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In February 2017 the European Parliament called upon the Commission to table a legislative proposal laying down a set of civil law rules on robotics and artificial intelligence.

This resolution welcomes the Commission's communication on digitising European industry.

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Artificial Intelligence for Europe.

Adoption of Conclusions on the Coordinated Plan on artificial intelligence.

This resolution concerns the impact of AI on industrial policy and was initiated by the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), which calls to maximise the benefits and minimise the risks for society and ensure a safe, equitable development of AI.

The resolution recognises the benefits of connected and autonomous vehicles, urges for further regulatory reform in this area, and calls for future EU policies and legislation to cover all modes of connected and automated transport (not just road transport).

On 12 February 2020 the European Parliament adopted a resolution on automated decision-making processes: ensuring consumer protection and free movement of goods and services.

In November 2020, the Council of the European Union adopted a set of conclusions on the role of regulatory sandboxes and experimentation clauses in an innovation-friendly, future-proof, sustainable and resilient EU regulatory framework.

This European Parliament Resolution stresses the key importance of intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection in relation to AI technologies.

The European Parliament drafted a report entitled Artificial intelligence: questions of interpretation and application of international law in so far as the EU is affected in the areas of civil and military uses and of state authority outside the scope of criminal justice.

Since 2016, the EU has been developing a blueprint for cloud-based services and world-class data infrastructure.

Addressing this emerging trend, on 10 April 25 European countries signed a Declaration of cooperation on AI.

This opinion by the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors recommends ways to generate high quality scientific advice for European policy.

Public private partnership in Horizon 2020 on robotics.

The Human Brain Project (HPB) FET Flagship, as part of its multiple R&D activities, pushes the use of most advanced AI techniques for accelerating progress neurosciences and simultaneously develops more empowering robotics and AI approaches inspired by the latest understanding in the human brain, in particular regarding environment awareness and decision making (related budget part is indicated below).

In January 2019, the AI4EU consortium was established to build the first European Artificial Intelligence On-Demand Platform and Ecosystem with the support of the European Commission under the H2020 programme.

The EU framework programme for Research and Innovation for 2014-2020.

Creation of a public-private partnership on Data to derive a strategy for coordinated R&D&I funding between industry and the European Commission on this topic.

The European Parliament set up a special committee on AI on 18 June 2020.

Allowing the best research teams in Europe to join forces to tackle major scientific and technological challenges, hampering the deployment of AI-based solutions.