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European Parliament

2019-2024

{IMCO}Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

2020/2216(INI)

{26/01/2021}26.1.2021

AMENDMENTS

1 - 201

Draft report

Deirdre Clune

(PE661.999v01-00)

Shaping the digital future of Europe: removing barriers to the functioning of the digital single market and improving the use of AI for European consumers

(2020/2216(INI))

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Amendment1

Jordi Cañas

Motion for a resolution

Citation 8 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) reports of 2020 and to the Special Eurobarometer results “Attitudes towards the impact of digitalisation on daily lives”1a,

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Or. {EN}en

Amendment2

Evelyne Gebhardt, Andreas Schieder, Sylvie Guillaume, Tsvetelina Penkova, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Maria Grapini, Marc Angel, Adriana Maldonado López, Brando Benifei, Christel Schaldemose


Citation 29 a (new)


Amendment

-having regard to its resolution of 20 January 2021 on strengthening the single market: the future of free movement of services,

Or. {EN}en

Amendment3

Marion Walsmann, Deirdre Clune, Edina Tóth, Pablo Arias Echeverría, Pascal Arimont, Maria da Graça Carvalho


Recital A


Amendment

A.whereas substantial barriers still exist for the realisation of the full potential of the digital single market, and whereas a common EU approach is essential for its success;

A.whereas substantial barriers in the digital single market still exist and they have to be removed in order to realise its full potential, and whereas a common EU approach is essential for its success;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment4

Marcel Kolaja

{Greens/EFA}on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group


Recital A


Amendment

A.whereas substantial barriers still exist for the realisation of the full potential of the digital single market, and whereas a common EU approach is essential for its success;

A.whereas barriers still exist for the realisation of the full potential of the digital single market, and whereas a common, human and environmental centric, EU approach is essential for its success;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment5

Marcel Kolaja



Recital B


Amendment

B.whereas digitalisation has the potential to add significant value to the single market as a whole, and is important for both traditional and non-traditional sectors;

B.whereas digitalisation done with citizen and sustainable environment goals in mind has the potential to add significant value to the single market as a whole, and is important for both traditional and non-traditional sectors and can be a competitive advantage on the global market;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment6



Recital B


Amendment

B.whereas digitalisation has the potential to add significant value to the single market as a whole, and is important for both traditional and non-traditional sectors;

B.whereas digitalisation has the potential to add significant value to the single market as a whole, and is important for both European consumers as well as traditional and non-traditional sectors;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment7



Recital B a (new)


Amendment

Ba.whereas a dismantling of online and offline rules in the European Single Market and the DSM, respectively, has to be prevented at all costs and whereas the principle “what is illegal offline is illegal online” has to be respected;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment8

Marcel Kolaja



Recital C


Amendment

C.whereas the digital transition requires increased investment in key enablers of the digital economy;

C.whereas the digital transition requires increased investment in key enablers of the digital economy and coordination with Green transition policies;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment9

Alessandra Basso, Marco Campomenosi, Isabella Tovaglieri, Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Virginie Joron, Jean-Lin Lacapelle, Markus Buchheit

{ID}on behalf of the ID Group


Recital D


Amendment

D.whereas artificial intelligence (AI) offers many benefits but also presents certain risks;

D.whereas artificial intelligence (AI) can offer many benefits but also presents certain risks;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment10

Jean-Lin Lacapelle, Virginie Joron


Recital D a (new)


Amendment

Da.whereas the EU’s technology lag in AI poses a threat to the independence and security of the European states;

Or. {FR}fr

Amendment11

Marcel Kolaja



Recital E


Amendment

E.whereas AI is already subject to many existing legislative requirements;

E.whereas AI is, to a certain extent, already subject to existing legislative requirements;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment12

Marcel Kolaja



Recital F


Amendment

F.whereas we need to build public trust in AI while fostering innovation in Europe;

F.whereas we need to build public trust in AI by including by default the full respect of fundamental rights, consumer protection, data protection and security and fostering innovation in Europe;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment13

Kateřina Konečná


Recital F


Amendment

F.whereas we need to build public trust in AI while fostering innovation in Europe;

F.whereas there is a need to build public trust in AI while fostering innovation in Europe;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment14

Kateřina Konečná


Recital F a (new)


Amendment

Fa.whereas EU Member States and EU institutions have an obligation under the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights to ensure that each person’s rights to privacy, data protection, free expression and assembly, non-discrimination, dignity and other fundamental rights are not unduly restricted by the use of new and emerging technologies;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment15

Kateřina Konečná


Subheading 1


Amendment

Part 1: removing barriers to the functioning of the digital single market

Part 1: Strengthening the functioning of the digital single market

Or. {EN}en

Amendment16

Marcel Kolaja


Dita Charanzová, Róża Thun und Hohenstein


Paragraph 1


Amendment

1.Believes the EU needs to become a world leader in digital innovation; considers that the digital single market is about removing national barriers and having a better organised and common European approach for market integration and harmonisation; believes that further actions are needed at both Member State and EU level to achieve this;

1.Believes the EU needs to become a world leader in digital innovation; considers that the digital single market is about removing national barriers and synergies and enhancing the benefits for the European citizens, therefore having a better organised and common European approach for market integration and harmonisation can contribute to that result; believes that further actions are needed at both Member State and EU level to achieve this, including by eliminating unjustified geo-blocking;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment17

Kosma Złotowski


Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Believes the EU’s digital policy should create or support the key foundations needed for the European public and private sectors to be world leaders in digital innovation; considers that the digital single market is one such foundation and is about removing national barriers, strengthen competition and having a better organised and common European approach for market integration; believes that further actions are needed at both Member State and EU level to achieve this;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment18

