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Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility requirements for products and services (Text with EEA relevance)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I General provisions

    1. Article 1.Subject matter

    2. Article 2.Scope

    3. Article 3.Definitions

  3. CHAPTER II Accessibility requirements and free movement

    1. Article 4.Accessibility requirements

    2. Article 5.Existing Union law in the field of passenger transport

    3. Article 6.Free movement

  4. CHAPTER III Obligations of economic operators dealing with products

    1. Article 7.Obligations of manufacturers

    2. Article 8.Authorised representatives

    3. Article 9.Obligations of importers

    4. Article 10.Obligations of distributors

    5. Article 11.Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors

    6. Article 12.Identification of economic operators dealing with products

  5. CHAPTER IV Obligations of service providers

    1. Article 13.Obligations of service providers

  6. CHAPTER V Fundamental alteration of products or services and disproportionate burden to economic operators

    1. Article 14.Fundamental alteration and disproportionate burden

  7. CHAPTER VI Harmonised standards and technical specifications of products and services

    1. Article 15.Presumption of conformity

  8. CHAPTER VII Conformity of products and CE marking

    1. Article 16.EU declaration of conformity of products

    2. Article 17.General principles of the CE marking of products

    3. Article 18.Rules and conditions for affixing the CE marking

  9. CHAPTER VIII Market surveillance of products and Union safeguard procedure

    1. Article 19.Market surveillance of products

    2. Article 20.Procedure at national level for dealing with products not complying with the applicable accessibility requirements

    3. Article 21.Union safeguard procedure

    4. Article 22.Formal non-compliance

  10. CHAPTER IX Compliance of services

    1. Article 23.Compliance of services

  11. CHAPTER X Accessibility requirements in other Union acts

    1. Article 24.Accessibility under other Union acts

    2. Article 25.Harmonised standards and technical specifications for other Union acts

  12. CHAPTER XI Delegated acts, implementing powers and final provisions

    1. Article 26.Exercise of the delegation

    2. Article 27.Committee procedure

    3. Article 28.Working Group

    4. Article 29.Enforcement

    5. Article 30.Penalties

    6. Article 31.Transposition

    7. Article 32.Transitional measures

    8. Article 33.Report and review

    9. Article 34.This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day...

    10. Article 35.This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

  13. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

      1. Section I General accessibility requirements related to all products covered by this directive in accordance with Article 2(1)

      2. Section II Accessibility requirements related to products in Article 2(1), except for the self-service terminals referred to in Article 2(1)(b)

      3. Section III General accessibility requirements related to all services covered by this Directive in accordance with Article 2(2)

      4. Section IV Additional accessibility requirements related to specific services

      5. Section V Specific accessibility requirements related to the answering of emergency communications to the single European emergency number ‘112’ by the most appropriate PSAP

      6. Section VI Accessibility requirements for features, elements or functions of products and services in accordance with Article 24(2)

      7. Section VII Functional performance criteria

        1. (a) Usage without vision

        2. (b) Usage with limited vision

        3. (c) Usage without perception of colour

        4. (d) Usage without hearing

        5. (e) Usage with limited hearing

        6. (f) Usage without vocal capability

        7. (g) Usage with limited manipulation or strength

        8. (h) Usage with limited reach

        9. (i) Minimising the risk of triggering photosensitive seizures

        10. (j) Usage with limited cognition

        11. (k) Privacy

    2. ANNEX II

    3. ANNEX III

      ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ARTICLE 4(4) CONCERNING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE SERVICES UNDER THE SCOPE OF THIS DIRECTIVE ARE PROVIDED

      1. In order to maximise the foreseeable use in an independent...

      2. use of related outdoor areas and facilities; approaches to buildings;...

    4. ANNEX IV

      CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE – PRODUCTS

      1. 1. Internal production control

      2. 2. Technical documentation

      3. 3. Manufacturing

      4. 4. CE marking and EU declaration of conformity

        1. 4.1. The manufacturer shall affix the CE marking referred to in...

        2. 4.2. The manufacturer shall draw up a written EU declaration of...

      5. 5. Authorised representative

    5. ANNEX V

      INFORMATION ON SERVICES MEETING ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

      1. 1. The service provider shall include the information assessing how the...

      2. 2. To comply with point 1 of this Annex the service...

      3. 3. The service provider shall provide information demonstrating that the service...

    6. ANNEX VI

      CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT OF DISPROPORTIONATE BURDEN

      1. Criteria to carry out and document the assessment:

      2. Ratio of the net costs of compliance with accessibility requirements...

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