70 Amendments of Ádám KÓSA related to 2015/2258(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
– having regard to Articles 2, 9, 10, 19, 168, 208, 212 and 216(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that Article 7 and Article 96 (7) of the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR)1 promote equal opportunities, non- discrimination and inclusion of persons with disabilities in the implementation of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) in general and in the Operational Programmes in particular and requests an integrated approach to addressing the specific needs of target groups at highest risk of discrimination or social exclusion, with special regard to persons with disabilities; stresses that ex ante evaluation shall appraise the adequacy of planned measures to promote equal opportunities between men and women and to prevent any discrimination, in particular as regards accessibility for persons with disabilities; stresses that national or regional strategic policy framework for lifelong learning shall be in place that contains concrete measures for the provision of skills development for people with disabilities; recalls that the monitoring committee shall examine in particular actions to promote equal opportunities and non-discrimination, including accessibility for persons with disabilities; __________________ 1 Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320).
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes new Objective 12 in the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2015-2019; calls on the Commission to ensure that CRPD implementation is systematically raised in human rights dialogues with third countries; calls on the EU Special Representative for Human Rights to lead and monitor progress in this field, with special regard to standardization efforts in terms of accessibility;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
– having regard to Articles 2 and 21 of the Treaty on European Union,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the needs of people with disabilities in the fields of transport, mobility and tourism match business opportunities for transport and mobility services and can lead to win-win situations in serving people with reduced mobility,all types of disabilities (including but not limited to people with reduced mobility, blind people, deaf and hard-of-hearing people; people with autism, people with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities etc.) as well as all other users of these services in the spirit of "design for all";
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that independence, integration and access to an inclusive education and training system, cultural life, leisure and sport are rights guaranteed by Articles 19, 24 and 30 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and are protected under EU law, in particular in the context of fighting discrimination on the grounds of disability (Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU) and the principle of integration of persons with disabilities (Article 26 of the Charter); asks the Commission and the Member States therefore to reinforce measures aimed at ensuring that people with disabilities have equal access to key areas such as inclusive, quality education, culture and sport and include disability-specific indicators in the Europe 2020 strategy when pursuing the education target;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly deploresWith reference to the fact that the Council has still not adopted the 2008 proposal for a directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation;, reiterates its call on the Council to do so as soon as possiblemmission and Member States to find a solution as soon as possible which, with due regard for the powers, self-determination and social models of the Member States, will attain the objective of prohibiting discrimination;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights, in view of the shared management system of Cohesion Policy implementation, the need for effective multilevel governance and coordination of measures in the fight against discrimination; urges the European Union to consider the establishment of an inter- institutional coordination mechanism and the designation of focal points in each European Union institution, agency and body;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the EU supports the promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities at the international level, and is the world’s biggest donor of Official Development Assistance (ODA);
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the CRPD is the first international human rights treaty ratified by the EU, which has also been signed by all 28 EU Member States and ratified by 25 Member States excluding Finland, Ireland and the Netherlands;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that persons with disabilities make a valuable contribution to society as a whole, and that this contribution can be even greater if the (working) environment is properly adapted, for which ESI Funds are needed; therefore urges the EU to take effective action to measure the employment of persons with disabilities and to increase their employment rate in the open labour market, including by providing training for member States on reasonable accommodation and accessibility in the context of employment;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the references to disabilities in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically in the sections related to education, growth and employment, inequality and the accessibility of human settlements, and as regards data collection and monitoring of the SDGs; and recommends that the EU take the lead in the implementation of disability-inclusive SDGs.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the mid-term evaluation of the external financing instruments to assess how effectively these have contributed to the inclusion of persons with disabilities; demands an end to any expenditure in EU programmes that perpetuates the segregation of persons with disabilities; fosters the funding of support services for persons with disabilities living independently in local communities instead of residential institutions.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to consider and address intersectional discrimination issues, in light of the especially high incidence of reported serious health problems among women with disabilities, the overall higher percentages of mental difficulties among the female population, particularly migrantrefugees and asylum seekers, and other instances of preventable discrimination arising from gender, sexual orientation and identitygainst people with disabilities;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas disability can be caused by a gradual and sometimes invisible degradation of the state of health of an individual, as is the case for people with neurodegenerative or rare diseases, which might have negative effect on the independent living of such person;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas children with disabilities have the rights to live in (their) families or family environment in line with their best interest;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the Council to look after the needs of people with disabilities better, and to take such needs consistently into account when reviewing EU regulations, such as those on passenger rights in different modes of transport (Regulations (EC) No 1107/2006 and (EC) No 261/2004 on air transport, Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 on rail transport, Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 on waterborne transport and Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 on bus and coach transport) and stresses that the European Union has committed itself to a barrier-free Europe in 2010 in the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas children with disabilities are 17 times more likely to live in an institution than their peers without disabilities, where their risk of violence, neglect and abuse is much higher than when living at home;1a __________________ 1aFRA Report: Violence against children with disabilities: legislation, policies and programmes in the EU, http://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_ uploads/fra-2015-violence-against- children-with-disabilities_en.pdf
