P8_TA(2019)0173 Accessibility requirements for products and services ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 13 March 2019 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services (COM(2015)0615 — C8-0387/2015 — 2015/0278(COD)) P8_TC1-COD(2015)0278 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 March 2019 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility requirements for products and services
Date: 2019-03-13
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Culture and Education, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on Legal Affairs, Committee on Petitions, Committee on Regional Development, Committee on Transport and Tourism, Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Subjects: approximation of laws, electronic banking, electronic commerce, free movement of goods, freedom to provide services, goods and services, information technology applications, provision of services, single market, virtual library








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Official Journal of the European Union


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P8_TA(2019)0173
Accessibility requirements for products and services ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 13 March 2019 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services (COM(2015)0615 — C8-0387/2015 — 2015/0278(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(2021/C 23/60)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2015)0615),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0387/2015),










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having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,










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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 25 May 2016 (1),










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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 69f(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 19 December 2018 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Rules 59 and 39 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the opinions of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on Transport and Tourism, the Committee on Culture and Education, the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality and the Committee on Petitions (A8-0188/2017),












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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out (2);












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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;












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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  OJ C 303, 19.8.2016, p. 103.

(2)  This position replaces the amendments adopted on 14 September 2017 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0347).




P8_TC1-COD(2015)0278
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 March 2019 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility requirements for products and services

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2019/882).