login
login
Image header Agence Europe
Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13669
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 35
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES / Fundamental rights

From 28 June, European Accessibility Act will improve access for people with disabilities to range of products and services

The European Accessibility Act (EAA), a directive adopted in 2019 to improve the operation of the internal market in products and services accessible to people with disabilities (https://aeur.eu/f/hlw), comes into force on Saturday 28 June. 

Nearly 100 million Europeans are affected, as well as an increasing number of elderly people.

Banking services, e-commerce sites, e-books, payment terminals, transport services, IT equipment and even the 112 emergency number will now have to comply...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
RESEARCH: European Commission expected to earmark around €300 million to acquire innovations in life sciences
DIGITAL: under pressure from European Commission, Apple changes rules for its App Store
DIGITAL: EDPB asks European Commission for guarantees on GDPR compliance regarding protection of minors online
CONSUMERS: European Parliament and EU Council reach agreement on modernising rules for resolving consumer disputes
CLIMATE: EU calls for “redoubled efforts” in view of progress deemed insufficient, following Bonn Conference
CLIMATE: if 2040 and 2035 climate targets are to be aligned before COP30, “we have to move fast”, says Pascal Canfin
TRANSPORT: European Commission proposes to exempt ‘zero-emission’ heavy-duty vehicles from road tolls until 2031
MIGRATION: Return Regulation - Magnus Brunner confident of a rapid agreement in EU Council
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament/EU Council negotiations scheduled for 30 June on new genomic techniques cancelled
AGRICULTURE: some fifteen Member States call for harmonised rules on reserved names of animal-origin foods
AGRICULTURE: European Commission outlines ways to develop geographical indications sector
FISHERIES: overfishing—Sweden proposes reducing number of cormorants and authorising trade in seal products
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
CUSTOMS: EU Council adopts partial negotiating mandate for reform of Customs Code
EUROGROUP: Ireland’s Paschal Donohoe, Spain’s Carlos Cuerpo and Lithuania’s Rimantas Šadžius are candidates for Eurogroup presidency
COMPANIES: EFRAG recommends that omission of information on greenhouse gas emissions associated with derivatives in ‘IFRS S2’ should be temporary
Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: EU Member States approve renewal of economic sanctions
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: work in EU Council on an internal reform of EU proceeding on basis of a constant treaty
BUDGET: European Committee of Regions calls on EU to strengthen cohesion and ensure cooperation with regions in post-2027 MFF
EXTERNAL ACTION
SUDAN: Sudan Consultative Forum reiterates urgent need for high-level attention and action to address war
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: ahead of Budapest Pride, Hadja Lahbib and Nicolae Ștefănuță demonstrate European institutions’ support for LGBTQI+ rights
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: from 28 June, European Accessibility Act will improve access for people with disabilities to range of products and services
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Interview HUMAN RIGHTS: “European Court of Human Rights does not impose a uniform legal model”, stresses new President, Mattias Guyomar
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: commissioner for human rights calls on Hungary to defend LGBTI people’s rights and to stop restricting civic space
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: finalists for 2025 EU Organic Awards revealed
AGRICULTURE: European Commission protects two new agricultural designations
TRADE/CLIMATE: EU27 approve Council/European Parliament provisional agreement on simplification of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
TRADE: trade in goods is set to rise in first half of 2025, according to WTO estimates
HUMAN RIGHTS: European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights finally has its third and fourth vice-chairs
ENERGY: regulation on gas storage - Permanent Representatives of Member States to EU validate provisional interinstitutional agreement
ENVIRONMENT: European Environmental Bureau and several NGOs call for “strong directive” on ‘green claims’
ENVIRONMENT: company executives convicted of polluting water with PFAS in Italy - Greens/EFA Group in European Parliament welcome a “historic judgment”
GULF: EU Council approves negotiating mandates for trade agreements with certain countries in region
MIGRATION: Berlin suspends right to family reunification for beneficiaries of subsidiary protection for two years
MIDDLE EAST: EU calls on Israel to take action against settler violence
CSDP: EU extends mandate of EUBAM Libya mission by two years