European Parliament
Agenda Item 1: Establishing an EU Customs Data Hub and an EU Customs Authority
Agenda Item 2: Proposal for a Directive on Adapting Non-Contractual Civil Liability Rules to Artificial Intelligence
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Under-Secretary-General: Derin Engür
Academic Assistants: Alperen ArifoÄŸlu
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Introduction to the European Parliament
Being one of the legislative bodies of the European Union, the European Parliament also serves as one of its main institutions. The European Parliament has 705 members that represent political parties across the European Union, thereby addressing the democratic deficit of the EU by introducing direct representation and a degree of proportionality to the Union's workings. Additionally, the European Parliament is responsible for adopting EU legislation alongside the Council by following the proposals that are submitted by the European Commission. In conjunction with the Council of the European Union, it negotiates and adopts legislative acts through the ordinary legislative procedure, which is also known as "co-decision". During the co-decision process, the Parliament makes decisions and legislative changes by working on the regulations and proposals submitted by the European Commission.
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Introduction to the Agenda Items
1.The AI Liability Directive will be the first agenda item that the European Parliamentwill co-legislate with the council of the European Union.
Regarding the AI technologies’ increasing importance and involvement in daily life as well as many industries, the liability and accountability of these systems are now more crucial than ever. However, their evolving and dynamic nature blurs the line between liability and injustice for the developers and users of such systems.
2. ​The next item that the Parliament will co legislate will be the establishment of an EU customs data hub and an EU customs authority.
European customs union and security, being one of the main pillars of EU, has recently came into discussion regarding the complex procedures and overwhelming data of the separate customs. As a way of unifying and simplifying the divided authorities a collective system and EU customs authority are proposed. Yet, it also raises concerns about nations separate customs’ sovereignty and decision-making authority.
The democratically elected members of the European Parliament representing broad political parties and perspectives located around a wide spectrum, will be the voice of the public and try to resolve the issues at hand.