The European Parliament is preparing to issue the Law on Artificial Intelligence: lead committees to launch joint work on 25 January. “The AI Act is a central piece of the European regulatory environment for the digital future and the first of its kind worldwide.”

The Internal Market and Civil Liberties committees will have today, from 13.45 to 16.15, their first joint exchange of views on the proposed Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act on Tuesday.

The parliamentary work on the proposal for the first-ever legal framework on AI will kick off in a joint meeting of the lead committees – on Internal Market and Consumer Protection and on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs – with European Commission representatives.

Live streaming on Parliament’s Multimedia Centre

Statements by the co-rapporteurs ahead of the joint committee meeting

Brando Benifei (S&D, IT), co-rapporteur for the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee: “Our aim is to protect citizens and consumers, and stimulate positive innovation at the same time, while focussing especially on SMEs and start-ups. A legislative framework ensuring that AI systems entering the EU single market are safe, human-centric and respect our fundamental rights and freedoms will stimulate trust among citizens, which is key to a successful and inclusive uptake of AI on our continent. That is what we will strive for”.

Dragoş Tudorache (Renew Europe, RO), co-rapporteur for the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee: “The AI Act is a central piece of the European regulatory environment for the digital future and the first of its kind worldwide. We have a chance to lead by example and to shape the rules of the digital world according to our values. As the heart of European democracy, the European Parliament has a key role to play: we need to find the right balance between enhancing the protection of our fundamental rights and boosting Europe’s competitiveness and capacity to innovate.”