**Target:** Proposal for a regulation — Article 3 — paragraph 1 — point 35

## Text proposed by the Commission

(35) ‘biometric categorisation system’ means an AI system for the purpose of assigning natural persons to specific categories, such as sex, age, hair colour, eye colour, tattoos, ethnic origin or sexual or political orientation, on the basis of their biometric data;

(35)

(35)

## Amendment of the European Parliament

(35) ‘biometric categorisation’ means assigning natural persons to specific categories, or inferring their characteristics and attributes on the basis of their biometric or biometric-based data, or which can be inferred from such data ;

‘biometric categorisation system’ means an AI system for the purpose of assigning natural persons to specific categories, such as sex, age, hair colour, eye colour, tattoos, ethnic origin or sexual or political orientation, on the basis of their biometric data;

‘biometric categorisation’ means assigning natural persons to specific categories, or inferring their characteristics and attributes on the basis of their biometric or biometric-based data, or which can be inferred from such data ;