The AI Act builds on the legal architecture of the New Legislative Framework (NLF) for products. It adapts some of the well-established principles and concepts to accommodate the specificities of AI. The NLF creates a comprehensive regime for market surveillance, boosts the quality of conformity assessment, and enhances regulatory certainty and ease of compliance. It also improves safety for European consumers regarding products’ safety and performance via strengthened oversight.
While horizontal, the NLF represents a blueprint for a range of product legislation. For this reason, when creating an additional layer of AI-specific requirements, it has to be ensured that the implementation of the AI Act is being done coherently in the product-specific legislation.
How will the horizontal provisions introduced in the AI Act interact with existing requirements and obligations? Read our recommendations
Alongside 10 EU industry associations, APPLiA believes that harmonised European standards are the best tool to reflect the fast-changing state-of-the-art, applications, and business models. Without the support of internationally recognised standards, the AI Act would risk restricting the free movement of products and generate legal uncertainty, impacting the access of European citizens to safe and high-quality goods.
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