Policy Briefing — EU Parliament committees clear AI Act negotiation mandate
On 11 May 2023, the European Parliament’s IMCO and LIBE committees adopted a joint position on the AI Act, adding generative AI transparency duties and banning certain biometric uses, which set the stage for trilogue negotiations with the Council.
Members of the European Parliament on the Internal Market (IMCO) and Civil Liberties (LIBE) committees voted on 11 May 2023 to approve their compromise text for the AI Act. The amendments tightened prohibitions on biometric categorization and real-time remote biometric identification, while introducing obligations for providers of generative AI systems to disclose training data summaries and content provenance safeguards.
The committee vote authorized Parliament to open trilogue talks with the Council, signaling that foundation models and downstream deployers will face clearer transparency and risk-management duties. Organizations developing or integrating high-risk and general-purpose AI now need to track forthcoming technical standards and prepare for conformity assessments before EU market access.
Governance, legal, and engineering teams should inventory AI use cases that may fall under the Act, update data governance documentation, and plan for incident reporting and human oversight controls highlighted in the committee text.
- European Parliament press release outlines the committee mandate and new rules for foundation models.
- Adopted amendments provide article-level language on prohibited practices, transparency duties, and penalties.
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