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Russia is weaponising its gas supplies as part of its war of aggression against Ukraine. Deliveries to Europe have been volatile and storage facilities managed by Gazprom have been under-filled. Europe needs to prepare now for further disruptions – including for a complete stop of Russian gas deliveries. By acting now jointly and with solidarity, we can reduce risks for the months ahead. Energy saved in summer, is energy we can use in the winter.

Rusia está utilizando el suministro de gas como arma en el marco de su guerra de agresión contra Ucrania. El suministro a Europa ha sido inestable y las instalaciones de almacenamiento gestionadas por Gazprom están infrautilizadas. Europa tiene que prepararse ya para nuevas perturbaciones, incluso para un cese total del suministro de gas ruso. Si actuamos ya de manera conjunta y con solidaridad, podemos reducir los riesgos en los próximos meses. La energía que se ahorra en verano es la energía que podemos utilizar en invierno.

Europe is facing the possibility of a gas shortage this winter due to unreliable Russian deliveries, against the background of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Coordinated action is needed now, with efforts by all Member States to reduce gas demand. Acting now is more cost-effective and less disruptive to our daily lives and to the economy than making emergency cuts at a later date. Because gas that is not used in the summer, is gas that can be put into storage for the winter. The Commission has adopted a European Gas Demand Reduction Plan with best practices and guidance for Member States, to help them reduce gas demand by 15% from 1 August to 31 March 2023 and to prioritise which industrial sectors should make savings.

Biases are commonly considered one of the most detrimental effects of artificial intelligence (AI) use. The EU is therefore committed to reducing their incidence as much as possible. However, the existence of biases pre-dates the creation of AI tools. All human societies are biased – AI only reproduces what we are. Therefore, opposing this technology for this reason would simply hide discrimination and not prevent it. It is up to human supervision to use all available means – which are many – to mitigate its biases. It is likely that at some point in the future, recommendations made by an AI mechanism will contain less bias than those made by human beings. Unlike humans, AI can be reviewed and its flaws corrected on a consistent basis. Ultimately, AI could serve to build fairer, less biased societies. This study begins by providing an overview of biases in the context of artificial intelligence, and more specifically to machine-learning applications. The second part is devoted to the analysis of biases from a legal point of view. The analysis shows that shortcomings in this area call for the implementation of additional regulatory tools to adequately address the issue of bias. Finally, this study puts forward several policy options in response to the challenges identified.

El presente Informe Anual de Actividades Consolidado ofrece una visión general de la actividad y los logros del Centro de Traducción de los Órganos de la Unión Europea en 2021. En la primera parte del informe se detalla la ejecución de los objetivos del programa de trabajo correspondiente a 2021, que se incluye en el documento único de programación para 2021-2023 aprobado por el Consejo de Administración del Centro.