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European Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho has opened an inquiry into how the European Commission ensures transparency, inclusiveness, and accountability in the adoption of harmonised standards for artificial intelligence (AI).

The inquiry follows a complaint from a civil society organisation concerned by the fact that the standardisation bodies responsible for developing the standards for the Commission are not required to publicly disclose information about the individuals working on them and do not publish the minutes of their meetings. The complainant also argues that the Commission has failed to ensure a balanced representation of interests in the standardisation process.

As a first step in the inquiry, the Ombudswoman has asked the Commission to reply to a series of questions concerning matters such as the composition of the group preparing the standards, the transparency rules applied by standardisation bodies, how the Commission is managing and monitoring the standard