**Target:** Proposal for a regulation — Article 69 — paragraph 4

## Text proposed by the Commission

4. The Commission and the Board shall take into account the specific interests and needs of the small-scale providers and start-ups when encouraging and facilitating the drawing up of codes of conduct.

## Amendment of the European Parliament

4. The Commission and the AI Office shall take into account the specific interests and needs of SMEs and start-ups when encouraging and facilitating the drawing up of codes of conduct.