Letters

BEUC, the European Consumer Organisation, together with 3 organisations representing civil society, consumers and children's rights wrote to the EU Commission, the Cyprus EU Council Presidency and Members of the European Parliament to express our concerns about current proposals in the AI Omnibus that would weaken the scope and effectiveness of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act.

BEUC, the European Consumer Organisation, together with 33 organisations and individuals representing civil society, consumers, doctors, hospitals and healthcare services, conformity assessment bodies (CABs), and academia, wrote to the Commission, the Cyprus EU Council Presidency and Members of the European Parliament to express our concerns about current proposals in the AI Omnibus that would weaken the scope and effectiveness of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act.

Our main concerns is with the removal of Annex I from the AI Act. This change would create a significant loophole, excluding a wide range of industrial and consumer AI systems from the direct scope of the AI Act.

In view of World Consumer Rights Day this Sunday, 15 March, we are writing to express our strong support for the European Commission’s intention to develop a Digital Fairness Act (DFA) and call for it to deliver meaningful protection in the digital environment for people of all ages, including vulnerable groups such as minors, seniors and persons with disabilities.