25 Amendments of Dominique RIQUET related to 2015/0278(COD)
Amendment 46 #
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 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 53 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Bearing in mind the existence of services for people with disabilities, something that should also be also taken into account.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The Commission should encourage the relevant authorities, including at local level, to include barrier- free accessibility to urban transport services in their sustainable urban mobility plans.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 b (new)
Recital 13 b (new)
(13b) Beyond the requirements laid down in this proposal, efforts should be made to implement and enforce the Union Regulations on the rights of passengers using air, rail, bus and inland-waterway transport; these efforts should focus on intermodal aspects with a view to promoting barrier-free accessibility, including facets such as infrastructure and transportation vehicles.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 b (new)
Recital 22 b (new)
(22b) The determination of the scope of this Directive with regard to air, bus, rail and waterborne passenger transport services should be based on the existing sectoral legislation relating to passenger rights. Where this Directive does not apply to certain types of transport services, Member States should be able to encourage service providers to apply the relevant accessibility requirements provided for in this directive.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In some situations, common accessibility requirements of the built environment would facilitate the free movement of the related services and of persons with disabilities. Therefore, this Directive enablrequires Member States to include the built environment used in the provision of the services underwithin the scope of this Directive, ensuring compliance with the accessibility requirements set out in Annex X.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) The obligation to ensure accessibility of the transport infrastructure on the Trans-European Transport Network is established in Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.1a The accessibility requirements provided for in this Directive should also apply to certain elements of the transport infrastructure regulated by that Regulation, to the extent that the products and services covered by this Directive are concerned and the infrastructure and the built environment related to these services are intended to be used by passengers. __________________ 1a 46 Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i a (new)
(ia) payment terminals
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) air, bus, rail and waterborne passenger transport services; , mobility and the intermodal connection services provided in relation thereto, such as public urban transport – including underground systems – rail, tramway, trolleybus and bus systems, as regards: (i) self-service terminals, ticketing machines and check-in machines; (ii) website- and mobile device-based services, smart ticketing and real-time information; (iii) vehicles, the related infrastructure and the built environment; Member States shall ensure that, within their territory, fleets of taxis and hire cars include an adequate proportion of adapted vehicles.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) tourism-related services, including accommodation, catering and the provision of accessibility and beach- enjoyment systems;
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) public contracts and concessions of all kinds which are subject to Directive 2014/23/EU42 Directive 2014/24/EU and Directive 2014/25/EU. __________________ 42 Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the award of concession contracts (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 1)
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) all tender procedures for contracts, including the direct award of public service contracts for public passenger transport services by rail and by road under Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council.45 __________________ 45 Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) 1191/69 and 1107/70 (OJ L 315 of 3.12.2007, p.1).
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States may maintain or introduce measures in conformity with EU law which go beyond the minimum requirements for accessibility established by this Directive.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) barrier-free means perceivable, usable and understandable without encountering any specific obstacle, and not resulting in any reduced independence;
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) “persons with functional limitations” means persons who have any physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairment, reduced mobility, age -related impairment, or other human body performance related causes, permanent or temporary, which in interaction with various barriers result in their reduced access to products and services, leading to a situation that requires adaptation to their particular needs of those products and services;
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20
(20) (Does not affect English version) .
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The following self-service payment terminals: Aautomatic Tteller Mmachines, ticketing machines and check-in machines shall comply with the requirements set out in Section II of Annex I.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 6
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. Air, bus, rail and waterborne passenger transport services, the websites, the mobile device-based services, smart ticketing and real-time information and Sself-service terminals, ticketing machines and check-in machines used for provision of passenger transport servicesand tourism-related services, including accommodation, catering and the provision of accessibility and beach-enjoyment systems, shall comply with the corresponding requirements set out in Section V of Annex I.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Article 3 – paragraph 7
7. Banking payment services, the websites, the mobile device-based banking payment services, self- service terminals, including Apayment terminals and automatic Tteller machines used for provision of banking servicepayment services and payment terminals shall comply with the requirements set out in Section VI of Annex I.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 10
Article 3 – paragraph 10
10. Member States mayshall decide, in the light of and shall ensure, in the light of this directive and national conditions, that the built environment used by clients of passenger transport services and tourism-related services, including accommodation, catering and the provision of accessibility and beach-enjoyment systems 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 shall comply with the accessibility requirements of Annex I, section X, in order to maximise their use by persons with functional limitations, including persons with disabilities.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Accessibility requirements referred to in Article 3 apply to the extent that theyin a reasonable timeframe and do not impose a disproportionate burden on the economic operators concerned.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) When establishing the barrier-free accessibility requirements related to social, equality and quality criteria established by competent authorities in tender procedures for public passenger transport services by rail and by road under Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007;
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. They shall apply those provisions from [… insert date - four years after the entry into force of this Directive], except the provisions relating to the built environment and to transport vehicles, which they shall be applied, where financially possible, from [... insert date - six years after the entry into force of this Directive].