Christel Schaldemose, Evelyne Gebhardt


Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Believes the EU needs to become a world leader in digital innovation; considers that the digital single market is about ensuring the full potential of new technologies, removing unjustified national barriers and having a better organised and common European approach for market integration and harmonisation; believes that further actions are needed at both Member State and EU level to achieve this;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment19

Kateřina Konečná


Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Believes the EU needs to become a world leader in trustworthy, human-centric innovation; considers that the digital single market is about removing national barriers and having a better organised and common European approach for market integration and harmonisation; believes that further actions are needed at both Member State and EU level to achieve this;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment20




Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Believes the EU needs to become a world leader in digital innovation; considers that the digital single market is about having a better organised and common European approach for market harmonisation; believes that further actions are needed at both Member State and EU level to achieve this;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment21

Evelyne Gebhardt, Andreas Schieder, Sylvie Guillaume, Tsvetelina Penkova, Maria Grapini, Marc Angel, Adriana Maldonado López, Brando Benifei, Christel Schaldemose


Paragraph 1


Amendment


1.Believes the EU needs to become a world leader in digital innovation; considers that the digital single market is about removing unjustified national barriers and having a better organised and common European approach for market integration and harmonisation; believes that further actions are needed at both Member State and EU level to achieve this;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment22

Adriana Maldonado López


Paragraph 1 a (new)


Amendment

1a.Stresses that existing gender, digital and social gaps should be addressed when designing legislation for Europe’s digital future; considers that AI, algorithms and data should be based on transparency and the possibility for oversight; calls for plans to be drawn up at European level for harmonised implementation in all Member States;

Or. {ES}es

Amendment23

Marion Walsmann, Deirdre Clune, Pablo Arias Echeverría, Pascal Arimont, Maria da Graça Carvalho


Paragraph 1 a (new)


Amendment

1a.Stresses the importance of a fully functioning digital single market for the benefit of consumers and enterprises and asks for SMEs to be supported in their digital transformation and expects from the Commission to introduce a fitness check for SMEs before proposing legislation;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment24

Kosma Złotowski


Paragraph 2


Amendment

2.Believes that the principles underlying the EU’s approach to digitalisation should be based on fundamental rights, consumer protection and data protection;

2.Believes that the principles underlying the EU’s approach to digitalisation should be based on fundamental rights, consumer protection, technological neutrality and data protection;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment25

Kateřina Konečná


Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Believes that the EU’s approach to digitalisation needs be fully compliant with fundamental rights, consumer protection and data protection

Or. {EN}en

Amendment26

Clara Ponsatí Obiols


Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Believes that the principles underlying the EU’s approach to digitalisation should be based on fundamental rights, consumer protection and data protection; and that EU’s approach should also take into account the challenge that digitalisation represents for regional and minority languages;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment27



Paragraph 2


Amendment


2.Believes that the principles underlying the EU’s approach to digitalisation should be based on fundamental rights, consumer protection and data protection as well as non-discrimination of the most vulnerable groups;

Or. {ES}es

Amendment28

Kosma Złotowski


Paragraph 3


Amendment

3.Believes that digitalisation and technologies such as AI will be important for achieving the objectives of the Green Deal and for economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis; considers that the COVID-19 crisis also offers an opportunity to speed up digitalisation, and that the digital transformation must serve the public interest overall;

3.Believes that digitalisation and technologies such as AI will be important for achieving the objectives of the Industrial Strategy, Vision Zero, Green Deal and for economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis; further believes that the Industrial Strategy and Green Deal should themselves support the objective of digitalisation and realisation of technological leadership, as part of a mutually reinforcing policy approach; considers that the COVID-19 crisis also offers an opportunity to speed up digitalisation, and that the digital transformation must serve the public interest overall;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment29

Marcel Kolaja



Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Believes that human and environmental centric digitalisation and technologies such as AI will be important for achieving the targets of the Green Deal and to overcome some of the difficulties created by the COVID-19 crisis; points out the potential of digital solutions, such as teleworking and AI applications, to support the participation of people with disabilities in the Digital Single Market; considers that the COVID-19 crisis also offers an opportunity to speed up digitalisation, and that the digital transformation must serve the public interest overall;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment30



Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Believes that digitalisation and technologies such as AI will be important for achieving the objectives of the Green Deal, promoting energy efficiency of data processing and storage systems, and for economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis; considers that the COVID-19 crisis also offers an opportunity to speed up digitalisation, and that the digital transformation must serve the public interest overall;

Or. {ES}es

Amendment31

Kateřina Konečná


Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Believes that digitalisation and technologies such as AI will be important for achieving the objectives of the Green Deal and for economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis; considers that these benefits can only be realised if the severe environmental, privacy and fundamental rights concerns, for example of worker surveillance, can be prevented and that the digital transformation must serve the public interest overall;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment32



Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Believes that digitalisation and emerging technologies such as AI will be important for achieving the objectives of the Green Deal and for economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis; considers that the COVID-19 crisis also offers an opportunity to speed up digitalisation, and that the digital transformation must serve the public interest overall;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment33

Evelyne Gebhardt, Andreas Schieder, Sylvie Guillaume, Tsvetelina Penkova, Maria Grapini, Marc Angel, Adriana Maldonado López, Brando Benifei, Christel Schaldemose


Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Believes that digitalisation and technologies such as AI could potentially achieve the objectives of the Green Deal and for economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis; considers that the COVID-19 crisis also offers an opportunity to speed up digitalisation, and that the digital transformation must serve the public interest overall;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment34

