25 Amendments of Claudia ȚAPARDEL related to 2015/0278(COD)
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The purpose of this Directive is to contribute to the proper functioning of the internal market by approximating laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States, by eliminating barriers to the free movement of certain accessible products and services This will increase the availability of accessible products and services on the internal market.
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 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 52 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
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 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 110 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 54 a (new)
Recital 54 a (new)
(54a) The deployment of applications providing information based on spatial data services contributes to the independent and safe movement of persons with functional limitation and persons with disabilities. The spatial data for these applications should provide the content of information adapted to the specific needs of persons with functional limitation and persons with disabilities.
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 127 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) accommodation services.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 a (new)
(21a) "spatial data services" as referred to in Article 3 of the Directive 2007/2/EC means the operations which may be performed, by invoking a computer application, on the spatial data contained in spatial data sets or on the related metadata;
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 b (new)
(21b) "accommodation services" means services that provide short-term lodging and other hospitality services such as hotels, hostels, campsites and apartments for rent as well as other private accommodation facilities.
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 175 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Accommodation services shall comply with the requirements set out in Sections VIII and X of the Annex I.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the estimated costs and benefits for the economic operators in relation to the estimated benefit for persons with disabilities, taking into account the frequency and duration of use of the specific product or servicefunctional limitation 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.
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the estimated costs and benefits for the competent authorities concerned in relation to the estimated benefit for persons with functional limitations and persons with disabilities, taking into account the frequency and duration of use of the specific product or service;
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 4
Article 22 – paragraph 4
4. Where a competent authority has used the exception provided for in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 for a specific product or service it shall notify the Commission thereof. The notification shall include the assessment referred to in paragraph 2 and it shall be made available to the public in accessible format.