5 Amendments of Ádám KÓSA related to 2011/0438(COD)
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) The European Union and most Member States are party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities while the remaining Member States are in the process of ratifying it. It is important in the implementation of the relevant provisions of this Directive that the obligations and definitions stemming from this Convention with regard inter alia to accessibility are considered and applied.
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
(23a) 'Accessibility' means easiness to approach, enter, exit, operate, participate in and use safely, independently, and with dignity a good, service, site, technology (including information and communication technologies and systems) or built environment, by a person with a disability or reduced mobility under all circumstances (including emergency cases). This does not exclude the use of assistive devices or augmentative and alternative communication to achieve accessibility for particular groups of persons with disabilities where this is needed.
Amendment 617 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The means of communication chosen must be generally available, accessible to persons with disabilities, and not restrict economic operators' access to the procurement procedure.
Amendment 949 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) the labels are established in an open and transparent procedure in which all stakeholders, including government bodies, consumers, manufacturers, distributors and environmental organisations, organisations of persons with disabilities, may participate,
Amendment 1314 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 70
Article 70
Contracting authorities may lay down special conditions relating to the performance of a contract, provided that they are indicated in the call for competition or in the specifications. Those conditions may, in particular, concern social and environmental considerations, as referred to in Recital 41. They may also include the requirement that economic operators foresee compensations for risks of price increases that are the result of price fluctuations (hedging) and that could substantially impact the performance of a contract.