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1、Publicconsultationonwebaccessibilityandothere-accessibilityissuesDisclaimer:thetextbelowisintendedsolelyforconsultationpurposes.ItdoesnotrepresenttheofficialpositionoftheEuropeanCommission,nordoesitanticipateanyformalproposalfromtheCommission.1.CONTEXTANDPURPOSEOFTHECONSULTATIONTheEuropeanCo
2、mmissionwantstoexploreacommonEuropeanapproachforwebaccessibilityforthethreefollowingreasons:1)Disableduserscontinuetofacegreatdifficultiesaccessingwebsites:Thedevelopmentoftheinformationsocietyhasledtothecreationofwebsitesandonlineservicesthatareanessentialpartofdailylifeformanycitizens.Yets
3、ignificantnumbersofpeople,includingpeoplewithdisabilities,continuetoencounterdifficultiesusingthesewebsitesduetoaccessibilitybarriers,despitetechnicalsolutionsexistingtoovercomethesebarriers.2)DivergentpolicyapproachestowebaccessibilityintheMemberStatesarefragmentingthemarket:Anincreasingnum
4、berofcountries,includingEUMemberStates,aretakingactiontoimprovewebaccessibility,includingthroughlegalobligations.However,theexistingdivergenceofnationalapproachesisleadingtoincreasedfragmentationintheinternalmarket.Thisfragmentationprovokeslegaluncertainty,particularlyfortechnologyproviders,
5、andmakesitdifficultforpersonswithdisabilitiestouseonlineservicesfreelyacrossEurope.3)Previouscommitmentsandcurrentopportunities:TheinstitutionsoftheEuropeanUnionhaveconsideredwebaccessibilityinrecentyearsCommissionCommunicationonwebaccessibility(COM(2000)284);CouncilResolutiononaEuropeanActi
6、onPlanforaccessibilityofpublicwebsites(2002/C86/02);CouncilResolutiononeAccessibility(2003/C39/03);EuropeanParliamentResolutiononaccessibilityofpublicwebsites(C5-0074/2002-2002/2032(COS));CommissionCommunicationoneAccessibility(COM(2005)425);MinisterialDeclarationonaninclusiveinformationsoci
7、ety(Riga,June2006);CommissionCommunicationone-Inclusion(COM(2007)694).Referencesinthisdocumentareavailableatwww.ec.europa.eu/einclusionandEUMemberStateshavecommittedtoimprovewebaccessibility.Inparticular,the"MinisterialDeclarationonaninclusiveinfor
