Current EBU Position Papers
2024
- EBU Statement on 'Welcome developments in the availability of disability statistics' (pdf document, January 2024) a word version of this document is also available.
- EBU Recommendations 'Enhancing the accessibility of payment terminals' (pdf document, January 2024) a word version of this document is also available.
2023
- EBU position paper 'Analysis of the Proposed Directive for a European Disability Card and a European Parking Card for persons with disabilities' (pdf document, October 2023) a word version of this document is also available.
- EBU Statement on European Parliament elections 2024 'Stand for a Union more inclusive of visually impaired people' (pdf document, September 2023) a word version of this document is also available.
- EBU statement on the European Commission proposal for a European Disability Card - 'Free movement for disabled citizens: the European Commission puts its cards on the table' (pdf document, September 2023) a word version of this document is also available.
- EBU position paper on Access to Reading and Using Braille – a matter of the future (pdf document, September 2023) a word version of this document is also available.
- EBU Response About using Braille for operating buttons of lifts (pdf document, May 2023) a word version of this document is also available.
- EBU Response to the European Commission’s call for evidence for the evaluation of the Marrakesh Directive and Regulation (pdf document, May 2023) a word version of this document is also available.
2022
- EBU 'Manifesto of young European citizens with visual impairment' (pdf document). Also available in Italian, Spanish and Montenegrin. (December 2022)
- EBU position paper 'EBU response to EU call for evidence on EU Disability Card' (pdf) a word version of this document is also available. (December 2022)
- EBU position paper 'Driverless Vehicles: Minding the Visually Impaired from the Start' (pdf) a word version of this document is also available. (September 2022)
- EBU Statement on Creative Europe 2021-2027: where are the incentives for audio description and subtitling in MEDIA funding to the film industry? (pdf) a word version of this document is also available. (July 2022)
- EBU response to the European Commission’s public consultation on a sustainable EU food system (pdf) a word version of this document is also available. (June 2022)
- EBU response to the European Commission’s public consultation on technical specifications for automated vehicles (pdf) a word version of this document is also available. (May 2022)
- EBU response to the European Commission’s public consultation on making the European statistical system fit for the future (pdf) a word version of this document is also available (March 2022)
2021
- EBU response to the European Commission public consultation on redeveloping European statistics on population (pdf), a word version of this document is also available (December 2021)
- EBU response to the European Commission’s request for feedback on its roadmap for improving access to emergency communications through single number 112 (pdf), a word version of this document is also available (October 2021)
- EBU response to the European Commission’s public consultation on the Web Accessibility Directive (pdf) a word version of this document is also available (October 2021)
- EBU Response to consultation on improving SDG monitoring report (pdf) a word version of this document is also available (September 2021)
- EBU response to the European Commission’s public consultation on a set of European Digital Principles (pdf) a word version of this document is also available. (August 2021)
- EBU contribution to survey 'Targeted consultation on the availability of works other than printed works in formats accessible for persons with disabilities within the internal market' (pdf), a word version of this document is also available (April 2021)
- EBU position paper on the EU Disability Rights Strategy 2021-2030, (pdf) a word version of this document is also available (April 2021)
- EBU response to European Commission survey: Combating gender-based violence – protecting victims and punishing offenders (pdf) a word version of this document is also available format (April 2021)
2020
- EBU response to the European Commission’s public consultation on the EU strategy on rights of the child (2021-2024), pdf and word format, (December 2020)
- EBU response to European Commission’s public consultation on the Roadmap for European Disability Rights Strategy 2021-2030, pdf and word format, (October 2020)
- EBU response to European Commission’s public consultation on the evaluation of Regulation (EC) N° 1107/2006 concerning the rights of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility when travelling by air, pdf and word format (October 2020)
- EBU Position paper on MEDIA funding to European film industry: Promote Equal Access to Culture for Persons with Visual Impairments in the EU, pdf and word format (September 2020)
- EBU position paper in response to the Covid19 crisis 'Making the 'new normal' inclusive for all.Some key lessons to be learned from the crisis, the perspective of blind and partially sighted people', pdf and word format (September 2020)
Also available in Montenegrin (word). - EBU response to European Commission’s consultation on the European Democracy Action Plan, pdf and word format (September, 2020)
- EBU response to European Commission’s Public consultation on the Digital Education action plan (as updated due to COVID-19 crisis), pdf and word format (July, 2020)
- EBU response to public consultation on evaluation of the European Statistical Programme 2013-2020, pdf and word format (July 2020)
- EBU feedback on the European Commission’s evaluation of the Postal Services Directive, pdf and word format (March 2020)
2019
- Accessibility of Lifts: Why the European standard EN 81-70:2018 fails to meet the legal requirements, pdf and word format (February 2019)
- EBU Statement on the European Elections 2019, (February 2019, word document)
- European Blind Union response to the European Commission public consultation on the AVAS Pause Function Prohibition, pdf and word format (January 2019)
For older documents, see the archive section