We welcome the Commissions efforts to support the effective implementation of the AI Act, for example through the creation of the AI Service Desk or the publication of guidelines. At the same time, we firmly oppose any form of simplification that would put the hard-won fundamental rights protections and obligations under the law into jeopardy. Simplification efforts should never lead to deregulation.
CDT
Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe
NGO · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 57305017757-64
4
positions filed
in the 639 files tracked
4
legislative files
of 639 tracked
1
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 639 consultation files tracked so far (53,766 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1068 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #299 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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declared costs / yr (floor)
8
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2012
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Global Network Initiative →
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- Digital Due Process
- Global Encryption Coalition
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Sept 2026).
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Head office
- Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Sept 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe filed 4 positions between 31 Mar 2021 and 14 Oct 2025, across 4 of the 639 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 1 time.
2021 · 2 filed2022 · 1 filed2025 · 1 filed
What they argued
The Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe (CDT) welcomes the EU AI Act and the high priority it aspires to give to protecting fundamental rights. All AI systems should be subject to a human rights impact assessment and subject to regulation proportionate to the risks identified in that assessment.
The Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe (CDTE) welcomes the draft proposal on the Digital Services Act (the Draft) and the opportunity to provide feedback. The proposal includes a number of key elements of rights-protecting online content regulation: the 'Good Samaritan' principle, which provides intermediaries with liability protections for voluntarily taking action against abusive user-generated content, and…
CDT Europe provides this brief overview of some of the most pressing human rights concerns in the proposal. Child sexual abuse is an abhorrent crime that demands a robust and holistic response. However, the draft Regulation has such a broad scope, that, it very concerningly amounts to giving a mass surveillance mandate to law enforcement authorities.
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