Deirdre Clune


Paragraph 3


Amendment


3.Believes that digitalisation and technologies such as AI will be important for achieving the objectives of the Green Deal and for economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis; considers that the COVID-19 crisis also offers an opportunity to speed up digitalisation, and that the digital transformation must serve the public interest overall; believes that the digital transformation must be targeted to meet the needs of urban, rural and isolated regions in the EU;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment35

Arba Kokalari


Paragraph 3 a (new)


Amendment

3a.Notes that new technologies, data and AI are key enablers of the transition to a circular economy, facilitating the introduction of circular business models, contributing to more sustainable value chains and optimising resource use; calls on the Commission to promote and support the uptake and development of sustainable technology in the realisation of the Green Deal;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment36

Marcel Kolaja



Paragraph 3 a (new)


Amendment

3a.Believes that practices that undermine consumer experience, data protection and labour rights such as technology-enabled surveillance, monitoring and control in the workplace, such as prediction and flagging tools, remote monitoring and time-tracking and algorithmic management should be eliminated;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment37



Paragraph 4


Amendment

4.Highlights that the Commission should adopt a balanced approach to legislation in order to create a digital single market that is competitive, accessible, technologically neutral, innovation-friendly, human-centric and trustworthy, and that builds a secure data society and economy;

4.Highlights that the Commission should create a digital single market that ensures the provision of public services, is competitive, fair, accessible, technologically neutral, innovation-friendly, consumer-friendly, human-centric and trustworthy, builds a secure data society and economy and ensures that equal conditions prevail as regards tax payment, meaning in particular that leading internet companies pay their taxes where their profits are generated;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment38

Marcel Kolaja



Paragraph 4


Amendment


4.Highlights that the Commission should adopt an evidence based approach to legislation in order to create a digital single market that is competitive, accessible, technologically neutral, innovation-friendly, human-centric and trustworthy, and that builds a secure data society and economy;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment39

Kateřina Konečná


Paragraph 4


Amendment


4.Highlights that the Commission should adopt an approach to legislation in that creates a digital single market that is competitive, accessible, technologically neutral, innovation-friendly, human-centric and trustworthy, and that builds a secure data society and economy;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment40

Marcel Kolaja



Paragraph 4 a (new)


Amendment

4a.Points out that SMEs and other economic actors should use cooperation as much as possible, working in an ecosystem that benefits citizens and is able to support growth. The use of open source is a path towards open and sustainable digital transformation, both through open source software and open hardware - progressing towards European strategic autonomy in digital;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment41

Marcel Kolaja



Paragraph 4 b (new)


Amendment

4b.Calls on the Commission to assess the environmental impact of data sharing and the infrastructures required to ensure a sustainable digital deployment in line with the Green Deal; stresses that, despite the current high carbon footprint of development, deployment and use of artificial intelligence and machine learning, robotics and related technologies, those technologies can contribute to the reduction of the current environmental footprint; calls for the introduction of an EU digital sustainability index based on an analysis of product life cycles;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment42

Marcel Kolaja



Paragraph 5


Amendment

5.Calls on the Commission to follow the ‘one in, one out’ principle in its future legislative proposals, and to address the fragmentation of the digital single market, remove any existing unjustified barriers, and support innovation by reducing red tape;

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Or. {EN}en

Amendment43

Evelyne Gebhardt, Andreas Schieder, Sylvie Guillaume, Tsvetelina Penkova, Marc Angel, Brando Benifei, Christel Schaldemose


Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Calls on the Commission to address the fragmentation of the digital single market, remove any existing unjustified barriers, and support innovation;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment44



Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Calls on the Commission to follow the ‘one in, one out’ principle in its future legislative proposals, and to avoid the fragmentation of the digital single market, remove any existing unjustified barriers in particular administrative burdens, and support innovation especially for SMEs;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment45

Kateřina Konečná


Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Calls on the Commission to support public trust in AI by providing clear, regulatory limits to uses of AI which inherently undermine fundamental rights and the protection of the environment;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment46




Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Calls on the Commission to follow the ‘one in, one out’ principle in its future legislative proposals, and to address the fragmentation of the digital single market and support innovation by reducing red tape;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment47

Jordi Cañas


Paragraph 5


Amendment


5.Calls on the Commission to follow the ‘one in, one out’ principle in its future legislative proposals, and to address the fragmentation of the digital single market, remove any existing unjustified barriers, support innovation by reducing red tape, and use the appropriate incentives that create a level playing field, such as stimulus-inducing fiscal policies and equal access to investment opportunities;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment48



Paragraph 6


Amendment

6.Asks the Commission to ensure proper enforcement of both current and any new legislative requirements; believes that enforcement needs to work effectively across borders and across sectors, with greater cooperation between authorities, and with due regard for the expertise and relevant competence of each authority; believes that the Commission should provide a guiding framework to ensure coordination for any new regulatory requirements on AI or related fields;

6.Asks the Commission to ensure an ambitious enforcement of both current and any new legislative requirements; believes that enforcement needs to work effectively across borders and across sectors, with greater cooperation between authorities, and with due regard for the expertise and relevant competence of each authority; believes that the Commission should provide a guiding framework to ensure coordination for any new regulatory requirements on AI or related fields;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment49

Marcel Kolaja



Paragraph 7


Amendment

7.Calls on the Commission to increase support for key enablers of the digital economy;

7.Calls on the Commission to increase support for key enabling sectors of the digital economy; stresses the need to avoid service provider or technological lock-in for public data collection processes and calls for all Union public procurement processes and funding programmes to include open data access, mandatory interoperability and portability requirements, as well as to promote the use of open-source software and hardware;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment50

