18. Digital Services Act: Improving the functioning of the Single Market - Digital Services Act: adapting commercial and civil law rules for commercial entities operating online - Digital Services Act and fundamental rights issues posed - Framework of ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies - Civil liability regime for artificial intelligence - Intellectual property rights for the development of artificial intelligence technologies (continuation of debate)

Verbatim reports

Report with recommendations to the Commission on the Digital Services Act: Improving the functioning of the Single Market [2020/2018(INL)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Alex Agius Saliba (A9-0181/2020)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on a Digital Services Act: adapting commercial and civil law rules for commercial entities operating online [2020/2019(INL)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Tiemo Wölken (A9-0177/2020)

Report on the Digital Services Act and fundamental rights issues posed [2020/2022(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Kris Peeters (A9-0172/2020)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on a framework of ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies [2020/2012(INL)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Ibán García Del Blanco (A9-0186/2020)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on a civil liability regime for artificial intelligence [2020/2014(INL)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Axel Voss (A9-0178/2020)

Report on intellectual property rights for the development of artificial intelligence technologies [2020/2015(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Stéphane Séjourné (A9-0176/2020)

(Start of debate: minutes of 19.10.2020, item 15)

The following spoke: Edina Tóth, Eva Kaili, Irena Joveva, Jean-Lin Lacapelle, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Tomasz Frankowski, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sandro Gozi, Gunnar Beck, Dace Melbārde, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Adriana Maldonado López, Maximilian Krah, Robert Roos and Henna Virkkunen.

IN THE CHAIR: Marcel KOLAJA
Vice-President

The following spoke: Brando Benifei, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Ivan Štefanec, Javier Zarzalejos, Arba Kokalari, Antonius Manders and Tomislav Sokol.

The following spoke: Alex Agius Saliba, Tiemo Wölken, Kris Peeters, Axel Voss and Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 20.10.2020, item 17 (A9-0181/2020, A9-0177/2020, A9-0186/2020 and A9-0176/2020) (amendments); minutes of 20.10.2020, item 21 (final vote).