The EU AI Act Interface: Harmonized Standards and the 42001 Playbook

Where voluntary standards meet binding law: how the New Legislative Framework turns harmonised standards into a presumption of conformity, what CEN-CLC/JTC 21 is actually delivering (and how late), what the 2026 AI Omnibus did to the high-risk clock, how 42001 maps — and fails to map — onto Articles 9–15 and 17, and a 12-step playbook for building an AIMS that is ready for both regimes.

Content current as of 2026-09.

Lessons

1. How law borrows standards: the New Legislative Framework
2. JTC 21 and the race the deadline lost
3. The AI Omnibus: what the 2026 amendment did to the clock
4. The crosswalk: Articles 9–15 against 42001 and the JTC 21 pipeline
5. The 12-step playbook: building an AIMS that serves both regimes