13 Amendments of Elsi KATAINEN related to 2021/0106(COD)
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) Welcomes the regulation on artificial intelligence, which aims to create legal certainty and coherence across the EU. Notes however, that the transport and tourism sectors are already regulated by sector specific rules, and recalls the need for ensuring the coherence and complementarity with the existing legislation. To avoid unnecessary overlap and double regulation, this Regulation should only apply when sector specific legislation posing equal or stricter rules is not already in place.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) High data quality is essential for the performance of many AI systems, especially when techniques involving the training of models are used, with a view to ensure that the high-risk AI system performs as intended and safely and it does not become the source of discrimination prohibited by Union law. High quality training, validation and testing data sets require the implementation of appropriate data governance and management practices. Training, validation and testing data sets should be sufficiently relevant, representative and, up-to-date, free of errors to the best extent possible and as complete as possible in view of the intended purpose of the system. They should also have the appropriate statistical properties, including as regards the persons or groups of persons on which the high-risk AI system is intended to be used. In particular, training, validation and testing data sets should take into account, to the extent required in the light of their intended purpose, the features, characteristics or elements that are particular to the specific geographical, sectorial, behavioural or functional setting or context within which the AI system is intended to be used. In order to protect the right of others from the discrimination that might result from the bias in AI systems, the providers shouldbe able to process also special categories of personal data, as a matter of substantial public interest, in order to ensure the bias monitoring, detection, update and correction in relation to high- risk AI systems.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 71
Recital 71
(71) Artificial intelligence is a rapidly developing family of technologies that requires novel forms of regulatory oversight and a safe space for experimentation, while ensuring responsible innovation and integration of appropriate safeguards and risk mitigation measures. To ensure a legal framework that is innovation-friendly, future-proof and resilient to disruption, national competent authorities from one or more Member States should be encouraged to establish artificial intelligence regulatory sandboxes to facilitate the development and testing of innovative AI systems under strict regulatory oversight before these systems are placed on the market or otherwise put into service. It is especially important to ensure that SMEs and start-ups can easily access these sandboxes, are actively involved and participate in the development and testing of innovative AI systems, in order to be able to contribute with their knowhow and experience. Their participation should be supported and facilitated.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) In order to facilitate a smooth, effective and harmonised implementation of this Regulation a European Artificial Intelligence Board should be established. The Board should be responsible for a number of advisory tasks, including issuing opinions, recommendations, advice or guidance on matters related to the implementation of this Regulation, including on technical specifications or existing standards regarding the requirements established in this Regulation and providing advice to and assisting the Commission on specific questions related to artificial intelligence. In order to ensure a common and consistent approach to the development of AI and ensure good cooperation and exchange of views, the Board should regularly consult other EU institutions as well as all sector-specific relevant stakeholders.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 77 a (new)
Recital 77 a (new)
(77 a) To encourage knowledge sharing from best practices, the Commission should organise regular consultative meetings for knowhow exchange between different Member States' national authorities responsible for notification policy.
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Training, validation and testing data sets shall be relevant, representative, up-to- date, free of errors to the best extent possible and as complete as possible. They shall have the appropriate statistical properties, including, where applicable, as regards the persons or groups of persons on which the high-risk AI system is intended to be used. These characteristics of the data sets may be met at the level of individual data sets or a combination thereof.
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 a (new)
Article 39 a (new)
Article 39 a Exchange of knowhow and best practices The Commission shall facilitate regular consultative meetings for the exchange of knowhow and best practices between the Member States' national authorities responsible for notification policy.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 2
Article 41 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission, when preparing the common specifications referred to in paragraph 1, shall gather the views of relevant bodies or expert groups established under relevant sectorial Union law, as well as relevant sector-specific stakeholders.
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The organisers of AI regulatory sandboxes shall ensure an easy access for SMEs and start-ups by facilitating and supporting their participation and mitigating administrative burden, which might arise from joining.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1
Article 57 – paragraph 1
1. The Board shall be composed of the national supervisory authorities, who shall be represented by the head or equivalent high-level official of that authority, and the European Data Protection Supervisor. Other national, regional and local authorities may be invited to the meetings, where the issues discussed are of relevance for them.
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 57 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The Board shall organise consultations with stakeholders at least twice a year. Such stakeholders shall include representatives from industry, SMEs and start-ups, civil society organisations such as NGOs, consumer associations, the social partners and academia, to assess the evolution of trends in technology, issues related to the implementation and the effectiveness of this Regulation, regulatory gaps or loopholes observed in practice.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 3
Article 60 – paragraph 3
3. Information contained in the EU database shall be accessible to the public, user-friendly, easily navigable and machine-readable.
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 3
Article 69 – paragraph 3
3. Codes of conduct may be drawn up by national, regional or local authorities, by individual providers of AI systems or by organisations representing them or by both, including with the involvement of users and any interested stakeholders and their representative organisations. Codes of conduct may cover one or more AI systems taking into account the similarity of the intended purpose of the relevant systems.