12 Amendments of Massimiliano SALINI related to 2020/2216(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly supports multilateral solutions for digital trade rules and calls for the plurilateral WTO negotiations on e- commerce to be concluded; the realization of the free flow of data with trust is also crucial; in doing so, bilateral/regional regulatory cooperation, such as promoting mutual recognition, could complement the future WTO scheme, taking into account the level of personal data protection under each domestic law; regrets that, in the absence of global rules, EU companies are faced with non-tariff barriers in digital trade such as unjustified data localisation and mandatory technology transfer requirements; supports making the WTO moratorium on electronic transmissions permanent;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that data access and processing are often indispensable to providing competitive digital services; calls on the Commission to adopt digital trade rules that increase the competitiveness of EU business and facilitate the free transfer of data flows across bordersglobally while respecting EU data protection rules; including by adding ambitious and flexible provisions on cross-border data flows in trade agreements that do not allow for excessive state intervention;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomesTakes note of the conclusion of the rules-based Asian Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, which deepens the economic integration of the region; regrets, however, the lack of a robust sustainable development chapter including commitments on environmental preservation and social rights in the RCEP; believes that the conclusion of the RCEP should encourage the EU to help set global rules for the digital economy; supports in this regard the establishment of an EU-US Trade and Technology Council and the work on a Transatlantic AI Agreement to help facilitate trade and the development of compatible rules and standards in digital trade, ensuring a central role for the EU in the setting of those standards;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that AI is embedded into a wide variety of systems and therefore it will expand available entry possibilities for malicious actors to exploit; therefore, it is necessary to promote cybersecurity by supporting industry-driven standards, guidelines and best practices to help companies manage their cybersecurity risks, considering the increasing of large- scale cyberattacks from non-EU countries aimed at misappropriating sensitive business information such as trade secrets and intellectual property, to which EU companies often are victims; notes that as a way to apply pressure on non- cooperative states, diplomatic action or economic retaliation could be considered; is of the view that an agreement within the OECD to not engage in commercial espionage against one another would also discourage other countries from taking actions.
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that production and trade depend on digital information being transported, stored and used across borders;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Highlights the EU data strategy’s role in building its own single market for data through legislation, including the Data Governance Act and the forthcoming Data Act;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Underlines the fact that competitive access to data is of crucial importance for the development of AI technology, which will be increasingly important in several sectors in society; stresses therefore that researchers and businesses need to be given greater freedom to access and use data for AI development;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Draws attention to the legal unpredictability faced by AI technology developers because of inadequate coordination of data protection and ethics issues relating to AI at EU level; asks the Commission therefore to submit guidance for pre-approved data usage procedures, as well as for pseudonymisation and anonymisation, in order to increase legal predictability for AI technology developers; considers that national authorities should follow that EU guidance, when exercising their public authority, as a way of ensuring consistent regulatory compliance and removing obstacles to the functioning of the digital single market;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Recognises the ambition to make the EU a world leader in the development and application of AI and underlines the fact that the EU should position itself as a global leader in the development of ethical and legal norms and standards for the use of AI, potentially setting standards for the rest of the world;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Notes that SMEs are hardest hit by opaque bureaucracy and excessive regulatory burdens and, accordingly, underlines the fact that legislation needs to be simplified and clarified in order to promote the development and use by them of digital technologies, in particular AI;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6 g. Highlights the fact that the size of the single market constitutes the main potential for increased digital competitiveness and innovation in Europe and that therefore any fragmentation and any unwarranted border barriers to data flows, collaborative research and exports of digital goods and services between EU countries must be immediately eliminated so as to ensure that society reaps the full benefits of the EU market;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6 h. Encourages the Commission to evaluate the possibilities to facilitate data flows with strategically important third countries and strengthen the links to like- minded democracies and market economies in the area of data; especially crucial is the cooperation with the United Kingdom which has an important role in the global digital economy; encourages therefore the Commission to include the UK in the aspirations to create a seamless European single market for data; takes note in this regard of the grace period of 4+ 2 months for data transfers provided for in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK, and encourages the Commission to urgently ensure continued data flows between the two partners, with respect for data protection rules as a precondition;