# Artificial intelligence in criminal law and its use by the police and judicial authorities in criminal matters

European Parliament procedure 2020/2016(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 9th term, committee IMCO / JURI / LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 348 committee amendments tabled by 74 Members between 2020-06-17 and 2020-07-20.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative report concerns artificial intelligence in criminal law and its use by the police and judicial authorities in criminal matters. Amendments debate categorising such AI as high-risk, protecting fundamental rights and data protection, and citing uses such as facial recognition, DNA profiling and predictive policing. Others stress human oversight, a fundamental rights audit and conformity assessment, public procurement requirements, and Member State competence in criminal law.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris PEETERS | Belgium | PPE | 39 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197420.md |
| Isabel WISELER-LIMA | Luxembourg | PPE | 39 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197421.md |
| Vladimír BILČÍK | Slovakia | PPE | 39 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197771.md |
| Jeroen LENAERS | Netherlands | PPE | 39 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/95074.md |
| Javier ZARZALEJOS | Spain | PPE | 39 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197606.md |
| Patrick BREYER | Germany | Verts/ALE | 38 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197431.md |
| Cornelia ERNST | Germany | GUE/NGL | 38 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96852.md |
| Romana TOMC | Slovenia | PPE | 37 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125104.md |
| Paulo RANGEL | Portugal | PPE | 34 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96903.md |
| Franco ROBERTI | Italy | S&D | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197801.md |
| Roberta METSOLA | Malta | PPE | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/118859.md |
| Tudor CIUHODARU | Romania | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197657.md |
| Sophia IN 'T VELD | Netherlands | RE | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28266.md |
| Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN | Romania | PPE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197636.md |
| Abir AL-SAHLANI | Sweden | RE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197400.md |

## Official source documents

- PE653.820: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/IMCO-AM-653820_EN.pdf
- PE653.890: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/JURI-AM-653890_EN.pdf
- PE655.659: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-655659_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2020-2016-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2020-2016-INI.json

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