Recommendation 1998/376 - 98/376/EC: Council Recommendation of 4 June 1998 on a parking card for people with disabilities - Main contents

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Legal instrument	Recommendation
Number legal act	Recommendation 1998/376
Original proposal	COM(1995)696
CELEX number i	31998H0376

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98/376/EC: Council Recommendation of 4 June 1998 on a parking card for people with disabilities

Official Journal L 167 , 12/06/1998 P. 0025 - 0028

COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION of 4 June 1998 on a parking card for people with disabilities (98/376/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 75(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal for a recommendation submitted by the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (2),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 189c of the Treaty (3),

• (1) 

  Whereas the reciprocal recognition of a parking card for people with disabilities based on a standardised Community model was advocated by the Commission in its communication on a medium term social action programme (1995-97), forwarded to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on 12 April 1995, and also on its report of 26 November 1993 to the Council on the measures to be taken in the Community regarding the accessibility of transport to persons with reduced mobility;

• (2) 

  Whereas, in the spirit of the resolution of the Council and of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council of 20 December 1996 on equality of opportunity for people with disabilities, all people with disabilities should be entitled to additional concrete measures aimed at improving their occupational and social integration;

• (3) 

  Whereas a mode of transport other than public transport constitutes, for many people with disabilities, the only means of getting about independently for purposes of occupational and social integration; whereas, in certain circumstances and with due regard to road safety, it is only right that people with disabilities should be enabled, by means of a parking card for such people, to park as near to their destination as possible; whereas people with disabilities should thus have the opportunity to avail themselves of the facilities provided by the said parking card throughout the Community in accordance with the national rules applying in the country in which they happen to be;

• (4) 

  Whereas, in view of the fact that parking cards for people with disabilities may come within the remit of regional and local authorities, the Committee of the Regions should be consulted;

• (5) 

  Whereas, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, Community action is appropriate to promote the understanding and mutual recognition of parking cards for people with disabilities and to facilitate freedom of movement for people with disabilities;

• (6) 

  Whereas it is desirable that there should be a Community-model parking card, recognised mutually by the Member States, for people with disabilities;

• (7) 

  Whereas the definition of disability and the rules for assigning parking cards to persons with disabilities are the responsibility of the Member States;

• (8) 

  Whereas Member States should introduce certain security features to prevent forgery or counterfeiting of the parking card;

• (9) 

  Whereas the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) has already adopted a resolution encouraging the provision and reciprocal recognition of parking cards for people with disabilities (ECMT resolution of 22 April 1997);

• (10) 

  Whereas full information should be provided to card holders on the conditions for using the card in the Member States,

Hereby RECOMMENDS Member States to:

• 1. 

  introduce a parking card for people with disabilities, issued to them in accordance with the respective national provisions, on the basis of the standardised Community model described in...

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