Europеan Centre оf Legislation and Digital Technologies

EU Legislative Interests

- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) - Regulation (EU) 2022/868 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on European data governance and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 (Data Governance Act) - Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act) - Regulation (EU) 2018/1807 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on a framework for the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union - Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2022 on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector and amending Directives (EU) 2019/1937 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Digital Markets Act) - Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act) - Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC; - Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards establishing the European Digital Identity Framework; - Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2023 on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 and Directive (EU) 2020/1828 - Directive (EU) 2022/2555 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and Directive (EU) 2018/1972, and repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148 - Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information; - Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services - Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA

Communication Activities

A key focus of the Center's (ECLDT) work is researching and analyzing the possibilities for adopting and implementing rules for "ethical AI" at an instrumental level (following the "What works" model). This involves creating viable mechanisms for predictability and accountability at the process, model, and classification levels, as well as utilizing ethical impact assessments for AI systems as a means to ensure data protection and safeguard human rights. The analyses are based on documents from the UN, the OECD, and the EU, research findings from peer-reviewed academic journals, and technical standards such as ISO/IEC DTR 24368 (Information technology — Artificial intelligence — Overview of ethical and societal concerns), among others. Some of the results from the research conducted in the field of the use of AI systems and related human rights are presented in articles and scientific conference reports: Legal regulation of artificial intelligence and personal data protection in remote biometric identification, Seventeenth International Scientific Conference "Digital Transformation – business, education, science", International Business School, ISBN 978-954-9432-98-5, pp. 74-84, 2020; - European legislation in the field of artificial intelligence, Digital Technologies and Law: collection of scientific articles of the I International Scientific and Practical Conference / DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21202/978-5-8399-0772-0_2022_3_440; ISBN 978-5-8399-0772-0, 2022; - Are regulators ready to regulate under the conditions of "digital by default" legislation?, Lex.bg, electronic edition, ISSN 2682-9606, 2024; - Regulatory laboratories /sandboxes/ as an opportunity to increase the innovation potential and competitiveness of Bulgarian companies participating in global value chains among the high technology sector, 23rd International Conference Economy & Business (ISSN 1314-7242), 2024; - Experimental clauses and regulatory labs – innovative approaches to policy prototyping in the field of regulation of high-risk ai systems, XIX International scientific conference, Economic growth, business prospects, market positioning in crisis conditions, ISBN 978-619-7610-17-8, 2024; The activities and publications are available at the following website:https://eulawcentre.org/

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

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National Association of Municipal Secretaries in Bulgaria, NAMSB - https://www.naso-rb.org/

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