Procedure

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

2020/2016(INI)·9th term·IMCO / JURI / LIBE·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): VITANOV Petar (S&D)
Summary

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.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    17 Jun 2020 – 20 Jul 2020
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    5 Oct 2021 · On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
  3. Procedure completed
348
Amendments
distinct, in window
74
Members
tabled at least one
3
Committee(s)
17 Jun 2020 – 20 Jul 2020
Dates

Plenary votes

6 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

  1. Show the 3 earlier votes
    1. 5 Oct 2021Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 1 — paragraph 24
      Official label: § 24 - Am 1 · what was voted ↗
      268 for389 against35 abstentions12 did not vote
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    2. 5 Oct 2021Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 2 — paragraph 27
      Official label: § 27 - Am 2 · what was voted ↗
      297 for369 against26 abstentions12 did not vote
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    3. 5 Oct 2021Failedoutcome from totals
      On amendment 3 — paragraph 31
      Official label: § 31 - Am 3 · what was voted ↗
      259 for403 against30 abstentions12 did not vote
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  2. 5 Oct 2021Passedoutcome from totals
    On paragraph 6 (part 1 of a split vote)
    Official label: § 6/1 · what was voted ↗
    650 for34 against8 abstentions12 did not vote
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  3. 5 Oct 2021Passedoutcome from totals
    On paragraph 6 (part 2 of a split vote)
    Official label: § 6/2 · what was voted ↗
    365 for289 against38 abstentions12 did not vote
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  4. 5 Oct 2021Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
    Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
    377 for248 against62 abstentions17 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Official amendment documents

Full record

Members who amended this procedure

74 Members · by amendment count
1🇧🇪
Kris PEETERS
European People's Party (EPP) · Belgium
39
2🇱🇺
Isabel WISELER-LIMA
European People's Party (EPP) · Luxembourg
39
3🇸🇰
Vladimír BILČÍK
European People's Party (EPP) · Slovakia
39
4🇳🇱
Jeroen LENAERS
European People's Party (EPP) · Netherlands
39
5🇪🇸
Javier ZARZALEJOS
European People's Party (EPP) · Spain
39
6🇩🇪
Patrick BREYER
Greens / EFA · Germany
38(38 solo)
7🇩🇪
Cornelia ERNST
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Germany
38(38 solo)
8🇸🇮
Romana TOMC
European People's Party (EPP) · Slovenia
37
9🇵🇹
Paulo RANGEL
European People's Party (EPP) · Portugal
34
10🇮🇹
Franco ROBERTI
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
30(6 solo)
11🇲🇹
Roberta METSOLA
European People's Party (EPP) · Malta
27
12🇷🇴
Tudor CIUHODARU
Socialists & Democrats · Romania
24
13🇳🇱
Sophia IN 'T VELD
Renew Europe · Netherlands
23
14🇷🇴
Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN
European People's Party (EPP) · Romania
20
15🇸🇪
Abir AL-SAHLANI
Renew Europe · Sweden
20
16🇷🇴
Dragoş TUDORACHE
Renew Europe · Romania
18
17🇪🇪
Marina KALJURAND
Socialists & Democrats · Estonia
18
18🇧🇬
Petar VITANOV
Socialists & Democrats · Bulgaria
18
19🇱🇺
Marc ANGEL
Socialists & Democrats · Luxembourg
16
20🇧🇪
Olivier CHASTEL
Renew Europe · Belgium
16
21🇦🇹
Andreas SCHIEDER
Socialists & Democrats · Austria
15
22🇩🇰
Christel SCHALDEMOSE
Socialists & Democrats · Denmark
15
23🇷🇴
Maria GRAPINI
Socialists & Democrats · Romania
15(2 solo)
24🇳🇱
Liesje SCHREINEMACHER
Renew Europe · Netherlands
15
25🇮🇹
Caterina CHINNICI
European People's Party (EPP) · Italy
15(15 solo)

The amendments, in full text

348 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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