10 Amendments of Andor DELI related to 2015/2258(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the needs of people with disabilities in the fields of transport, mobility and tourism match business opportunities for transport and mobility services and can lead to win-win situations in serving people with reduced mobility,all types of disabilities (including but not limited to people with reduced mobility, blind people, deaf and hard-of-hearing people; people with autism, people with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities etc.) as well as all other users of these services in the spirit of "design for all";
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the Council to look after the needs of people with disabilities better, and to take such needs consistently into account when reviewing EU regulations, such as those on passenger rights in different modes of transport (Regulations (EC) No 1107/2006 and (EC) No 261/2004 on air transport, Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 on rail transport, Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 on waterborne transport and Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 on bus and coach transport) and stresses that the European Union has committed itself to a barrier-free Europe in 2010 in the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the European Union strengthen the monitoring of the implementation of legislation on passenger rights and to harmonize the work of the national enforcement bodies and calls on the Member States to take all necessary steps towards the implementation of EU legislation aimed at improving transport accessibility (including bus, rail, air and waterborne transport) by strengthening the competences of the relevant enforcement bodies under passenger rights legislation in order to ensure the effective and equal enjoyment of rights by all passengers with disabilities across the European Union;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly believes in the advantages of common accessibility rules at EU level, and therefore looks forward to the swift adoption of the Commission’s proposal for the European Accessibility Act1; __________________ 1which will ensure that the air, bus, rail and waterborne passenger transport services, the websites, the mobile device-based services, smart ticketing and real-time information and Self-service terminals, ticketing machines and check-in machines used for provision of passenger transport services are fully accessible for people with disabilities; __________________ 1 COM(2015)0615. COM(2015)0615.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that barrier-free accessibility to transport services, vehicles, infrastructure and intermodal connecting hubs is the key to securing mobility systems free from built-in discrimination and stresses that people with disabilities shall have access to mainstream products and services;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that consistently accessible formats should top the agenda of digitised mobility market policies, and should include availability of alternative communication systems, such asfacilitate access for all persons with all types of disabilities in accessible languages, formats and technologies appropriate to different kinds of disabilities, including sign languages, Braille, augmentative and alternative communication systems and other accessible means, modes and formats of communication of their choice, including easy-to- read language, subtitling and personal text messages for travel information, booking and ticketing, while making use of more than one sensory channel;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Member States and the Commission to proceed with the European Disability Card pilot project, taking into consideration and using where appropriate the latest technological developments, particularly in the fields of intermodality, interconnectivity and interoperability and emphasizes that the principle of "universal design" must always be applied when designing products related to air, bus, rail and waterborne passenger transport in order to fully comply with accessibility requirements;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that special attention shall be paid on assistive technologies which enable the independent living of people with disabilities and that acquired knowledge on the need for barrier-free mobility must be more fully integrated into upcoming research and innovation programmes, such as those within Horizon 2020;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to foster research, data collection and exchange of good practices in consultation with representative organizations of persons with disabilities as well as to provide an overview of data on accessibility to tourism services for people with disabilities, as provided for in the two annexes to Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 on tourism statistics;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the relevant authorities in the Member States to prepare awareness- raising strategies on the rights of persons with disabilities and to facilitate transport staff’s training in awareness and disability equality and urges that training materials are also available in accessible formats.