Commission des affaires juridiques

On 1 October 2020, the JURI Members will proceed to the final vote on the following reports: Digital Services Act, Framework of ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies, Civil liability regime for artificial intelligence, Intellectual property rights for the development of artificial intelligence technologies and Comitology reform. They will also vote on the opinion in letter form on A new strategy for European SMEs.

On 28 September 2020, the JURI Members voted on the amendments of the following reports: Digital Services Act, Framework of ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies, Civil liability regime for artificial intelligence, Intellectual property rights for the development of artificial intelligence technologies and Comitology reform. They also voted on the legal basis on Channel Fixed Link.

On 21 September 2020, the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality held a public remote hearing on Women on Boards.

On 10 September 2020, the JURI Members voted on the provisional agreements on the reports on Service of documents and Taking of evidence. They also voted on the opinions on The Establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights, on A New Industrial Strategy for Europe, on Artificial intelligence in education, culture and the audiovisual sector and

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI Committee, addresses automated filtering of online content. The report introduces automated filtering as an aspect of moderation of user-generated materials. It presents the filtering technologies that are currently deployed to address different kinds of media, such as text, images, or videos.

This study commissioned by the Policy Department C at the request of the Committee on Legal Affairs analyses the notion of AI-technologies and the applicable legal framework for civil liability. It demonstrates how technology regulation should be technology-specific, and presents a Risk Management Approach, where the party who is best capable of controlling and managing a technology-related risk is held strictly liable, as a single entry point for litigation.