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Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on Artificial intelligence: questions of interpretation and application of international law in so far as the EU is affected in the areas of civil and military uses and of state authority outside the scope of criminal justice
2020/07/15
Committee: TRAN
Dossiers: 2020/2013(INI)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(72 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Ondřej KOVAŘÍK', 'mepid': 118949}]

Amendments (6)

Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the EU should act as a global AI norm-setter in the areas of civil and military use and of state authority, with an effective strategy aimed at strengthening its influence on shaping global standards; calls on the Commission and the Member States to advocate for broader cooperation within the UN, OECD, G7, G20 and other international fora in order to promote the EU approach to AI, emphasising the fundamental rights, freedoms and values that are enshrined in the EU Treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and international human rights law and taking into account ethical standards and liability issues;
2020/06/05
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that AI has changed and has helped the development of the transport sector through increasing automation and greater integration and connectivity of transport networks; underlines that automation and the integration of AI vary between transport modes; stresses that when further developing AI technologies in the transport sector, there is a need to increase energy efficiency by promoting the use of renewable technologies and to consider the impact on the natural environment and human health;
2020/06/05
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to participate in the international regulatory activities and discussions on autonomous vehicles, especially in the area of safety and liability, while ensuring cooperation among regulators and, vehicle manufacturers and road safety organisations relevant to the deployment of automated vehicles in road traffic in the EU; calls for standardised and interoperable geographic input data and stresses the need for accuracy of such data and a secure and anonymised transmission of the data in accordance with the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council; underlines the importance of an ethical and regulatory framework which needs to include provisions on the quality of data sets used in algorithmic systems, on the de-biasing of datasets, as well as on the algorithms themselves and on data and aggregation standards;
2020/06/05
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses how intelligent transport systems can mitigate traffic congestion, increase safety and accessibility and contribute to improving efficiency and mobility solutions; draws attention to the increased exposure of traditional transport networks to cyber threats and underlines in that regard that the security risks of intelligent transport systems and autonomous vehicles need to be addressed;
2020/06/05
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the efforts to introduce AI systems in the public sector and will support further discussions on AI deployment in transport; underlines that transport modes for which traffic control is already well established, such as public transport, should be prioritised when developing autonomous driving; calls on the Commission to carry out an evaluation of the transport sector and to compile a non- exhaustive list of high-risk segments in the context of AI systems replacing public decisions in this area;
2020/06/05
Committee: TRAN
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that the European Defence Fund and Permanent Structured Cooperation should stimulate cooperation between Member States and European defence industries to develop new European defence capabilities in the field of AI and ensure security of supply, taking ethical considerations into accouse of AI for military purposes should not remove the responsibility and accountability from a human and in that sense is of the strong opinion that the decision to harm or kill a human being should only be made by a well-trained human operator; welcomes in this respect the agreement of Council and Parliament to exclude lethal autonomous weapons ‘without the possibility for meaningful human control over the selection and engagement decisions when carrying out strikes’ from actions funded under the European Defence Funtd; recalls, moreover, that the next Connecting Europe Facility, which also encourages smart infrastructure, will provide for a fund for the development of civilian/military dual-use transport infrastructure with a view to improving military mobility within the Union, stresses finally that the deployments of robots and AI should be in accordance with international humanitarian law and laws concerning armed conflicts.
2020/06/05
Committee: TRAN