Overview
Eurosmart is fully engaged in promoting the development of reliable and trusted AI solutions and has repeatedly made clear its position throughout the legislative process: we support the necessary adoption of standards and rules regulating AI in Europe, and in particular to govern the use of biometric identification systems, such as those put forward by the European Commission in its initial proposal for the AI Act.
The Digital security industry welcomes the work achieved by the European Parliament providing key legal definitions for such a complex matter. However, the European Parliament proposes to considerably restrain the development, deployment, and use of biometric identification systems, without proper evaluation of their potential impact on internal security and on Europe’s global industrial leadership in this field.
Exclusion of remote biometric identification systems
Amendment 41 – recital 18
Amendment 220, 221, 222,223 and 229 to 231 – article 5
Eurosmart’s proposal: revert to the European Commission’s proposal.
Definition of remote biometric identification systems
Amendment 24 – recital 8
Amendment 193 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36
Eurosmart’s proposal: revert to the European Commission’s proposal and include a definition of ‘verification system’.
Export ban
Amendment 29 – recital 10
Amendment 147 – Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Eurosmart’s proposal: remove these amendments.
Exclusion of access control use cases from remote biometric identification systems
Amendment 25 – Recital 8 a (new)
Eurosmart supports this amendment.
Clarification of the concept of bias
Amendment 78 – recital 44
Eurosmart supports this amendment.
No restrictions on the use of ‘post’ remote biometric identification systems
Amendment 41 – recital 18 Amendment 227
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d d (new)
Eurosmart proposal: remove these amendments. |
