22 Amendments of Rafał TRZASKOWSKI related to 2012/0340(COD)
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The conformity with web-accessibility requirements should be continuously monitored from the initial construction of the public sector bodies' website to all subsequent updates of its content. A harmonised monitoring methodology would cover a way of verifying, on a uniform basis in all Members States, the degree of compliance of the website with the requirements for web-accessibility, the collection of representative samples and the periodicity of the monitoring.. Member States should report annuallyevery two years on the outcome of the monitoring and more generally on the list of actions taken in application of this Directive.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) The methodology used to monitor the compliance of the websites concerned with the requirements for web- accessibility on a continuous basis should be issued not later than one year after the adoption of this Directive.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. Member States mayshould extend the application of this Directive to other types of public sector websites than those referred to in paragraph 2websites.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2
Article 2 – point 2
(2) ‘'Content of websites’' means information and user interface components to be communicated to the user by means of a user agent, including code or mark-up that defines the content's structure, presentation, and interactions. Content of websites includes textual as well as non-textual information, the downloading of documents and forms as well as two-way interaction such as the processing of digital forms and the completion of authentication, identification and payment processes. Content of websites also includes functions provided through websites, which are external to the website concerned, for instance, through the use of web-links, on the condition that the external website is the only means by which the information and service is provided to the user. Content also includes social media content embedded in those websites, if possible, as well as authoring tools used to create content in those websites.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – point 2 a (new)
(2a) 'Authoring tools' means any software that can be used to create web content, including user-generated content. Authoring tools include, but are not limited to, web page authoring tools, software to edit source code or markup, software to update portions of web pages (e.g., blogging, wikis, online forums) and so on.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 3
Article 2 – point 3
(3) ‘'User agent’' means any software that retrieves and presents website contents for users, including web browsers, media players, plug-ins, and other programs that help in retrieving, rendering, and interacting with website content, regardless of the device used to interact with content. If a mobile device offers the same or an enhanced set of services as the website concerned, this definition shall also apply to the interface and operation of such mobile applications.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 8
Article 2 – point 8
(8) ‘'Public sector body’' means the State, regional or local authoritientities performing public tasks. It includes, bodies governed by public law as defined in Article 1 (9) of Directive 2004/18/EC, and associations formed by one or several such authorities or one or several such bodies governed byll entities which were entrusted or assigned by the aforementioned bodies to perform public lawtasks.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
(8a) 'Websites belonging to public sector bodies' means websites developed, procured, maintained or co-financed by public sector bodies or co-financed by Union funds.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) in a way which facilitatensures interoperability with a variety of user agents and assistive technologies at Union and international level.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall apply the provisions of paragraph 1 by 31 DecemberJanuary 2015 at the latest for all new content of websites concerned and by 1 January 20157 at the latest for all legacy content.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. A two-year transitional period shall be introduced for live broadcasting because of technological reasons.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. As long as the references of the European standards referred to in paragraph 1 have not yet been determined, the websites concerned that meet the parts of the ISO/IEC 40500: 2012international recommendations WCAG 2.0. covering the Success Criteria and Conformance Requirements for Level AA conformance, shall be presumed to be in conformity with the web-accessibility requirements set out in Article 3.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall promotensure that the websites concerned provide a statement on their accessibility, in particular on their compliance with this Directive and with possibly additional accessibility information in support to users. A draft model of information concerning accessibility is annexed to this directive.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall promote and support web-accessibility training programmes to key stakeholders, including civil servants and staff of public bodies and authorities and organisations providing basic services to the public to create, manage and update web pages, including their content.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall cooperate at Union level with relevant industry and civil society stakeholders, including, in particular, representative organisations of persons with disabilities, with facilitation by the Commission, in order to review, for the purpose of the annualevery two years reporting referred to in Article 7(4)a, market and technological developments and progress in web- accessibility and to exchange best practices.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6a Enforcement body and its tasks 1. Each Member State shall establish or nominate one authority responsible for the enforcement of this Directive and competent to monitor the compliance of websites with the general accessibility requirements set in Article 3 and arrange for such authorities to have and use the necessary human and financial resources and powers to take the appropriate measures incumbent upon them under this Directive. Those competent authorities shall involve organizations representing persons with disabilities. 2. Each Member State shall define the tasks, powers, organization and cooperation arrangements of the competent authorities, in accordance with Article 7, including the possibility for non-governmental organizations and consumer associations representing persons with disabilities to lodge a complaint with these latter in order to challenge any breach of obligation imposed to Member States by this Directive. 3. Member States shall keep the Commission informed about their implementing measures related to paragraph 2, and the Commission shall pass on such information to the other Member States. 4. The enforcement body shall report about the implementation measures related to Article 2 to its national competent authority.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 b (new)
Article 6 b (new)
Article 6b Implementing and enforcement measures For the purposes of this Directive, and in particular of Article 1(2) thereof, the competent authorities of the Member States shall be entitled to take, inter alia, the measures listed below, where appropriate: (a) for any website: (i) follow up on a complaint for inaccessibility of a website in a reasonable timeframe (ii) act as a resource centre for public bodies and authorities (iii) train civil servants and staff of public bodies and authorities to accessibility of websites and of web-based services. (iiii) give recommendations to implement this Directive (b) for any websites that fails to provide full accessibility: (i) where the failure to provide full accessibility is compatible with this Directive, to require that it be marked with suitable, clearly worded and easily comprehensible warnings, in the official languages of the Member States in which the website is used, on the barriers to accessibility it may represent.
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission establishes, by way of implementing acts, the methodology for the monitoring of the conformity of the websites concerned with the requirements for web-accessibility as set out in Article 3. That methodology shall be transparent, transferable, comparable and reproducible and it shall be established in close consultation with relevant industry and civil society stakeholders, including, in particular, representative organisations of persons with disabilities. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 9(3). The methodology will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union no later than a year after the adoption of this Directive.
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
(ba) in accordance with methodology of research which combines experts analysis with user experience, including users with disabilities.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a Reporting 1. Member States shall every two years report to the Commission on the outcome of the monitoring carried out in accordance with Article 7 including in relation to the measurement data and, where appropriate, the list of the websites referred to in Article 1(3). That report shall be made public in readily accessible formats. 2. That report shall also cover the actions carried out pursuant to Article 6 including possible general conclusions drawn by relevant competent authorities on the basis of the monitoring. 3. The arrangements for reporting by Member States to the Commission shall be established by the Commission by way of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 9(2).
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In case of the application of Art 3(3) Member States attach a statement to inform website's users what part of the website is still not accessible and why. Member States also communicate this information to the Commission.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11
Article 11
The Commission shall carry out a review of the application of this Directive within threewo years from its entry into force and shall make the findings of this review public.