8 Amendments of Stéphanie YON-COURTIN related to 2020/2012(INL)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the importance of an EU regulatory framework of ethical aspects being applicable where consumers within the Union are users of or subject to an algorithmic system, irrespective of the place of establishment of the entities that develop, sell or employ the system;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the framework should apply to algorithmic systems, including the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, automated and assisted decision making processes and robotics;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that the Commission should complete a full review of the existing legislation in order to identify legislative gaps; underlines in that regard the extensive legislation already in force that guarantees for instance that products and services placed on the Union market are safe and do not harm people, respect their privacy and follow stringent environmental rules; calls on the Commission to refrain from adopting a legislative act that would double, overlap or contradict those sector-specific legislations;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Points out that the legislative framework introduced by Decision No 768/2008/EC1a provides for a harmonised list of obligations for producers, importers and distributors, encourages the use of standards and foresees several levels of control depending on the dangerousness of the product; considers that this framework should also apply to AI imbedded products; __________________ 1aDecision No 768/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on a common framework for the marketing of products, and repealing Council Decision 93/465/EEC (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 82).
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Considers that for the future legislation to apply, legal obligations need to be very precise and avoid to refer to general principles in order to ensure that they are implementable by economic operators;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the importance of ensuring that the interests of marginalised and vulnerable consumers and groups are adequately taken into account and represented in any future regulatory framework of ethical aspects; notes that for the purpose of analysing the impacts of algorithmic systems on consumers, access to data should be extended to appropriate parties notably independent researchers, media and civil society organisations, while fully respecting Union data protection and privacy law; recalls the importance of training and giving basic skills to consumers to deal with algorithmic systems in order to protect them from potential risks and detriment of their rights;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the importance of achieving a high-level of overall digital literacy and of training highly skilled professionals in this area ands well as ensuring the mutual recognition of such qualifications across the Union;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the establishment ofa strong coordination of Member State’s authorities, for instance through instruments such as a European market surveillance board for algorithmic systems, to ensure a level playing field and to avoid fragmentation of the internal market, to decide with a qualified majority and by secret vote in case of different decisions on algorithmic systems used in more than one Member State, as well as at the request of the majority of the national authorities;