23. Accessibility requirements for products and services ***I (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report 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)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Morten Løkkegaard (A8-0188/2017)

An initial debate had taken place on 13 September 2017 (minutes of 13.9.2017, item 16).
The question had been referred back for interinstitutional negotiations to the committee responsible, in accordance with Rule 59(4), on 14 September 2017 (minutes of 14.9.2017, item 8.1).

Morten Løkkegaard introduced the report.

The following spoke: Ádám Kósa (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee).

The following spoke: Neven Mimica (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Julie Ward (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee), Kostadinka Kuneva (rapporteur for the opinion of the PETI Committee), Andreas Schwab, on behalf of the PPE Group, Olga Sehnalová, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jana Žitňanská, on behalf of the ECR Group, Igor Šoltes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, Nicola Danti and Sirpa Pietikäinen.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Helga Stevens, Bill Etheridge, Notis Marias and Izaskun Bilbao Barandica.

The following spoke: Neven Mimica and Morten Løkkegaard.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.3.2019, item 11.9.