10 Amendments of Sari ESSAYAH related to 2012/0340(COD)
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Buyers of websites and related products and services are faced with high prices in service provision or dependence on a single supplier, due to limited competition. Suppliers often favour variations of proprietary 'standards', hindering later scope for interoperability of user agents, and Union-wide ubiquitous access to website contents. Fragmentation among national regulations reduces the benefits that could result from sharing experiences with national and international peers in responding to societal and technological developments. Vendor lock- in can be avoided by requiring software suppliers to adhere to specific standards and by recommending that customers use software suppliers who publish the source code of their software, which would also prevent spying on public systems. Adopting the use of open-source software would make it possible for services and software ordered by a single Member State and rated as good to be duplicated in other Member States, and would also facilitate the joint development of software, which in turn would improve the interoperability of software, reduce production costs and improve quality. In addition, the publication of source code would promote competition and facilitate competitive tendering, as it would be possible to change service providers without any interruption in the use of services and without any need to completely renew the service. Duplication of public online services would also help to take into account people with disabilities and other special categories of user.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Interoperability related to web- accessibility should be based on commonly adopted and used specifications that maximize the compatibility of the web- content with current and future user agents and assistive technologies. More specifically, web-content should provide user agents with a common internal coding of natural language, structures, relations, and sequences, as well as data of any embedded user-interface components. Information available from online services should also be accessible through an open application programming interface (API). An open API will encourage the development of assistive technologies to promote the finding of information and encourage innovation by third parties. Interoperability thus benefits the users, allowing them to employ their user agents ubiquitously to access websites: they might also benefit from greater choice and reduced prices across the Union. Interoperability would also benefit the suppliers and buyers of web- accessibility related products and services.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) As underlined in the Digital Agenda for Europe, public authorities should play their part in promoting markets for online content. Governments can stimulate content markets by making public sector information available under transparent, effective and non-discriminatory conditions. Thius public-sector information should be accessible independently of platform. It should also be ensured that public services operate on mobile devices, the number of which is increasing rapidly in the EU as the proportion of mouse-operated terminal devices declines. Equal treatment of different operating systems, browsers and devices is an important source of potential growth of innovative online servicterminal and network technologies.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) It should be possible for the public authorities of the Member States to require appropriate websites to be carried on servers within the EU in order to prevent spying by parties outside the EU or leaks of information and to ensure that parties outside the EU cannot close down services which are important on security grounds.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 8 a (new)
Article 2 – point 8 a (new)
(8a) In this context, ‘terminal device’ means any device by means of which it is possible to use a user agent as referred to in this directive.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 8 b (new)
Article 2 – point 8 b (new)
(8b) In this context, ‘mobile devices’ means portable terminal devices which can be controlled without a separate mouse.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 8 c (new)
Article 2 – point 8 c (new)
(8c) ‘Vendor lock-in’ means a situation in which it is so difficult for a customer to change service provider that he can be regarded as being dependent on his service provider, who for his part can exploit the relationship of dependence by raising prices very high before it is worthwhile for the customer to consider changing service providers.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 8 d (new)
Article 2 – point 8 d (new)
(8d) In this context, ‘platform independence’ means – within the bounds of reason – the possibility to use an online service by means of any operating system on any terminal device and with the aid of any browser. In practice, therefore, a platform-independent service adheres to standards and does not, for example, require browser extensions which are available only with certain browsers or operating systems.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) in a way which facilitates interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies at Union and international level. Different operating systems, browsers and devices must be treated equally. Public-sector websites should be accessible independently of platform and by means of mobile devices.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States may require appropriate websites to be hosted on servers within the Union, on security grounds.