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the recommendations that the EU achieve a human rights-based approach to disability in situations of risk and emergency; urges that all aspects of disaster risk-reduction policies and programmes are inclusive of and accessible to all persons with disabilities; strongly urges the mainstreaming of disabled peoples’ human rights in EU migration and refugee policies;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Calls, furthermore, on the EU to: - put in place a systematic and institutionalized approach to mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities across all European Union international cooperation policies and programmes;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas families of people with disabilities are psychologically, socially and economically vulnerable and family members often have to reduce or stop professional activities and take care of disabled family members themselves;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Member States as well as regional and local authorities to increase their efforts in the area of prevention of discrimination and exclusion of persons with disabilities, including equal access to health care; stresses that discrimination shall explicitly be prohibited on the grounds of disability in the field of health care and measures shall be taken to ensure access to quality health care for all persons with all types of disabilities; requests that the European Union evaluate the impact of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union Directive 2011/24/EU on patients' rights in cross-border health care with regard to gaps in access for persons with disabilities, including accessible information, reasonable accommodation and training of professionals;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Calls, furthermore, on the EU to: - put in place more development projects which focus specifically on people with disabilities
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
- identify and put in place mechanisms to disaggregate data on disability in order to monitor the rights of persons with disabilities in EU development programmes; and provide data on disability-specific development projects
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the European Union strengthen the monitoring of the implementation of legislation on passenger rights and to harmonize the work of the national enforcement bodies and calls on the Member States to take all necessary steps towards the implementation of EU legislation aimed at improving transport accessibility (including bus, rail, air and waterborne transport) by strengthening the competences of the relevant enforcement bodies under passenger rights legislation in order to ensure the effective and equal enjoyment of rights by all passengers with disabilities across the European Union;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned about the difficulties that persons with disabilities still face in accessing justice; calls on the Member States to take action in order to provide full procedural accommodation for such persons; considers that the Commission should consider including specific training programmes on the CRPD in the 2014- 2020 EU Justice Programme; suggests that EU courts should apply their internal rules and instructions in a way that facilitates access to justice for persons with disabilities, and that the General Recommendations of the CRPD Committee should also be taken into account in the administration of justice;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F e (new)
Recital F e (new)
Fe. whereas an estimated 80% of persons with disabilities live in developing countries;1a __________________ 1a World Report on Disability, 2011.
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F f (new)
Recital F f (new)
Ff. whereas the EU supports the promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities at the international level, and is the world’s biggest donor of Official Development Assistance (ODA);
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that people with disabilities are often excluded or do not have adequate access to education and training services where tailored education projects are needed; asks the Member States to strengthen training programmes for teachers and other school staff in order to increase the support they can provide to students with disabilities; stresses that the necessary measures shall be taken to ensure that all students with disabilities receive the reasonable accommodation needed to enjoy their right to inclusive quality education; recommends that European Schools implement a non-rejection policy on the grounds of disability and ensure inclusive, quality education for all students with disabilities; asks the Member States to strengthen training programmes for teachers and other school staff in order to increase the support they can provide to students with disabilities and in order to combat prejudice against persons with disabilities and especially persons with psychosocial disabilities, intellectual disabilities and older persons with disabilities;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the CRPD Committee’s recommendations that the EU develop a human rights-based indicators system and calls on the EU to develop a comprehensive data collection system, with data disaggregated by gender, age, rural or urban population and impairment type, employment status and forms;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to cooperate closely with Parliament regarding the areas of concern raised by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in its ‘Concluding observations on the initial report of the European Union’2 and urges the European Union take the necessary measures to set up a structured dialogue with an independent budget line and sufficient funding for coordination among European Union institutions, agencies and bodies and for meaningful consultation with and the participation of persons with disabilities, including women, and girls and boys with disabilities, through their representative organizations; __________________ 2 United Nations, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Concluding observations on the initial report of the European Union, 4 September 2015 (CRPD/C/EU/CO/1).
