Full text of the paper:
Collected Papers of the Faculty of Law, University of Novi Sad
2020, vol. LIV, No. 4, pp. 1433–1452
Language of the paper: English
Overview paper
udk: 366.5
doi: 10.5937/zrpfns54-29789
Author:
Andrej Mićović, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
University of Kragujevac
Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism in Vrnjačka Banja
andrej.micovic@kg.ac.rs
Abstract:
In order to reduce barriers in cross-border trade, stimulate the functioning of the internal market, increase the availability of certain products, enable all consumers to have access to certain products on an equal basis, Directive (EU) 2019/882 on the accessibility requirements for products and services has been adopted. With regard to product accessibility article provides an overview of the origins and development of the right to access (ibility), as well as terminological and conceptual analysis of universal design as an constitutional element of the accessibility right and finally article analyzes the rules contained in the Directive regarding: scope of the rules governing product accessibility; accessibility requirements; elements that exclude application of the accessibility requirements.
Keywords:
product, availability, accessibility, accessibility requirements, universal design.