Svenja Hahn, Dita Charanzová, Andrus Ansip, Vlad-Marius Botoş, Sandro Gozi, Morten Løkkegaard, Jordi Cañas, Claudia Gamon, Ivars Ijabs, Karen Melchior, Liesje Schreinemacher


Paragraph 7


Amendment


7.Calls on the Commission to aim at an innovation-friendly regulatory environment for enablers of the digital economy and to strengthen the financial and institutional support for the European digital economy in close coordination with Member States and stakeholders;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment51



Paragraph 7


Amendment


7.Calls on the Commission to increase investment in the digital economy;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment52

Deirdre Clune


Paragraph 7


Amendment


7.Calls on the Commission to increase support for key enablers of the digital economy, such as: investing in research and development, supporting commercial innovations in Europe, providing increased and broader access to data, building digital infrastructure, increasing the general availability of digital skills within the population, promoting technological leadership for the business environment, and creating a proportionate and harmonised regulatory environment;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment53

Kosma Złotowski


Paragraph 7


Amendment


7.Calls on the Commission to increase support for key enablers of the digital economy; considers in this regard the important role that smart public procurement, such as European GovTech platform, can play in supporting digital developments across the EU;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment54

Kateřina Konečná


Paragraph 8


Amendment

8.Considers that substantial investment in AI and other key new technologies is required; calls for NextGenerationEU, as well as public and private funding, to increase investment so as to reflect the EU’s ambition of becoming a global technological leader and reaping the full benefits of digitalisation;

8.Considers that substantial investment in AI and other key new technologies is required; calls for NextGenerationEU, as well as public and private funding, to increase investment in rights-compliant technologies with a concerted review mechanism to ensure transparency and a full, publicly available prior fundamental rights impact assessment of all EU-funded technology investments so as to reflect the EU’s ambition of becoming a global technological leader and reaping the full benefits of digitalisation for all in society;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment55



Paragraph 8


Amendment


8.Considers that substantial investment and public-private cooperation are required in the field of AI and other key new technologies; calls for NextGenerationEU, as well as public and private funding, to increase investment so as to reflect the EU’s ambition of becoming a global technological leader, developing its research and knowledge and reaping the full benefits of digitalisation;

Or. {ES}es

Amendment56




Paragraph 8


Amendment


8.Considers that substantial investment in AI and other key new technologies is required; calls for public and private funding to increase investment so as to strengthen and improve the EU’s standing at global level;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment57

Maria da Graça Carvalho


Paragraph 8 a (new)


Amendment

8a.Considers that AI poses a special challenge for SMEs. The transition to AI solutions shall benefit these companies to flourish and new legislation on the use of AI shall not create such a complexity and bureaucracy jeopardising their competitiveness in the market;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment58

Svenja Hahn, Dita Charanzová, Andrus Ansip, Vlad-Marius Botoş, Sandro Gozi, Claudia Gamon, Ivars Ijabs, Karen Melchior, Liesje Schreinemacher


Paragraph 9


Amendment

9.Calls on the Commission to ensure wider coordination of investment in the NextGenerationEU recovery plan; calls on the Commission to propose concrete actions within this plan to support key digital enablers and high impact technologies in the EU;

9.Calls on the Commission to ensure wider coordination of investment in the NextGenerationEU recovery plan; calls on the Commission to propose concrete actions within this plan to support digital enablers and high impact technologies in the EU;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment59



Paragraph 9


Amendment


9.Calls on the Commission to ensure wider coordination of investment in the NextGenerationEU recovery plan; calls on the Commission to propose concrete actions within this plan to support high impact technologies in the EU;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment60

Deirdre Clune


Paragraph 9


Amendment


9.Calls on the Commission to ensure wider coordination of investment in the NextGenerationEU recovery plan; calls on the Commission to propose concrete actions within this plan to support key digital enablers and high impact technologies in the EU such as artificial intelligence, high performance computing, quantum computing, cloud infrastructure, platforms, smart cities, 5G and fibre infrastructure;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment61

Jordi Cañas, Svenja Hahn


Paragraph 9 a (new)


Amendment

9a.Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen their support to start-ups and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMS), via the Single Market Programme, Digital Innovation Hubs and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, in the development and application of digital technologies, in order to further drive digital transformation and thus enable them to fully develop their digital potential and competitiveness for growth and jobs in Europe;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment62

Kosma Złotowski


Paragraph 10


Amendment

10.Notes that there is a significant lack of European venture and seed capital, as well as of private equity funding, when compared to its two biggest competitors; believes that this both prevents the EU from realising the full potential benefits of new technology, and also hinders the EU from influencing the global governance of new and emerging technologies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to propose a comprehensive European approach to increase sources of capital for technological investments in the EU;

10.Notes that there is a significant lack of European venture and seed capital, as well as of private equity funding, when compared to other markets; considers that this often leads European start-ups to scale-up in third country markets rather than expanding in the EU; believes that this prevents the wider European economy from gaining as many spill over benefits from ventures originating in Europe; calls on the Commission and the Member States to propose a comprehensive European approach to broaden the sources of capital for technological investments in the EU, including initiatives to support angel investing by European private sector leaders;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment63

Evelyne Gebhardt, Andreas Schieder, Tsvetelina Penkova, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Maria Grapini, Marc Angel, Adriana Maldonado López, Brando Benifei, Christel Schaldemose


Paragraph 10


Amendment

10.Notes that there is a significant lack of European venture and seed capital, as well as of private equity funding, when compared to its two biggest competitors; believes that this both prevents the EU from realising the full potential benefits of new technology, and also hinders the EU from influencing the global governance of new and emerging technologies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to propose a comprehensive European approach to increase sources of capital for technological investments in the EU;