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly believes in the advantages of common accessibility rules at EU level, and therefore looks forward to the swift adoption of the Commission’s proposal for the European Accessibility Act1; __________________ 1which will ensure that the air, bus, rail and waterborne passenger transport services, the websites, the mobile device-based services, smart ticketing and real-time information and Self-service terminals, ticketing machines and check-in machines used for provision of passenger transport services are fully accessible for people with disabilities; __________________ 1 COM(2015)0615. COM(2015)0615.
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the opinion that ESI funding should be used to supportfoster deinstitutionalisation and, prevent any new institutionalization, develop support services and living arrangements in local communities for persons with disabilities in l, especially for children and their families and to promote social communinclusion and access to mainstream, inclusive, quality education for boys and girls with disabilities;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the EU, as a party to the UN CRPD, has the duty to ensure the close involvement and active participation of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in the development and implementation of legislation and policies to implement the Convention and in all decision making processes concerning issues that relate to persons with disabilities;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that barrier-free accessibility to transport services, vehicles, infrastructure and intermodal connecting hubs is the key to securing mobility systems free from built-in discrimination and stresses that people with disabilities shall have access to mainstream products and services;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges policy makers at local, regional, national and EU level to ensure efficient monitoring of the implementation of the provisions aimed at non-discrimination, as well as the accessibility of ESI funding and services to persons with disabilities; stresses in particular that the EU shall develop an approach to guide and foster deinstitutionalization and to strengthen the monitoring of the use of the ESI Funds so as to ensure that they are used strictly for the development of support services for persons with disabilities in local communities and not for the redevelopment or expansion of institutions;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges a comprehensive and cross- cutting review of EU legislation and funding programmes, including future programming periods, with a view to complying fully with the CRPD by constructively involving disability organisations and the members of the EU Framework for the CRPD (hereinafter the ‘EU Framework’);
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that consistently accessible formats should top the agenda of digitised mobility market policies, and should include availability of alternative communication systems, such asfacilitate access for all persons with all types of disabilities in accessible languages, formats and technologies appropriate to different kinds of disabilities, including sign languages, Braille, augmentative and alternative communication systems and other accessible means, modes and formats of communication of their choice, including easy-to- read language, subtitling and personal text messages for travel information, booking and ticketing, while making use of more than one sensory channel;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. UStresses that people with disabilities need to have access to information and communication in accessible formats and technologies appropriate to different kinds of disabilities, including sign languages, Braille, augmentative and alternative communication, and other accessible means, modes and formats of communication of their choice, including easy-to-read formats, subtitling; hence urges the Council to adopt without further delay the Decision on the conclusion of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises that vulnerable members of society are further marginalised if they have a disability; therefore considers that the EU should redouble itsMember States should improve their efforts to fully accommodate the provision of rights and services for all people in its carewith disabilities, including stateless people, homeless people, refugees and asylum seekers in accordance with national and international law;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. ExpectsCalls on the Commission to ensure that electronic and mobile health services, applications and devices are fully accessible to patients with disabilities and their respective carers, and to further exploit the potential of telemedicine to improve access and care in this context.;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on all actors involved to pay particular attention to the integration of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities. and to develop a comprehensive campaign to raise awareness about the CRPD and combat prejudice against persons with disabilities, including women and girls, and especially persons with psychosocial disabilities, intellectual disabilities, people with autism spectrum disorders and older persons with disabilities; requests that all materials related to capacity-building, training, awareness raising and public statements, among others, be made available in accessible formats;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asks the Commission to proposevide a list of legislation with a view to proposing an update of the declaration of competence in light of the Concluding Observations, to be repeated periodically with the formal involvement of disability organisations and the European Parliament;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Member States and the Commission to proceed with the European Disability Card pilot project, taking into consideration and using where appropriate the latest technological developments, particularly in the fields of intermodality, interconnectivity and interoperability and emphasizes that the principle of "universal design" must always be applied when designing products related to air, bus, rail and waterborne passenger transport in order to fully comply with accessibility requirements;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that special attention shall be paid on assistive technologies which enable the independent living of people with disabilities and that acquired knowledge on the need for barrier-free mobility must be more fully integrated into upcoming research and innovation programmes, such as those within Horizon 2020;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to set up a structured dialogue with disabilityconsolidate and make a proposal for a structured dialogue between the EU and disability organisations including appropriate funding to ensure full and equal participation by persons with disabilities and their representative organisations;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to foster research, data collection and exchange of good practices in consultation with representative organizations of persons with disabilities as well as to provide an overview of data on accessibility to tourism services for people with disabilities, as provided for in the two annexes to Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 on tourism statistics;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists on the importance of digital systems for people with disabilities as a tool to facilitate their participation in all aspects of society, including through assistive technologies; calls on the legislator at national and EU level to include accessibility provisions when implementing digital single market legislation and to take the necessary measures to fight cybercrime and cyberbullying; urges that the use of assisting ambient technologies for the inclusion of people with disabilities in education are to be investigated and that their impact on people with disabilities and also on the possible use for other citizens shall be examined;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to use the review of the European Disability Strategy and to develop a comprehensive EU CRPD strategy with a clear implementation timeframe, benchmarks and indicators;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the relevant authorities in the Member States to prepare awareness- raising strategies on the rights of persons with disabilities and to facilitate transport staff’s training in awareness and disability equality and urges that training materials are also available in accessible formats.
