Public Hearing on the Preliminary Draft Bill on accessibility requirements for certain products and services transposing into Spanish law Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019.
The preliminary draft law fully transposes Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on accessibility requirements for products and services, which seeks to put an end to the fragmentation of the market for accessible products and services, create economies of scale, facilitate cross-border trade and mobility and help economic operators to focus their resources on innovation, as existing disparities between Member States constitute barriers to the free movement of these products and services, and distort effective competition in the internal market.
Among the objectives of the draft bill is, on the one hand, to guarantee that the products and services included in its scope of application comply with the accessibility requirements necessary to optimize their foreseeable use in an autonomous manner by persons with disabilities. On the other hand, to contribute to the correct functioning of the internal market in the European Union through the approximation of the Spanish legal, regulatory and administrative provisions with the rest of the Member States, in relation to the accessibility requirements for certain products and services, in particular by eliminating and avoiding obstacles to the free circulation of products and services derived from divergences in the accessibility requirements among the Member States.
The public hearing ends on April 25, 2022.
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