Amending certain Regulations as regards the extension of certain mitigating measures available for small and medium sized enterprises to small mid-cap enterprises and further simplification measures (Omnibus IV)
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Provisional agreement reached, awaiting formal adoption by Parliament and Council.
Last active 02 Jul 2026
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What this bill does
In plain terms: what it changes and who it affects.
This proposal extends selected SME simplifications to small mid-cap companies and reduces reporting or registration burdens in several EU regulatory regimes.
Who it affects
It affects small mid-cap businesses, SMEs, companies processing personal data, companies raising finance, battery operators, trade-defence complainants, and importers or exporters of F-gas products.
Core of the proposal
- Extends GDPR record-keeping relief to organisations with fewer than 750 employees unless processing is high risk.
- Lets small mid-caps use trade-defence helpdesks and financial-year-aligned anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations.
- Allows small mid-caps to use the EU Growth issuance prospectus for public securities offers.
- Exempts more battery operators from due-diligence rules and changes battery due-diligence reporting from annual to every three years.
Key provisions
- Takes effect
- The Regulation enters into force on the twentieth day after publication in the Official Journal.
- Transitional law
- The EU Growth issuance prospectus amendments apply from 5 March 2026.
Articles changed · 15 across 6 laws
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (32016R0679)
- art. 4: adds definitions of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and small mid-cap enterprises
- art. 30(5): replaces paragraph 5 on derogation from records of processing obligations
- art. 40(1): replaces paragraph 1 to include small mid-cap enterprise needs in codes of conduct
- art. 42(1): replaces paragraph 1 to include small mid-cap enterprise needs in certification mechanisms
- Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 (32016R1036)
- art. 5(1a): replaces first subparagraph to extend trade defence helpdesk support to SMCs
- art. 6(9): replaces paragraph 9 to include SMCs in financial-year alignment of investigations
- Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 (32016R1037)
- art. 10(1a): replaces first subparagraph to extend trade defence helpdesk support to SMCs
- art. 11(9): replaces paragraph 9 to include SMCs in financial-year alignment of investigations
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (32017R1129)
- art. 1(4): inserts point (dc) exempting certain resolution-related offers from prospectus obligation
- art. 1(5)(c): replaces point (c) extending admission exemption to comparable third-country resolution proceedings
- art. 2: inserts definitions of relevant third-country authority, third-country resolution proceedings and SMCs
- art. 15a(1): replaces paragraph 1 to allow SMCs to draw up EU Growth issuance prospectus
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (32023R1542)
- art. 47: replaces first paragraph expanding due diligence chapter exemption threshold to EUR 150 million
- art. 52(3): replaces first sentence requiring due diligence report review every three years
- Regulation (EU) 2024/573 (32024R0573)
- art. 20(4)(a): replaces point (a) limiting F-gas Portal registration for imports and exports
Latest update
02 Jul 2026The most recent development in this bill's progress.
Trilogues (interinstitutional negotiations) → Trilogues (interinstitutional negotiations)
Trilogues (interinstitutional negotiations) → Trilogues (interinstitutional negotiations)
Documents
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