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Is concerned that the bringing up of children with disabilities is a task that falls primarily to women;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to launch a campaign to raise awareness about the CRPD; asks each EU institution and agency to organise a specific training module on the CRPD for its staff, in cooperation with organisations for people with disabilities and urges that further all materials related to capacity-building, training and awareness raising shall be made available in accessible formats.
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the urgent unblocking ofNotes that the EU anti-discrimination directive, which has not seen any advancement in the Council since 2008., and calls on the Commission and the Member States to find as soon as possible a solution which achieves the anti-discrimination objective while respecting the jurisdiction, self- determination and social organisation of the Member States;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to work with Parliament to deliver a strongclear and effective directive on the accessibility of public sector bodies’ websites, with a broad scope and a robust enforcement mechanism in line with the proposed European Accessibility Act;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned about the lack of accessibility of the EU-wide 112 emergency number, which is causing unnecessary deaths and injuries and urges the development of fully accessible and reliable 112 services using the latest technology;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is concerned that the Employment Eq2uality Directive does not explicitly make the denial of reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities a form of discrimination; asks the Commission to provide a state of play on the kinds of complaints received;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes the ex-ante conditionalities on social inclusion and its investment priority on the ‘transition from institutional to community based services’ in Regulation 1303/2013 on the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF); calls on the Member States to use the funds for deinstitutionalisation and as a tool to implement the CRPD;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the development of human rights-based indicators and calls on the Member States to provide comparable disaggregated disability data;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the development of human rights-based indicators and comparable disaggregated disability data for all activities of the EU, domestic and external;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the Commission’s withdrawal from the independent monitoring framework (the EU Framework); is committed to finding the most appropriate setup for the EU Framework so that it is fully in line with the CRPD and the Paris Principles, and urges that the Code of Conduct between the Council, the Member States and the Commission setting out internal arrangements for the implementation by and representation of the European Union relating to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities be reviewed and amended in such a way as to involve the European Parliament as well;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commissionbudget authorities to allocate adequate resources to enable the EU Framework to perform its functions independently;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in all EU international cooperation policies and programmes;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Urges the institutions to review allensure existing staff regulations, internal rules and implementing provisions for CRPD compatibility are fully implemented in line with the CRPD and internal rules and implementing provisions are developed fully applying CRPD provisions, as part of an open and disability-inclusive process, in order to address the Concluding Observations;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for the provision of adequate needs-based and CRPD-compatible reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities – or with dependent family members with disabilities – who are in the service of the European institutions, paying particular attention to the needs of disabled parents;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the institutions to adopt comprehensive recruitment, retention and promotion policies, including temporary positive measures, to actively increase the number of staff and trainees with disabilities, including psychosocial and intellectual disabilities and to provide trainees with reasonable accommodation based on directive 2000/78/EC Article 5;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the need to facilitate the effective participation and freedom of expression of persons with disabilities at public events and meetings hosted by the institutions or held on their premises by providing captioning and sign-language interpretation, documents with Braille- printing and in easy-to-read formats;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Urges the EU institutions to make their internet-based content and apps, including their intranets and all documents and audiovisual content, accessible while equally ensuring physical accessibility of their buildings;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for the EU to revise the rules of the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme, the pension system and disability-related social security measures in order to ensure non- discrimination for persons with disabilities, inter alia by recognising disability-related health needs as being distinct from an illness; and promoting independent living and working by full reimbursement of additional cost of equipment or service that is necessary for work (for example braille printer, hearing aids, sign- language interpreter, captioning services etc.);