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France Article L.311-3-1 CRPA — explanation of algorithmic administrative decisions

France gave citizens a statutory right to explanation of algorithmic administrative decisions in 2017, before the GDPR, and its constitutional court requires that public algorithms be explainable and non-learning without human control.

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Required actions

  • Administrative decisions taken on the basis of an algorithm must say so and, on request, explain the rules and main characteristics of the processing - Public bodies must publish the rules of their main algorithmic processing (Article L.312-1-3) and cannot use self-learning algorithms that they cannot explain

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