Accessibility of Products and Services Act (Ν. 57(I)/2024)

Editorial information: CYLAW The Cyprus Legal Information Source. 

This law aims to standardize accessibility requirements across EU member states, ensuring that certain products and services are accessible to individuals with disabilities and others facing functional limitations.

The key objectives of the Law include: alignment of national legislation with EU standards to facilitate the free movement of accessible products and services within the internal market; establishment of clear criteria for the accessibility of specific products and services, benefiting consumers, including persons with disabilities, the elderly, pregnant individuals, and travellers; elimination and prevention of barriers arising from differing accessibility requirements among member states.

The law applies to a range of products and services, including computers and operating systems, ATMs, ticketing, and check-in machines, smartphones, television equipment related to digital television services, telecommunication services and related terminal equipment, access to audio-visual media services, passenger transport services by air, bus, rail, and waterborne, banking services, e-books and dedicated software and e-commerce.

The Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare is the competent authority responsible for the Law’s implementation.

Laws (basic and amending) that have been incorporated into the consolidated text.

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