Activities of Jasenko SELIMOVIC related to 2015/2103(INL)
Plenary speeches (1)
Civil Law Rules on Robotics (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION with recommendations to the Commission on Civil Law Rules on Robotics
Amendments (12)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas ageing is the result of an increased life expectancy due to progress in modern medicine, and is one of the greatest social and economic challenges of the 21st century for European societies; whereas by 2025 more than 20% of Europeans will be 65 or over, with a particularly rapid increase in numbers of over 80s, which will lead to a fundamentally different balance between generations within our societies;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. stresses that the increase in demand in CPS units has the potential to create a large number of high-skilled jobs in Europe;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. notes that CPS are likely to have a profound impact on the healthcare sector, with the potential to lower the overall costs of healthcare by enabling medical professionals to shift their focus from treatment to prevention;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. stresses that although CPS has the potential to enhance the mobility and sociability of people with disabilities and elderly people, human caregivers will still be needed and provide an important source of social interaction for them; notes that CPS technologies or robots can only augment human care and make the rehabilitation process more targeted, so that medical staff and caregivers can allocate more time for diagnosis and better treatment options;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. underlines that the increased use of CPS could result in a healthier society as procedures become less invasive, leading to quicker recovery times, and reducing health-care absenteeism;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Clinical trialevaluation and clinical investigations
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. welcomes the political agreement on the new medical devices regulation which will improve the safety and quality of medical devices, including robots and CPS, by strengthening the scrutiny of products before they are placed on the market and tightening the surveillance once they are available;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. acknowledges the vulnerability of patients with special needs, including children, elderly and people suffering from disabilities, who may develop an emotional connection with CPS and robots, and underlines the ethical considerations posed by their possible attachment; encourages the Commission to start a reflection on how to ensure that CPS will not negatively impact the autonomy and independence of vulnerable persons;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. stresses that CPS will lead to the creation of energy and infrastructure systems that are able to control the flow of electricity from producer to consumer, as well as will result in the creation of energy ´prosumers´, who both produce and consume energy; thus allowing for major environmental benefits; (To be inserted before the subheading ‘Safety’)
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. encourages the Research Ethical Committees and the Commission to start a reflection in order to develop a code of conduct for researchers/designers and users of medical CPS, that should be based on the principles enshrined in the Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights (such as human dignity and human rights, equality, justice and equity, benefit and harm, dignity, non-discrimination and non-stigmatisation, autonomy and individual responsibility, informed consent, privacy and social responsibility as well as the rights of the elderly, the integration of persons with disabilities, the right to healthcare, and the right to consumer protection) and on existing ethical practices and codes.