DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN DISABILITY CARD AND THE EUROPEAN PARKING CARD FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

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• DIRECTIVE EU 2024 2
• OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 2
• Text with EEA relevance 2
• European Union the Charter and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of 3
• Pillar provides 6
• Directive together with that Member States applicable rules procedures and competences 22
• Council of Europes Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. 28
• Chapter I 34
• General provisions 34
• Article 1 34
• Subject matter 34
• Article 2 35
• Scope 35
• This Directive does not affect Member States competence to determine the conditions for 37
• Member States competence to grant or to require to be 37
• Article 3 38
• Definitions 38
• Union citizen means a person having the nationality of a Member State 38
• Article 4 40
• Beneficiaries 40
• Article 5 41
• Equal access of persons with disabilities to special conditions or preferential treatment 41
• Article 6 42
• Equal access of persons with disabilities to parking conditions and facilities 42
• Chapter II 43
• European Disability Card 43
• Article 7 43
• Format mutual recognition issue and validity of the European Disability Card 43
• By 12 months from the date of entry into force of this Directive the Commission shall 46
• Article 8 47
• Format mutual recognition issue and validity 47
• By 12 months from the date of entry into force of this Directive the Commission shall 50
• Chapter III 51
• Common provisions 51
• Article 9 51
• Digital versions and common technical specifications 51
• Article 10 52
• Surveillance and compliance 52
• Article 11 53
• Accessibility of information and awareness raising 53
• Article 12 54
• Competent authorities or bodies and contact points 54
• Article 13 55
• Representative organisations of persons with disabilities 55
• Chapter IV 55
• Delegated and implementing powers 55
• Article 14 55
• Exercise of the delegation 55
• 8 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from the date 56
• Official Journal of the European 56
• Union 56
• Article 15 57
• Committee procedure 57
• Chapter V 58
• Final provisions 58
• Article 16 58
• Enforcement and remedies 58
• Article 17 59
• Non-compliance and penalties 59
• Article 18 60
• Access to information 60
• Article 19 61
• Union webpage 61
• By 48 months from the date of entry into force of this Directive the Commission shall 61
• B1 intermediate of the Council of Europes Common European Framework of 62
• Article 20 62
• Reporting and assessment 62
• By 78 months from the date of entry into force of this Directive and every four years 62
• By 54 months from the date of entry into force of this Directive the Commission shall 63
• Article 21 64
• Transposition 64
• By 30 months from the date of entry into force of this Directive Member States 64
• They shall apply those measures from 42 months from the 64
• Article 22 65
• Entry into force 65
• Official Journal of the European Union 65
• Article 23 65
• Addressees 65
• For the European Parliament For the Council 65
• The President The President 65
• ANNEX I 66
• FRONT SIDE text European Disability Card in English and in one or more official languages of 66
• The words European Disability Card in English and one or more official languages of the 69
• The optional letter A in type and in braille may be added where the card entitles the 69
• ANNEX II 71