13 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2012/0340(COD)
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Web-accessibility refers to principles and techniques to be observed when constructing websites in order to render the content of these websites accessible to all users, in particular people with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities and aged population. The content of websites includes textual as well as non-textual information, and also the downloading of forms and two-way interaction, e.g. the processing of digital forms, authentication, and transactions like case handling and payments.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The universal design should serve as a basis for new technologies, where 'universal design' is defined as the design of products, environments, programmes and services to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design1. __________________ 1 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Art.2.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The approximation of national measures at Union level, based on an agreement on accessibility requirements for public sector bodies' websites, is necessary in order to put an end to fragmentation. It would reduce uncertainty for web-developers and would foster interoperability. By using accessibility requirements which are technology neutral, innovationMember States should encourage the use of adequate and interoperable accessibility requirements when tendering out website contents. Technology neutral accessibility requirements will not be hampered innovation and may possibly even be stimulated them.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) The methodology used to monitor the compliance of the websites concerned with the requirements for web- accessibility on a continuous basis should be issued not later than one year after the adoption of this Directive.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2
Article 2 – point 2
(2) ‘Content of websites’ means information to be communicated to the user by means of a user agent, including code or mark-up that defines the content's structure, presentation, and interactions, and any hardware or software system that allows users to log in and communicate with the website. It includes textual as well as non-textual information, as well as documents and forms that users can download and interact with online and offline. It also includes the processing of digital forms as well as completion of identification, authentication and payment processes. Content of websites also includes functions and content provided through websites, which are external to the website concerned, for instance through the use of web-links. Content also includes social media content embedded in those websites. Content also includes authoring tools.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 a (new)
(2a) 'Authoring tools' means any software that can be used to produce web content, including user-generated content. Authoring tools include, but are not limited to, web page authoring tools, software to edit source code or markup, software to update portions of web pages (e.g., blogging, wikis, online forums) and so on.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 3
Article 2 – point 3
(3) ‘User agent’ means any software that retrieves and presents web contents for users, including web browsers, media players, plug-ins, and other programs that help in retrieving, rendering, and interacting with web content, regardless of the device used to interact with content. If a mobile application designed by the website owners offers the same or an enhanced set of services as the website itself, the present definition does apply to the interface and operation of such mobile applications.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall apply the provisions of paragraph 1 by 31 DecemberJanuary 2015 at the latest for all new content of websites concerned and by 1 January 20157 at the latest for all legacy content.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall support appropriatethe establishment of compulsory mechanisms for consultations on web- accessibility with relevant stakeholders, such as end-users and their representative organisations, and make public any developments in web- accessibility policy together with the experiences and findings from the implementation of conformity of web- accessibility requirements.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6a Enforcement body and its tasks 1. Each Member State shall establish or nominate one authority responsible for the enforcement of this Directive and competent to monitor the compliance of websites with the general accessibility requirements set in Article 3 and arrange for such authorities to have and use the necessary human and financial resources and powers to take the appropriate measures incumbent upon them under this Directive. Those competent authorities shall involve organizations representing persons with disabilities. 2. Each Member State shall define the tasks, powers, organization and cooperation arrangements of the competent authorities, in accordance with Article 7, including the possibility for non-governmental organizations and consumer associations representing persons with disabilities to lodge a complaint with these latter in order to challenge any breach of obligation imposed to Member States by this Directive. 3. Member States shall keep the Commission informed about their implementing measures related to paragraph 2, and the Commission shall pass on such information to the other Member States. 4. The enforcement body shall report about the implementation measures related to Article 2 to its national competent authority.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 b (new)
Article 6 b (new)
Article 6b Implementing and enforcement measures For the purposes of this Directive, and in particular of Article 1(2) thereof, the competent authorities of the Member States shall be entitled to take, inter alia, the measures listed below, where appropriate: (a) for any website: (i) follow up on a complaint for inaccessibility of a website in a reasonable timeframe (ii) act as a resource centre for public bodies and authorities (iii) train civil servants and staff of public bodies and authorities to accessibility of websites and of web-based services. (iiii) give recommendations to implement this Directive (b) for any websites that fails to provide full accessibility: (i) where the failure to provide full accessibility is compatible with this Directive, to require that it be marked with suitable, clearly worded and easily comprehensible warnings, in the official languages of the Member States in which the website is used, on the barriers to accessibility it may represent.
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission establishes, by way of implementing acts, the methodology for the monitoring of the conformity of the websites concerned with the requirements for web-accessibility as set out in Article 3. That methodology shall be transparent, transferable, comparable and reproducible and it shall be established in close consultation with relevant industry and civil society stakeholders, including, in particular, representative organisations of persons with disabilities. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 9(3). The methodology will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union no later than a year after the adoption of this Directive.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 12 c (new)
Annex – point 12 c (new)
(12c) Primary, secondary, higher and lifelong education, as well as extracurricular courses or activities offered by public institutions