Ahead of today’s trilogue meeting (30 November 2023), a four-column document was distributed by Politico. This document includes elements already validated in previous meetings, notably regarding the mandatory certification of certain critical products, as well as compromise proposals by the Commission concerning product lifetime and...
On 28 November, MEPs of the lead Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy (ITRE) were briefed on the outcomes of the second round of informal interinstitutional (trilogue) negotiations held on 8 November. CRA's rapporteur Danti (Renew Europe, Italy) highlighted that the Parliament successfully secured a minimum...
The European Commission has put forward a new compromise text regarding general-purpose artificial intelligence as part of the ongoing trilogue negotiations on the Artificial Intelligence Act. The document addresses AI systems without predetermined tasks, referred to as "general purpose," which also includes AIs with "frontier...
A leaked version of the four-column document has been transmitted by Politico. This document reflects some substantial challenges are illustrated by the tentative comprises between the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the EU's proposals. Even if the trilogue discussions have found...
The Parliament pushes to have a say on future certification schemes Background In its conclusions of 23 May 2022, the Council called upon the Union and its Member States to reinforce efforts to raise the overall level of cybersecurity by facilitating the emergence of trusted cybersecurity service...
During the Working Party TELECOM of 19 October, delegations agreed on the substance of the provisional deal reached with the European Parliament. COREPER I will meet on Friday, October 27, 2023, to validate the progress of the four-column document. A final political trilogue is scheduled on November,...
On 12 October, Rapporteur Nicola Danti (Renew Europe, Italy) briefed MEPs on the outcomes of the first trilogue, which took place on 27 September. As the negotiations are still in early stages, MEP Danti informed that the trilogue mainly consisted of presentations of priorities for each co-legislator. Nonetheless, brief...
The consolidated text of the IMCO-JURI Report, adopted by the IMCO-JURI Committees on 9 October, was made publicly available. [button size='' style='' text='Download the report' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://files.eurosmart.com/f/169241' target='_self' color='' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin=''] [button size='' style='' text='Download the Eurosmart analysis' icon=''...
In August, the United States provided detailed suggestions to the European Union regarding the treatment of artificial intelligence (AI) definition, high-risk AI systems, and foundation models in the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act. Reported by Reuters the suggestions were shared with EU policymakers and included...
A new political trilogue took place on October 2 and 3, 2023. The objective of this trilogue meeting was, on one hand, to establish the key principles for identifying a high-risk AI system and, on the other hand, to set out the framework for regulating...