Activities of Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA related to 2023/0311(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities
Amendments (9)
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Preferential treatment (such as personal assistance, priority access, etc.) offered with or without remuneration may be important for persons with disabilities to be able to access various services, activities or facilities and to better experiencfully utilize them. However, due to the lack of recognition, in the Member State they visit or travel to, of their disability status and of formal documents recognising this status issued in other Member States, persons with disabilities may not be able to benefit from the special conditions or preferential treatment offered by private operators or public authorities in that Member State to holders of a disability certificate, disability card or any other formal document recognising their disability status issued there.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) On the basis of their disability status, recognised and issued in accordance with national law and practice, persons with disabilities may apply for a parking card to competent authorities in the Member State in which they reside for the issuance of a parking card for person with disabilities which recognises the right to certain parking conditions and facilities reserved for persons with disabilities. Each Member State has in place an application procedure, be it at local, regional or national level, to obtain a parking card for person with disabilities (or person(s) accompanying or assisting them including personal assistant(s)) and criteria which must be fulfilled in order to be eligible.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Beside parking conditions and facilities, the services, activities and facilities covered by this Directive concern a wide variety of ever-changing activities, including activities provided not for remuneration, by public authorities or private operators, either on a mandatory (on the basis of national/local rules or legal obligations) but often also on a voluntary basis (in particular by private operators) in a variety of policy domains, such as culture, leisure, tourism, sports, public and private transport, education.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Member States should take appropriate measures and provide for effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties in the event of breaches or failure to comply with the obligations laid down in this Directive and that relates to the rights which are within its scope. Such penalties can include administrative and financial sanctions, such as fines or the payment of compensation, as well as other types of penalties in line with national law.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) “persons with disabilities” means persons who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with othersith disability status recognised and issued in accordance with national law and practice;
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) when parking conditions and facilities referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article include favourable conditions for person(s) accompanying or assisting them including personal assistant(s), these favourable conditions are granted on equal terms and conditions to the person(s) accompanying or assisting them, including personal assistant(s) of the holder of the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities, as long as the Card holder benefits from use of the vehicle.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by dd/mm/yy [within 1824 months after the entry into force of this Directive] at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. They shall apply those provisions from dd/mm/yy [306 months from the date of entry into force of this Directive].
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 2
Annex I – paragraph 2
BACK SIDE National information in the national language or national languages to be decided by the issuing Member State but including at least a formally recognised and issued disability degree.