19 Amendments of Jens NILSSON related to 2015/0278(COD)
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The demand for accessible products and services is high and the number of citizens with disabilities and/or functional limitations will increase significantly with the ageing of the European Union's population. An environment where products and services are more accessible allows for a more inclusive society and facilitatesis a prerequisite for independent living.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The disparities between the laws and administrative measures adopted by the Member States in relation to accessibility of products and services for persons with functional limitations includingand persons with disabilities create barriers to the free movement of such products and services and distort effective competition in the internal market. Economic operators, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), are particularly affected by those barriers.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The approximation of national measures at Union level is therefore necessary for the proper functioning of the internal market in order to put an end to fragmentation in the market of accessible products and services, to create economies of scale, to facilitate cross-border trade freedom of movement of products and services, as well as the free movement of persons and mobility, as well as to help economic operators to concentrate resources on innovation instead of using those resources for complying with fragmented legal requirements across the Union.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) whereas the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU) requires the Union to combat discrimination based on disability when defining and implementing its policies and activities (Article 10) and gives it the power to adopt legislation to address such discrimination (Article 19);
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In particular, this Directive seeks to ensure full respect for the rights of persons with disabilities, with a perspective of gender equality, to benefit from measures designed to ensure their independence, social and occupational integration and participation in the life of the community and to promote the application of Article 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The entry into force of the Convention in the Member States’ legal orders entails the need to adopt additional national provisions on accessibility of products and services and the built environment related to the provision of goods and services which without Union action would further increase disparities between national provisions.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Products and services falling within the scope of this Directive are the result of a screening exercise, carried out during the preparation of the Impact Assessment that identified those relevant products and services for persons with functional limitations, including older persons and persons with disabilities and older persons, for which Member States have adopted or are likely to adopt diverging national accessibility requirements.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) It is necessary to introduce the accessibility requirements which enable all people to fully use the products and services and infrastructure including built environment covered by this Directive in the least burdensome manner for the economic operators and the Member States, notably by only including in the scope the products and services which have been thoroughly selected.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) It is therefore necessary to specify accessibility requirements for the placing on the market of products and services as well as the built environment connected to the provision of those products and services which fall within the scope of this Directive in order to ensure their free circulation in the internal market.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) It is therefore necessary to specify accessibility requirements for the placing on the market of products and services which fall within the scope of this Directive in order to ensure their free circulation in the internal market and tackle the obstacles to a barrier-free Europe.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In some situations,Without common accessibility requirements of the built environment would facilitate the free movement of the related serviceconnected to products and services, any accessibility standards of services cannot be effective in ensuring accessibility for persons with functional limitations and of persons with disabilities. Therefore, this Directive enablobliges Member States to include the built environment used in the provision of the services under the scope of this Directive, ensuring compliance with the accessibility requirements set in Annex X.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) In the absence of harmonised standards and where needed for market harmonisation purposes, the Commission should be able adopt , in cooperation with organisations representing persons with disabilities, implementing acts establishing common technical specifications for the accessibility requirements set in this Directive.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iiia) payment terminals.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) air, bus and coach, rail and waterborne passenger transport services; including urban transport: (i) the built environment (ii) self-service terminals, ticketing machines and check-in machines and payment terminals, with at least one easily accessible machine operating in each defined station area; (iii) websites, mobile device-based services, smart ticketing and real-time information
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The following self-service terminals: Automatic Teller Machines, ticketing machines, payment terminals and check-in machines shall comply with the requirements set out in Section II of Annex I.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 6
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. Air, bus and coach, rail and waterborne passenger transport services including urban transport, built environment, the websites, the mobile device-based services, smart ticketing and real-time information including those that can use spatial data services and Self- service terminals, ticketing machines, payment terminals and check-in machines used for provision of passenger transport services shall comply with the corresponding requirements set out in Section V of Annex I.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 10
Article 3 – paragraph 10
10. Member States may decidshall ensure, in the light of national conditions, that the built environment used by clients of passenger transport services including the environment that is managed by service providers and by infrastructure operators as well as the built environment used by clients of banking services, and customer services centres and shops under the scope of telephony operators as well as any other service or place for purchase of any of the products included in this Directive shall comply with the accessibility requirements of Annex I, section X, in order to maximise their use by persons with functional limitations, including and persons with disabilities.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Member States are encouraged to provide incentives and guidelines to facilitate the implementation of this Directive. The procedures and guidelines shall be developed in consultation with relevant stakeholders, including persons with disabilities and their representative organisations.
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Relevant stakeholders, including persons with disabilities and their representative organisations, should be consulted systematically as part of the procedure for the adoption of implementing acts.