16 Amendments of Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA related to 2020/2014(INL)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas across different transport industries, a range of scales of automation and artificial intelligence have been applied;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas AI in transport is driving the evolution of the next generation of IT systems and its application involves using many types of technologies such as autonomous vehicles, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and traffic management solutions;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Union and national legislation should ensure high product safety and a sound system management both ex ante and throughout a product’s life cycle, while facilitating the compensation of victims ex post;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that AI can be applied at different levels in vehicltransport infrastructure and in the transport modes and has an important impact on their autonomy and consequently on civil liability;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that safety is of paramount importance in the transport sector and that safety and liability are two faces of the same coin;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recalls that the transport sector has been integrating AI technologies for decades, in particular with the introduction of the automation of train operation (ATO), including in urban areas where fully automated, driverless operations have increased system availability, network capacity and operational efficiency;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that automated functionalities can bring significant safety improvements in the medium and long term as well as unintended consequences (e.g. cybersecurity, data privacy); notes that AI could also be used for planning and guiding logistics chains, and for increasing efficiency, resilience, reliability, sustainability and flexibility;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of defining a clear division of responsibilities between software developers, manufacturers of various components, service and data providers and operators and end users;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that for AI-related applications in the transport sector with a specific high-risk profile, there is a need for a risk-based approach depending on the levels of automation and self-learning of the system;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Believes that despite the level of automation and of integration of artificial intelligence of the transport systems and vehicles, liability should always lie with natural and legal persons in order to ensure legal certainty and to encourage investment and the correct uptake of the technology;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of ensuring that drivers are always fully aware of a vehicle’s level of automation and their level of liability: drivers should be informed about their vehicles’ AI systems and related limitations of such systems such as activation, deactivation, failure; moreover, in-vehicle features should periodically remind the driver that he or she is in charge of monitoring the vehicle status and give clear warnings to the driver of the approaching limits of AI systems;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for further analysis of the need to adapt the European Driving Licence Directive due to automated functionalities of vehicles; urges moreover the Commission to carry out a periodic assessment of transport European regulatory framework to ensure it can respond to the safety and liability challenges related to the integration of AI technologies;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Believes human-centricity should be the basis for any update and development of regulatory framework related to the automation and AI- integration of transport;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that liability schemes in the event of an accident or a violation of traffic legislation need to be carefully designed for each level of automation and AI integration and communicated in a clear way to the users in order to ensure a smooth transition between full driver liability to full manufacturer and road operator liability;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that automated vehicles deal withthe successful integration of unmanned systems in the transport network, such as automated vehicles and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into respectively the land infrastructure and airspace relies on many variable signals and conditions; calls as a result for a regular update of digital maps providing a compulsory minimum set of information about the road network and for the correct development and deployment of the U-space;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Highlights that AI is one of the most important applications of the data economy; recalls that AI-based systems have a strong data dependency, and rely on data accuracy and relevance; calls therefore the Commission to explore the possibility to include in the Union product safety legislation requirements addressing the risks to safety of faulty data;