7 Amendments of Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA related to 2015/0278(COD)
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The definition of people with disabilities and the scope of accessibility requirements resulting thereof should be without prejudice to the definitions of disabled people and people with reduced mobility used for the needs of sectorial legislation and to the accessibility requirements set in this legislation.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) Certain elements of the accessibility requirements laid down by this Directive, particularly those set out in Annex I relating to the provision of information, are already covered by existing legislative acts of the Union in the area of transport. Those acts include Regulations (EC) Nos 1371/20011a and (EU) 1300/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council1b and Commission Regulation (EU) No 454/2011 1c as regards rail transport; Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council1d as regards bus and coach transport; Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council1e as regards maritime and inland waterway transport and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2006 as regards air transport 1f . To ensure regulatory consistency and predictability for the economic operators covered by those acts, fulfilment of the requirements on accessibility in the sectorial Union legislation should be deemed as fulfilment of the relevant requirements defined in this Directive. However, when the accessibility requirements are not covered, for example the requirement to make websites of airlines accessible, this Directive should apply. __________________ 1a Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail passengers' rights and obligations (OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 14). 1b Regulation (EU) No 1300/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 November 2014 on the technical specifications for interoperability relating to accessibility of the Union's rail system for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility (OJ L 356, 12.12.2014, p. 110). 1cCommission Regulation (EU) No 454/2011 of 5 May 2011 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem 'telematics applications for passenger services' of the trans- European rail system (OJ L 123, 12.5.2011, p. 11). 1d Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 1). 1eRegulation (EU) No 1177/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 concerning the rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 1). 1fRegulation (EC) No 1107/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 concerning the rights of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility when travelling by air (OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In some situations, common accessibility requirements of the built environment including transport infrastructure used by passengers would facilitate the free movement of the related services and of persons with disabilities. Therefore, this Directive enables Member States to include the built environment used in the provision of the services under the scope of this Directive, ensuring compliance with the accessibility requirements set in Annex Xwhere no other EU binding legislation on built environment exists. Where Member State decide to apply accessibility requirements to the built environment used in the provision of services covered by this Directive, they may adopt all or some of the accessibility requirements set out in section V of Annex I. However, the Member States should not be required to amend or introduce national rules on accessibility of the built environment, if they do not decide to apply accessibility requirements provided for in this Directive related to the built environment used in the provision of the services under the scope of this Directive.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) services providing access to audiovisual media services and, including related consumer equipment with advanced computing capability used for the provision of those services;
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 a (new)
(21a) "air passenger transport services" means services provided by air carriers providing scheduled air services within the Union territory or to/from the Union territory or other services related to air services provided by owners of self-service terminals;
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a Built environment 1. Member States are encouraged to require that providers of electronic communication services referred to in Article 1(2)(a), providers of passenger transport services referred to in Article 1(2)(c) and related infrastructure operators, and providers of consumer banking services referred to in Article 1(2)(d) ensure that the built environment used by their consumers complies with the accessibility requirements of Annex I, Section V, in order to the use of services by persons with disabilities. 2. Without prejudice to the requirements relating to built environment set in other binding Union regulations, Member States are encouraged to require that built environment, including transport infrastructure used by passengers, in particular the transport infrastructure of the trans - European transport network complies with the accessibility requirements of Annex I.