In recent months, the European Commission has been working intensively on drafting a directive to adapt civil liability and contract law provisions with regard to artificial intelligence—in short, the directive on liability for artificial intelligence. The author of the European Parliament’s report on this matter was MEP Kosma Złotowski, who has repeatedly emphasized that the solutions proposed by the European Commission would create further barriers and obstacles to the development not only of new technologies but also of the single European market. As a result, the European Commission announced in its recently published 2025 work plan that it is withdrawing from work on this directive.
“As the rapporteur for the opinion of the Committee on the Internal Market (IMCO) in the European Parliament, I emphasized from the very beginning in the IMCO opinion I drafted that this draft is completely unnecessary and that it creates further barriers. I am very pleased that the European Commission took these arguments to heart and withdrew the draft directive,” said MEP Złotowski.
He added that it is a good sign that the European Commission has taken into account the reasonable views of at least part of the European Parliament.
“I see this as a positive sign, and I’m glad the European Commission acted this way. I also agree with the argument that the Commission did not take into account only the voice and opinion of Vice President J.D. Vance, because it had previously received my arguments, which I believe ultimately tipped the scales in the Commission’s position," —MEP Złotowski concluded his remarks at the IMCO committee with a touch of humor.
The final decision on whether to continue the European Parliament’s work on this issue will be made by the coordinators of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) and the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI).
