Overview
The legislative file analysed is the Commission proposal for a Directive on adapting non-contractual civil liability rules to artificial intelligence (AI Liability Directive), under the ordinary legislative procedure (2022/0303(COD)). The file is currently at the European Parliament's first reading stage, awaiting a committee decision. The overview is based on the opinion of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), document AD\1321524EN.docx (PE768.056v02-00), addressed to the responsible Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI).
Legislative timeline
The proposal was referred to the European Parliament for a first reading on 6 October 2022. A subsequent referral to committee occurred on 13 November 2024. The IMCO committee tabled its opinion on 29 January 2025 and adopted it on 20 May 2025. The next key procedural milestone is the adoption of the committee report by the lead committee, JURI.
Institutional handling
The lead committee in the European Parliament is the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI). The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) has provided an opinion. Within the European Commission, the responsible department is the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers (JUST), under Commissioner Michael McGrath. In the Council of the EU, the relevant configuration is the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA).
Stakeholder reactions
Stakeholder engagement on this file has been active, with 101 documented meetings held between stakeholders and EU policymakers (83 with Members of the European Parliament, 16 with Commissioners, and 2 with European Commission staff), involving 79 distinct organisations. The most frequently recorded organisations include Salesforce Inc., Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its subsidiaries, Mistral AI, and Microsoft.
Positions on related artificial intelligence topics, as derived from meeting records, show varied stances. On the broad topic of 'Artificial Intelligence', organisations including Salesforce, Microsoft, and MedTech have expressed supportive positions that subtly favour incentivising AI use, with MedTech specifically advocating for clear and simple regulatory frameworks. Anthropic also supports streamlining governance frameworks. On 'Transparency and oversight of AI-generated content', OpenAI has expressed support while raising concerns about redundant reporting requirements, whereas RELX has taken a position of strong opposition, advocating for stricter restrictions. On 'Digitalization of public governance & administration', OpenAI has indicated support for integrating AI into public administration.
The IMCO committee opinion itself discloses that its rapporteur received input from a range of entities, including consumer organisations, major technology companies, industry associations, and civil-society and legal entities.
Media coverage
Media monitoring has identified one relevant news article from Brussels. The article reports on the activities of the European Parliament's IMCO committee concerning ongoing digital and legal dossiers, including named MEPs leading work on artificial intelligence, and notes negotiations and oversight activities.