Submission on the Prohibitions under the EU AI Act

9 December 2024 ICCL Enforce responded to the consultation from the European Commission on the application of the definition of AI systems and the prohibitions under the EU AI Act. In our submission we emphasise the need to prohibit two harmful …

Product Liability Directive: A lost opportunity for the EU

14 December 2023A political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the Product Liability Directive was reached today. The European Commission had proposed the updated Product Liability Directive (PLD) and a new AI Liability Directive …

ICCL recommendations in European Parliament text on the Health Data Space

29 November 2023Following months of negotiations, the lead committees in the European Parliament voted on a compromise text of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) yesterday. This draft text will next be voted on by the entire European Parliament in …

ICCL submission on G7 generative AI consultation

25 October 2023The European Commission launched a one-week consultation on 13 October 2023 to gather views on G7 guiding principles on generative AI. These principles will result in a code of conduct, which organisations could commit to. This is not …

ICCL welcomes AI Act vote in European Parliament 

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) welcomes the outcome of today’s plenary vote in the European Parliament on the EU’s draft Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. The vote establishes the Parliament’s position on the Act ahead of negotiations with the Council of the EU and the European Commission. 

ICCL recommendations in European Commission’s AI standardisation request

12 June 2023The European Commission sent a request to European standard-setting bodies on 22 May 2023[1] for technical standards related to the requirements for high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the AI Act. These standards will be as important as …

ICCL recommendations in important European Parliament text on the AI Act

10 May 2023After nearly a year of negotiations, the lead committees in the European Parliament have settled on a compromise text of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, the EU’s regulation on AI. This text will be voted on by the …