Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April…

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)

directive · European Union · 32019L0882

396 provisions in 1233 nodes · 32 provisions hand work to national law

Defined terms · All instruments · European standard · Internet · access to information · advertising · alternative dispute resolution · branch · competition · computer science

CHAPTER I General provisions

Article 1 Subject matter

Article 3 Definitions

CHAPTER II Accessibility requirements and free movement

Article 4 Accessibility requirements

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Article 5 Existing Union law in the field of passenger transport

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Article 6 Free movement

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CHAPTER III Obligations of economic operators dealing with products

Article 7 Obligations of manufacturers

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Article 8 Authorised representatives

Article 9 Obligations of importers

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Article 10 Obligations of distributors

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

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Article 12 Identification of economic operators dealing with products

CHAPTER IV Obligations of service providers

Article 13 Obligations of service providers

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

Article 14 Fundamental alteration and disproportionate burden

CHAPTER VI Harmonised standards and technical specifications of products and services

Article 15 Presumption of conformity

CHAPTER VII Conformity of products and CE marking

Article 16 EU declaration of conformity of products

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Article 17 General principles of the CE marking of products

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Article 18 Rules and conditions for affixing the CE marking

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CHAPTER VIII Market surveillance of products and Union safeguard procedure

Article 19 Market surveillance of products

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

Article 21 Union safeguard procedure

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Article 22 Formal non-compliance

CHAPTER IX Compliance of services

Article 23 Compliance of services

CHAPTER X Accessibility requirements in other Union acts

Article 24 Accessibility under other Union acts

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Article 25 Harmonised standards and technical specifications for other Union acts

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CHAPTER XI Delegated acts, implementing powers and final provisions

Article 26 Exercise of the delegation

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Article 27 Committee procedure

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Article 28 Working Group

Article 29 Enforcement

Article 31 Transposition

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Article 32 Transitional measures

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Article 33 Report and review

ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

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

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

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

Section IV Additional accessibility requirements related to specific services

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

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

Section VII Functional performance criteria

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(a) Usage without vision

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(b) Usage with limited vision

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(d) Usage without hearing

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(e) Usage with limited hearing

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(f) Usage without vocal capability

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(g) Usage with limited manipulation or strength

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(h) Usage with limited reach

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(i) Minimising the risk of triggering photosensitive seizures

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(j) Usage with limited cognition

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

CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE – PRODUCTS

1. Internal production control

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2. Technical documentation

4. CE marking and EU declaration of conformity

5. Authorised representative

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ANNEX V

INFORMATION ON SERVICES MEETING ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT OF DISPROPORTIONATE BURDEN