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TOPIC ID: DIGITAL-2024-AI-ACT-06-TESTAI
Type of grant: Call for proposals
General information
Programme: Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
Call: Cloud, data and artificial intelligence (DIGITAL-2024-AI-ACT-06)
Type of action: DIGITAL-CSA DIGITAL Coordination and Support Actions
Type of MGA: DIGITAL Action Grant Budget-Based [DIGITAL-AG]
Status: Forthcoming
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned Opening Date: 29 February 2024
Deadline dates: 29 May 2024 17:00 (Brussels time)
Topic description
ExpectedOutcome:Deliverables
The main deliverables of the action should be:
In the context of the implementation of the AI Act, it is envisaged to establish Union Testing Facilities (UTF) in the area of artificial intelligence to support Member States authorities in the ex-post verification of the compliance of AI systems placed on the market with AI Act requirements whenever deemed necessary. Such Union Testing Facilities shall also provide independent technical or scientific advice at the request of the AI Board or market surveillance authorities. The main objective of this action is to launch a pilot project to prepare the implementation of the concept of testing facility for AI and define the requirements for a full-scale operation of the testing facility (after the pilot phase).
Scope:On the basis of the requirements of the EU Regulation on Artificial Intelligence (‘AI Act’) when adopted and the ongoing work aiming at developing corresponding standards (further to the standardisation request issued by the Commission and addressed to CEN-CENELEC), the action should perform the following tasks:
Conditions
1.Admissibility conditions: described in section 5 of the call document
Proposal page limits and layout:described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System
2. Eligible countries:described in section 6 of of the call document
3. Other eligibility conditions:described in section 6 of the call document
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion:described insection 7 of the call document
5.Evaluation and award:
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants:describedin section 10 of the call document
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