10.Notes that there is a significant lack of European venture and seed capital, as well as of private equity funding, when compared to its two biggest competitors; believes that this both prevents the EU from realising the full potential benefits of new technology, and also hinders the EU from influencing the global governance of new and emerging technologies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to propose a comprehensive European approach to increase sources of capital for technological investments in the EU as well as to ensure the availability of venture and seed capital for European companies and start-ups;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment64

Evelyne Gebhardt, Andreas Schieder, Sylvie Guillaume, Tsvetelina Penkova, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Maria Grapini, Marc Angel, Adriana Maldonado López, Brando Benifei


Paragraph 10 a (new)


Amendment

10a.Regrets, that the Digital Europe programme as well as the Horizon Europe and Connecting Europe programmes do not dispose over higher budgets; urges the Commission to ensure that these programmes are deployed as soon as possible;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment65



Paragraph 11


Amendment

11.Calls on the Commission to work to position the EU as leader in the adoption and standardisation process for new technologies; highlights the need to work with industry and also with international partners on setting global standards;

11.Calls on the Commission to work to position the EU as leader in the adoption and standardisation process for new technologies; highlights the need to work with standardisation organisations, industry and also with international partners on setting global standards; considers the use of CEN Workshops Agreement in specific areas, such as AI and new emerging technologies, as a way to increase efficiency in creating harmonised standards;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment66

Evelyne Gebhardt, Andreas Schieder, Sylvie Guillaume, Tsvetelina Penkova, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Maria Grapini, Marc Angel, Adriana Maldonado López, Christel Schaldemose


Paragraph 11


Amendment


11.Calls on the Commission to work to position the EU as leader in the adoption and standardisation process for new technologies ensuring that “AI made in Europe” is based on European values and norms in order to promote not only economic development but especially social welfare; highlights the need to work with industry and also with international partners on setting global standards;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment67

Kateřina Konečná


Paragraph 11


Amendment


11.Calls on the Commission to work to position the EU as leader in the fundamental rights compliant adoption and standardisation process for new technologies; highlights the need to work with international partners on setting global standards;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment68

Svenja Hahn, Dita Charanzová, Andrus Ansip, Vlad-Marius Botoş, Sandro Gozi, Morten Løkkegaard, Jordi Cañas, Claudia Gamon, Ivars Ijabs, Karen Melchior, Liesje Schreinemacher


Paragraph 11


Amendment


11.Calls on the Commission to work to position the EU as leader in the adoption and standardisation process for new technologies; highlights the need to work with industry and also with international partners on setting global standards; in this regard, welcomes the Commission’s proposal from December 2020 for a new transatlantic agenda, which highlights the importance of cooperating with the US on technology and standards;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment69

Kosma Złotowski


Paragraph 11


Amendment


11.Calls on the Commission to work to position the EU as leader in the adoption and standardisation process for new technologies; highlights the need to work with industry and also with international partners on setting global standards, which should be the first preference when standard setting in the digital single market, given the global nature of technology leadership and development;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment70

Marcel Kolaja





Amendment

11a.Stresses that enabling sharing and access to essential and well-defined data sets will be key to fully unlock the potential of the Green Deal; calls on the Commission to assess which datasets are essential for the ecological transition in the context of sustainable products and services, inter alia in product manufacturing, transportation, carbon, energy and biodiversity impact, as well as their end-of life handling; calls on the Commission to consider extending the scope of the high value datasets defined in Directive(EU) 2019/1024 on Open Data to private actors;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment71

Marcel Kolaja



Paragraph 11 b (new)


Amendment

11b.Believes that there is an urgent need to incentivise access to the data that is currently locked in the private sector, while ensuring that the use of public money always result in public data; in that regard, calls for the establishment of a “public money, public data” principle and call for incentives meant to give SMEs access to non personal data produced by other private stakeholders in a voluntary and mutually benefiting process;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment72

Marcel Kolaja



Paragraph 12


Amendment

12.Recalls that we need a data economy that works for the entire EU, as it is a key enabler of digitalisation; believes that it is important for the EU to guarantee a high degree of control over data, with clear and balanced rules on intellectual property rights (IPR), but considers it essential to maintain openness towards third countries, and that the free flow of non-personal data across borders is important;

12.Recalls that we need a data economy that works for the entire EU, as it is a key enabler of digitalisation; believes that it is important for the EU to guarantee a high degree of control over data; considers it essential to maintain openness towards third countries;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment73




Paragraph 12


Amendment


12.Recalls that we need a data economy that works for the entire EU, as it is a key enabler of digitalisation; believes that it is important for the EU to guarantee a high degree of control over data, with clear and balanced rules on intellectual property rights (IPR);

Or. {EN}en

Amendment74

Kateřina Konečná


Paragraph 12


Amendment


12.Recalls that we need a data economy that works for the entire EU, as it is a key enabler of digitalisation; believes that it is important for the EU to guarantee a high degree of control over data and maintain the highest standards of protection for personal data, with clear and balanced rules on intellectual property rights (IPR), but considers it essential to maintain openness towards third countries, and that the free flow of non-personal data across borders is important;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment75



Paragraph 12


Amendment


12.Recalls that we need a data economy that works for the entire EU, as it is a key enabler of digitalisation; believes that it is important for the EU to guarantee a high degree of control over data, with clear and balanced rules on inter alia intellectual property rights (IPR), but considers it essential to maintain openness towards third countries, and that the free flow of non-personal data across borders is important;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment76



