CyprusUtilities Procurement Law 140(I)/2016, Article 54(1)(b), accessibility criteria in technical specifications
Ο περί της Ρύθμισης των Διαδικασιών Σύναψης Συμβάσεων Φορέων που Δραστηριοποιούνται στους Τομείς του Ύδατος της Ενέργειας, των Μεταφορών και των Ταχυδρομικών Υπηρεσιών και για Συναφή Θέματα Νόμος του 2016 (140(I)/2016), άρθρο 54(1)(β)
In force since .
A procurement conditions rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
What it requires
- If you bid to supply works, goods or services that a contracting entity in the water, energy, transport or postal services sectors procures for use by natural persons, whether the general public or its own staff, expect the technical specifications to take account of accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities or design for all users (Art. 54(1)(b)); the paragraph names no technical standard.
- Where mandatory accessibility requirements have been adopted under a legislative act of the Union, the technical specifications you tender against refer to those requirements (Art. 54(1)(b)).
- If what you sell is a product or service listed in Article 4 of Law 57(I)/2024, expect the technical specifications to apply the accessibility requirements of Annex I to that Law, which are mandatory accessibility requirements when the contracting entity applies Art. 54(1) (Law 57(I)/2024, Art. 25(1)).
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What this law does
Article 54(1)(b) requires the technical specifications for all contracts intended for use by natural persons, whether the general public or the staff of the contracting entity, to take account of accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities or design for all users. Article 54(1)(b) requires the technical specifications to refer to mandatory accessibility requirements where a legislative act of the Union has adopted them.
For the products and services listed in Article 4 of Law 57(I)/2024, Article 25(1) of that Law makes the accessibility requirements of its Annex I mandatory accessibility requirements when Article 54(1) of this Law is applied. Article 2(1) defines contracting entities as contracting authorities or public undertakings that carry out an activity listed in Articles 13 to 19, and other entities that carry out such an activity on the basis of special or exclusive rights.
Article 109(1) brings the Law into force on its publication in the Official Gazette. The European Union's list of national transposition measures for Directive 2014/25/EU records the Law's publication in Official Gazette No. 4586 of .
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