notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
November 2004
August 2004
- NIS2Czechia notified 2 national measures transposing the Directive to the Commission. Read
April 2004
February 2004
January 2004
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