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Product and Service Accessibility Act

avaldatud riigiteatajasEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

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10 January 2022

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AVALDATUD_RIIGITEATAJAS

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30 May 2022

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With the bill, the corresponding EU directive on accessibility requirements for products and services will be transposed into domestic law. The draft is intended to ensure that every person with special needs does not get into trouble when using products and services, but that he finds an alternative format for using the product and consuming the service. Thereby, the goal is to shape a more inclusive society in order to make it easier for people with limited functional abilities to live independently coping. The draft stipulates the accessibility requirements for products and services within the scope of the Accessibility Directive, the obligations of the company to ensure accessibility, the assessment of compliance with accessibility requirements and the assumption of compliance, as well as state supervision and responsibility. It also introduces terms that have not been legally defined until now and the need to define them arises from those used in the transposition of the directive of concepts. According to the bill, for example, a self-service terminal must be made accessible in such a way that the cash machine can be comfortably used by a person with reduced mobility in a wheelchair, as well as a child, a short adult and the elderly. The changes in the bill concern the entrepreneur who will be obliged to fulfill the proposed requirements. The requirements do not apply to a micro-entrepreneur service provider, i.e. a company with less than 10 employees, whose annual turnover does not exceed 2 million euros.

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