MEPs on the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)—in adopting a report by Ivan Štefanec (EPP, Slovakia) on the morning of Tuesday, 3 May—sought to clarify the scope of the regulation on machinery and equipment by imposing stricter requirements on third parties for products that pose a risk to humans, such as machinery equipped with artificial intelligence.
“Users of machinery products from the EU or outside are guaranteed stronger protection with the...