Brussels, 02/04/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament will be discussing, on Tuesday, the report by Marie-Thérèse Hermange (EPP-ED, France) on the Commission's communication "Towards a barrier-free Europe for people with disabilities". The report calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a specific action programme for the disabled beginning in 2004 in order to continue the work to be undertaken during the European Year for the Disabled in 2003. The EP also calls on the Commission: - to propose, in the legislative provisions on the rights of residence and of the free movement of workers to be amended before 2003 (according to the conclusions of the Nice Summit) a provision allowing for disability allowances for workers or dependent persons within the EU to be transferred so that the free movement of disabled persons and their families is possible; - create a "disabled unit" at its Directorate General on Transport in order to promote the uninterrupted access by all disabled passengers to all means of transport. The Commission and the Member States are, moreover, invited to set in place the base for statistic comparison on disabilities and the EU institutions are invited to recognise the need for continued development of a structured civil dialogue with NGOs and disabled persons, also in countries applying for EU membership.