**Target:** Proposal for a regulation — Article 55 — paragraph 1 — point a

## Text proposed by the Commission

(a) provide small-scale providers and start-ups with priority access to the AI regulatory sandboxes to the extent that they fulfil the eligibility conditions;

(a)

(a)

## Amendment of the European Parliament

(a) provide SMEs and start-ups , established in the Union, with priority access to the AI regulatory sandboxes, to the extent that they fulfil the eligibility conditions;

provide small-scale providers and start-ups with priority access to the AI regulatory sandboxes to the extent that they fulfil the eligibility conditions;

provide SMEs and start-ups , established in the Union, with priority access to the AI regulatory sandboxes, to the extent that they fulfil the eligibility conditions;