Paragraph 12


Amendment


12.Recalls that we need a data economy that works for the entire EU, as it is a key enabler of digitalisation; believes that it is important for the EU to guarantee a high degree of consumers’ control over data, with clear and balanced rules on intellectual property rights (IPR), but considers it essential to maintain openness towards third countries, and that the free flow of non-personal data across borders is important;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment77

Deirdre Clune


Paragraph 12


Amendment


12.Recalls that we need a data economy that works for the entire EU, as it is a key enabler of digitalisation; believes that it is important for the EU to guarantee a high degree of control over data, with clear and balanced rules on intellectual property rights (IPR), but considers it essential to maintain openness towards third countries, and that the free flow of non-personal data across borders is important; supports the Commission’s aim to address unjustified obstacles to international non-personal data flows as well as the restrictions European companies sometimes face in third countries;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment78

Kosma Złotowski




Amendment

12a.Underlines that private operators generate, collect and process a significant amount of data in connection with the provision of services of general interest or when carrying out tasks that are co-financed by public funds; stresses that, given their importance and high value for society, such data should be made available free of charge for re-use in the general interest, while guaranteeing a high level of personal data protection;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment79

Jean-Lin Lacapelle, Virginie Joron




Amendment

12a.Stresses the need to require that Europeans’ data be processed and hosted on EU territory and in accordance with EU law;

Or. {FR}fr

Amendment80



Paragraph 13


Amendment

13.Welcomes the Digital Services Act proposed by the Commission; believes that this should contribute to supporting innovation, and removing unjustified and disproportionate barriers and restrictions to the provision of digital services while improving consumer protection;

13.Welcomes the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act proposed by the Commission; believes that this should contribute to supporting innovation, and removing unjustified and disproportionate barriers and restrictions to the provision of digital services while improving consumer protection;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment81

Marcel Kolaja



Paragraph 13


Amendment


13.Believes that the Digital Services Act should contribute to supporting innovation, and removing unjustified and disproportionate barriers and restrictions to the provision of digital services while improving consumer protection;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment82

Kateřina Konečná


Paragraph 13


Amendment


13.Welcomes the Digital Services Act proposed by the Commission; believes that this should contribute to supporting innovation, guaranteeing a high level of consumer protection and the improvement of users’ rights, trust and safety online;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment83

Marcel Kolaja





Amendment

13a.Calls for further support for European trade competition regulation making sure that European market will be active, highly competitive and resistant to foreign take overs; considers that further support is needed on screening procedures for further investment, with special scrutiny to be given to take overs of technological companies including SMEs and start-ups;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment84

Marion Walsmann, Deirdre Clune, Pablo Arias Echeverría, Pascal Arimont, Maria da Graça Carvalho




Amendment

13a.Outlines that consumer protection should play an important role in the Digital Services Act and is convinced that transparency and due diligence for online marketplaces would enhance the safety of products and therefore strengthen the trust of consumers in online marketplaces;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment85



Paragraph 14


Amendment

14.Welcomes the New Consumer Agenda proposed by the Commission, and encourages the Commission to update consumer protection legislation, where appropriate, to take better account of new technologies and potential consumer harm;

14.Welcomes the New Consumer Agenda proposed by the Commission, and encourages the Commission to update consumer protection legislation, where appropriate, to take better account of the impact of new technologies and potential consumer harm;

Or. {ES}es

Amendment86

Deirdre Clune


Paragraph 14


Amendment


14.Welcomes the New Consumer Agenda proposed by the Commission, and encourages the Commission to update consumer protection legislation, where appropriate, to take better account of new technologies and potential consumer harm; considers it important that we empower European consumers to play an active role in the digital transition and that when consumers are reassured that their rights will be protected in all circumstances there is an increase in trust and adoption of digital technologies;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment87

Jordi Cañas


Paragraph 14


Amendment


14.Welcomes the New Consumer Agenda proposed by the Commission, and encourages the Commission to update consumer protection legislation, where appropriate, to take better account of new technologies and potential consumer harm, especially for the most vulnerable groups and considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment88

Evelyne Gebhardt, Andreas Schieder, Sylvie Guillaume, Tsvetelina Penkova, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Maria Grapini, Marc Angel, Adriana Maldonado López




Amendment

14a.Recalls that the geo-blocking of online services constitutes a significant barrier to the Single Market, a derogation from the European economic freedoms on which the EU integration is based and an unjustified discrimination between European consumers; notes the Commission’s first short-term review of the Geo-blocking Regulation and urges the Commission to continue its assessment with a pro-consumer approach and to consider proposing follow-up appropriate measures to approach the problems related to copyright-protected content such as audio-visual, music, e-books, and games;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment89

Marcel Kolaja





Amendment

14a.Highlights that the sharing of data should be used to enhance competition; emphasises the need for adequate safeguards against market failures on data markets; suggests that the Commission takes advantage of the review of horizontal and vertical competition guidelines to introduce new tools to counter excessive market concentration, inherent to data markets, including, inter alia ongoing monitoring for at-risk-markets and, where necessary, ex-ante regulation;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment90

Kateřina Konečná




Amendment

14a.Reiterates European principles on the ownership of individuals of their own personal data and explicit, informed consent which is necessary before using personal data as enshrined in the GDPR; points out that consent implies that individuals understand for which purpose their data will be used and that entities using personal data in algorithms have a responsibility for ensuring this understanding;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment91

Jordi Cañas




Amendment

14a.Welcomes the New EU’s Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade, which is indispensable to secure citizens’ trust and fully benefit from innovation, connectivity and automation in the digital transformation, while safeguarding fundamental rights, and calls for the effective and speedy implementation of the measures outlined;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment92

Jordi Cañas, Svenja Hahn




Amendment

14b.Calls on the Member States to implement without delay the European Accessibility Act, in order to effectively remove barriers for citizens with disabilities and ensure the availability of accessible digital services, as well as the suitability of the conditions under which they are provided, with the objective of achieving a fully inclusive and accessible Digital Single Market that ensures the equal treatment and the inclusion of people with disabilities; recalls the possibility of Member States and encourages the extension of the application of the Directive on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies to areas that are open for public use, especially in the health, transport, postal or telecommunications sector1a;

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1a Directive(EU) 2016/2102 of 26 October 2016 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies, par. 34.

