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Coordinated plan on artificial intelligence

Adopted on 22/09/2021
Reference: 
INT/939-EESC-2021-EESC-2021-02456-00-00
Referral: 
COM(2021) 205 final COM(2021) 205 final
Rapporteur: 
Marie-Francoise GONDARD-ARGENTI (Employers - GR I / France)
Plenary session: 
563 -
Sep 22, 2021 Sep 23, 2021

The EESC welcomes this revised coordinated plan and calls for its expedited implementation by all stakeholders playing their part.

EESC opinion: Coordinated plan on artificial intelligence

Regulation on artificial intelligence

Adopted on 22/09/2021
Reference: 
INT/940-EESC-2021-02482-00-00-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2021) 206 final 2021/0106 CODCOM(2021) 206 final 2021/0106 COD
Rapporteur: 
Catelijne MULLER (Workers - GR II / Netherlands)
Plenary session: 
563 -
Sep 22, 2021 Sep 23, 2021

The EESC is pleased that the proposal puts health, safety and fundamental rights at its centre and is global in scope. In line with its long advocated "human-in-command" approach to AI, the EESC strongly recommends that the AIA provide for certain decisions to remain the prerogative of humans.

EESC opinion: Regulation on artificial intelligence

Europe’s Digital Decade: 2030 Digital Targets

Adopted on 07/07/2021
Reference: 
INT/933-EESC-2021
Referral: 
COM(2021) 118 final COM(2021) 118 final
Rapporteur: 
Gonçalo LOBO XAVIER (Employers - GR I / Portugal)
Plenary session: 
562 -
Jul 07, 2021 Jul 08, 2021

The communication presents a vision, targets and avenues for a successful digital transformation of Europe by 2030. It proposes to agree on a set of digital principles, to rapidly launch important multi-country projects, and to prepare a legislative proposal setting out a robust governance framework, to monitor progress – the Digital Compass.

EESC opinion: Europe’s Digital Decade: 2030 Digital Targets

Shaping Europe's Digital Future

Adopted on 15/07/2020
Reference: 
INT/896-EESC-2020
Referral: 
COM(2020) 67 final
Rapporteur: 
Ulrich SAMM (Germany)
Co-rapporteur: 
Jakob Krištof POČIVAVŠEK (Workers - GR II/Slovenia)

The EESC welcomes this package of new initiatives in a wide range of areas and advocates a European path to digitalisation by seizing the opportunities for the economy together with the protection of our data to ensure privacy and self-determination.

EESC opinion: Shaping Europe's Digital Future

White Paper on Artificial Intelligence

Adopted on 15/07/2020
Reference: 
INT/894-EESC-2020
Referral: 
COM(2020) 65 final
Rapporteur: 
Catelijne MULLER (Workers - GR II / Netherlands)

The EESC congratulates the Commission's for its strategy to encourage the uptake of AI technologies while also ensuring their compliance with European ethical norms, legal requirements and social values.

EESC opinion: White Paper on Artificial Intelligence

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European Commission follow-up to the EESC opinion on the White Paper on Artificial intelligence

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