17 Amendments of Chiara GEMMA related to 2023/0311(COD)
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) An exemption shall be added to Art. 2.2 to allow for temporary recognition of ones’ disability status for the transition phase when moving abroad for work or studies, and while one is undergoing the reassessment procedure to have ones’ disability recognized by the new Member State. This exemption shall also apply to participants in EU Mobility Programmes, such as ERASMUS+ for example.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2 b) In order to strengthen the proposal on the Parking Card and to make some concrete improvements for persons with disabilities, a new database shall be set up to inform persons with disabilities of the different parking rights and rules concerning disabled parking spaces in the different Member States and its regions, cities, and municipalities.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Exceptions to paragraph 2 shall be made by Member States to ensure equal treatment and opportunities between national and other Europeans with disabilities: a) when a European Disability Card holder moves to the Member State with to a work contract or enrolment in an education institution until their disability is re-assessed in the national system, or b) when a European Disability Card holder participates in an EU Mobility Programme.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) Union citizens and family members of Union citizens, as well as third country nationals that have permanent residence status in a Member State of the European Union, whose disability status is recognised by the competent authorities in the Member State of their residence by means of a certificate, a card or any other formal document issued in accordance with national competences, practices, and procedures, as well as, when applicable, to person(s) accompanying or assisting them including personal assistant(s),
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Union citizens and family members of Union citizens, as well as third country nationals that have permanent residence status in a member state of the European Union whose rights to parking conditions and facilities reserved for persons with disabilities are recognised in their Member State of residence by way of a parking card or another document issued in accordance with national competences, practices, and procedures as well as, when applicable, to person(s) accompanying or assisting them including personal assistant(s).
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The European Disability Card shall be issued or renewed by the Member State of residence directly if such is the procedure according to the national disability recognition, or upon application by the person with disabilities. It shall be issued and renewed free of charge for the beneficiary and within the same period set in the applicable national legislation for issuing disability certificates, disability cards or any other formal document recognising the disability status of a person with disabilities. The card shall never be required as a proof of disability in the context of rights established in other Union legislation.
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Commission shall set up a publicly available database that contains relevant information related to the applicable parking rules, conditions, and spaces as defined on local, regional, or national level. The database shall be available in all EU languages. Member States shall encourage public authorities to upload relevant information in the database.
Amendment 348 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall make the conditions and rules, practices, and procedures to issue, renew or withdraw a European Disability Card and a European Parking Card for persons with disabilities publicly available in accessible formats, including in digital formats, as well as in national sign languages and easy to read format, and upon request in assistive formats requested by persons with disabilities. This information, including information about the services covered in article 2 paragraph 1, shall be collected on an EU-level website and shall be available in all EU languages.
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take appropriate measures, and the European Commission shall coordinate a campaign, to raise awareness among the public and inform persons with disabilities, including in accessible ways, about the existence and conditions to obtain, use, or renew the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities.
Amendment 381 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 7
Article 9 – paragraph 7
7. The information referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 of this Article shall be made available free of charge in a clear, comprehensive, user-friendly and easily accessible way, including through an EU- level website in all EU languages, private operators’ or public authorities’ official website where available, or by other suitable means, in accordance with the relevant accessibility requirements for services set in Annex I of Directive (EU) 2019/882.
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 392 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 7 b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 7 b (new)
Amendment 398 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making, as well as persons with disabilities and their representative organisations.
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee and shall meaningfully involve representative organisations of persons with disabilities . That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
Amendment 420 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that private operators or public authorities make information on any special conditions or preferential treatment pursuant to Article 5 publicly available in accessible formats. To this end, EU funding should be provided as mentioned in Article 9.
Amendment 427 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. The information referred to in paragraph 1 of this article shall be made available free of charge in a clear, comprehensive, user-friendly and easily accessible way, including through the private operators or public authorities’ official website where available, or by other suitable means, in accordance with the relevant accessibility requirements for services set in Annex I of Directive (EU) 2019/882., without exceeding a level of complexity superior to level B1 (intermediate) of the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – subheading 1 a (new)
Annex II – subheading 1 a (new)
The words “European Parking Card” shall be displayed in braille using the Marburg code dimensions.