Or. {EN}en

Amendment93

Marcel Kolaja





Amendment

14b.Calls to avoid encouraging a business model based on restricting access to data and knowledge, which is especially harmful to SMEs; therefore cautions against pushing for new IPR limitations and the use of trade secrets as a barrier, while advocating for removing restrictions on databases and ensuring that public data maintains its open character and cannot be privatised; reminds that according to the first evaluation of Directive 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases, the introduction of a new “sui generis right” has led to a decrease in the production of European produced databases; therefore encourages the Commission to repeal Directive 96/9/EC;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment94

Kateřina Konečná




Amendment

14b.Notes that the EU must pay attention in the way in which data are stored and processed. Integrity of data must also be protected and the reading of data must not lead to oppression or discrimination;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment95

Kateřina Konečná


Paragraph 15


Amendment

15.Strongly believes that AI can be a force for good for all European citizens, and offer significant benefits and value for the economy, safety, security, education, healthcare, transport and the environment; believes the security, inclusiveness, accessibility and fairness, especially for groups in vulnerable situations, of AI-driven products and services need to be ensured;

15.Strongly believes that AI can be a force for good for all European citizens, and offer significant benefits and value for the economy, safety, education, healthcare, transport and the environment; believes the safety, inclusiveness, accessibility and fairness, especially for groups in vulnerable situations, of AI-driven products and services need to be ensured insofar as it ensures that people will not be harmed by its development and use, and that its benefits are enjoyed equitably across society;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment96

Marcel Kolaja



Paragraph 15


Amendment


15.Strongly believes that AI has the potential to improve certain areas for European citizens, and offer benefits for the economy; believes the security, non-discrimination, accessibility and fairness, especially for groups in vulnerable situations, of AI-driven products and services need to be ensured;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment97

Evelyne Gebhardt, Andreas Schieder, Sylvie Guillaume, Tsvetelina Penkova, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Maria Grapini, Marc Angel, Adriana Maldonado López, Christel Schaldemose


Paragraph 15


Amendment


15.Is of the view that AI can, if developed adequately, be a force for good for all European citizens, and offer significant benefits and value for the economy, safety, security, education, healthcare, transport and the environment; believes the security, inclusiveness, accessibility and fairness, especially for groups of consumers considered as vulnerable of AI-driven products and services need to be ensured;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment98



Paragraph 15


Amendment


15.Strongly believes that AI can be a force for good for all European citizens, and offer significant benefits and value for the economy, safety, security, education, healthcare, transport and the environment; believes the safety, security, inclusiveness, accessibility and fairness, especially for groups in vulnerable situations, of AI-driven products and services need to be ensured;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment99




Paragraph 15


Amendment


15.Believes that AI can play a positive role for all European citizens, and offer significant benefits and value for the economy, safety, security, education, healthcare, transport and the environment; believes the security, inclusiveness, accessibility and fairness, especially for groups in vulnerable situations, of AI-driven products and services need to be ensured;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment100



Paragraph 15


Amendment


15.Strongly believes that AI can be a force for good for all European citizens, and offer significant benefits and value for the economy, safety, security, education, healthcare, transport and the environment; believes that security, inclusiveness, accessibility and equitable conditions for the most vulnerable groups with regard to AI-driven products and services need to be ensured;

Or. {ES}es

Amendment101

Kateřina Konečná




Amendment

15a.Believes that it is vital that the upcoming EU regulatory proposal establishes in law clear limitations as to what can be considered lawful uses of AI and must legally restrict uses and deployments of AI which unduly infringe upon access to social rights and benefits; believes Europe’s industries -from AI developers to car manufacturing companies - will benefit greatly from the regulatory certainty that comes from clear legal limits and an even playing field for fair competition;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment102





Amendment

15a.Supports the expected Revision of the General Product Safety Directive announced in the Commission’s New Consumer Agenda, underlines that the revision of the Directive must go hand in hand with a revision of the Product Liability Directive in order to adapt both Directives to the digital economy;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment103

Kateřina Konečná




Amendment

15b.Highlights that the main purpose of AI must be to provide more ecological and effective alternative to current technology. AI and humans should collaborate in fulfilling the long-term goals of humankind - to create equal society based on indisputability of human rights and especially right to human dignity, while achieving balances relationship with nature. Making the most advanced AI is not a goal for itself;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment104

Kateřina Konečná


Paragraph 16


Amendment

16.Recognises that in order to benefit from AI, the Commission, the Member States, the private sector, civil society and the scientific community all need to collaborate effectively, and create an ecosystem for success;

16.Recognises that in order to benefit from AI, the Commission, the Member States, the private sector, civil society and the scientific community all need to collaborate effectively to create an ecosystem for safe human-centric AI that will benefit the whole society;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment105




Paragraph 17


Amendment

17.Notes that while AI offers great potential, it can also present certain risks due to issues such as bias and opacity;

17.Notes that while AI offers good potential, it can also present certain risks due to issues such as bias and opacity;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment106



Paragraph 17


Amendment


17.Notes that while AI offers great potential, it can also present high risks due to issues such as bias and opacity;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment107

