#18 Technology compliance in practice: Jelle Hoedemakers (Agoria) on the EU digital omnibus

In this episode of the CROPLAND podcast, Geert talks with Jelle Hoedemakers, digital expert at Agoria, about the EU Digital Omnibus. What does it actually mean for entrepreneurs?

They place the Omnibus within the "tsunami" of European regulation (GDPR, data, cloud, cybersecurity) and the new focus on competitiveness. Reporting obligations for incidents are being brought together under one point of contact, and the deadline for high-risk AI systems is pushed back to December 2027. Transparency obligations already apply from December this year.

For SMEs, the advice is clear: don't panic. Start with an inventory of your internal and external AI tools, build up governance step by step, and see compliance as a potential business lever in your B2B relationships too.