Kateřina Konečná


Paragraph 17


Amendment


17.Notes that while AI offers great potential, it can also present certain risks due to issues such as bias and opacity, the manipulation of individual behaviour, violation of privacy, the identification/ forecasting of sensitive identity traits and emotion, enabling of mass surveillance, the restriction of access to vital public services, and reinforcing structural discrimination;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment108



Paragraph 17


Amendment


17.Notes that while AI offers great potential, it can also present certain risks due to issues such as bias and opacity; calls for the traceability processes of AI-based systems to be transparent and capable of being reviewed in the event of any form of discrimination;

Or. {ES}es

Amendment109

Deirdre Clune


Paragraph 17


Amendment


17.Notes that while AI offers great potential, it can also present certain risks due to issues such as bias and opacity; believes that these risks can manifest themselves depending on the specific context and use-cases of AI;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment110

Kateřina Konečná




Amendment

17a.Highlights that beneficial innovation can only be achieved when we guarantee that uses are safe, legal, and do not discriminate; believes in need to ensure democratic oversight and clear regulation before technologies are deployed;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment111

Kateřina Konečná




Amendment

17b.Underlines that data sets used by AI systems (both for training and operation) may suffer from the inclusion of inadvertent historic bias, incompleteness and bad governance models. The continuation of such biases could lead to unintended (in)direct prejudice and discrimination against certain groups or people, potentially exacerbating prejudice and marginalisation. Harm can also result from the intentional exploitation of (consumer) biases or by engaging in unfair competition, such as the homogenisation of prices by means of collusion or a non-transparent market. Identifiable and discriminatory bias should be removed in the collection phase where possible. The way in which AI systems are developed (e.g. algorithms’ programming) may also suffer from unfair bias. This could be counteracted by putting in place oversight processes to analyse and address the system’s purpose, constraints, requirements and decisions in a clear and transparent manner;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment112

Kateřina Konečná


Paragraph 17 c (new)


Amendment

17c.Urges the EU to take steps to prevent or mitigate associated risks by the negative effects of AI and to set concrete and applicable baseline standards and rules, specifically in the sensitive area of AI systems in law enforcement, such as facial recognition software;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment113

Kateřina Konečná


Paragraph 17 d (new)


Amendment

17d.Notes that the EU should publicly and financially support only the AI directly linked with fulfilling of SDG´s and Paris Climate Agreement;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment114

Deirdre Clune


Paragraph 18


Amendment

18.Considers that a lack of consumer trust and confidence can hold back the widespread adoption of AI;

18.Considers that aside from some of the barriers to the development, adoption and effective regulation of digital technologies in the EU, a lack of consumer trust and confidence can hold back the widespread adoption of AI;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment115

Evelyne Gebhardt, Andreas Schieder, Sylvie Guillaume, Tsvetelina Penkova, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Maria Grapini, Marc Angel, Adriana Maldonado López, Brando Benifei


Paragraph 18


Amendment


18.Considers that a lack of consumer trust and confidence holds back the widespread adoption of AI;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment116

Kosma Złotowski


Paragraph 18


Amendment


18.Considers that a lack of consumer trust and confidence can hold back the widespread adoption of AI, draws attention to the unavoidable asymmetry in citizens’ understanding the processes by which advanced algorithmic and artificial intelligence systems make decisions;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment117

Kateřina Konečná


Paragraph 18


Amendment


18.Considers that a lack of consumer trust and confidence can hold back the widespread adoption of AI; therefore clear legislation with limitations must be introduced, since only ethical guidelines will hardly give consumers trust and confidence in AI;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment118

Kateřina Konečná




Amendment

18a.Demands therefore, that AI products and services are safe and that risks of discrimination, loss of privacy, loss of autonomy, and lack of transparency have to be avoided; calls thus, that consumers should have as a minimum the right to accountability, control, non-discrimination and the right to access to justice and fairness; calls further for mandatory information provisions to indicate whether consumers are interacting with AI decision making and demands rules for an effective auditing system that is able to check relevant AI processes to guarantee that anti-discrimination laws and rules on unfair commercial practices and data protection are upheld;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment119

Kosma Złotowski




Amendment

18a.Calls on the Commission and the Member States to continuously improve the part of the public administration that will be responsible for regulating and implementing future legislation on AI; notes the risk of a significant asymmetry arising between the development dynamics of selected products and the ability of the public administration to assess them;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment120

Kateřina Konečná




Amendment

18b.Notes that consumers need a clear and predictable legal framework in case of product malfunction. Such a legislation must acknowledge the definition of malfunction as constantly changing, due to the use of AI in products. If consumers purchase products with embedded AI applications, in case of a malfunction, it may be hard to prove a causal relation between a problem in the AI application and the malfunction of the same products. The burden of proof should lay with the manufacture, as they have created the product and have an enormous knowledge advantage;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment121

Deirdre Clune


Paragraph 19


Amendment

19.Welcomes the Commission’s white paper on AI, and calls on the Commission to develop a common EU regulatory framework for AI that is risk-based, proportionate and clear;

19.Welcomes the Commission’s white paper on AI, and calls on the Commission to develop a common EU regulatory framework for AI that is risk-based, proportionate, clear and common EU regulatory framework for AI; believes this is needed to oversee automated decision making systems and that this should complement existing legislation relevant to AI and ensure there is no duplication or new barriers created as a result;

Or. {EN}en

Amendment122

Kateřina Konečná


Paragraph 19


Amendment

19.Welcomes the Commission’s white paper on AI, and calls on the Commission to develop a common EU regulatory framework for AI that is ris

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