EstoniaSocial Affairs Minister Regulation No. 45, accessibility requirements for the object of a public procurement
§ 1 lg 3, §§ 15 ja 23, Sotsiaalkaitseministri määrus nr 45 (RT I, 15.06.2022, 5)
In force since .
A procurement conditions rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- If you tender to a contracting authority for a product or service within the scope of the Accessibility of Products and Services Act that natural persons are meant to use, expect the technical specification of the procurement documents to apply the accessibility requirements of Regulation No. 45, and offer a product or service that meets them (s. 1(3); Directive (EU) 2019/882, Art. 24(1)).
- For a product that is the object of a procurement, expect the specification to require information on how it works and on its accessibility elements as in section 6(4) and (6), an accessible user interface and functionality as in section 7, and, other than for self-service terminals, accessible packaging and instructions that are not on the product as in section 6(5) and section 8 (s. 15).
- For a service that is the object of a procurement, expect the specification to require its properties, elements and functions to meet the accessibility requirements in the service-related sections of the Regulation (s. 23).
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Instrument type
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Applicability criteria
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- Criteria
- a public procurement whose object falls within the scope of the Accessibility of Products and Services Act and whose intended user is a natural person
What this law does
Section 1(3) of Regulation No. 45 applies its requirements to a public procurement whose object falls within the scope of the Accessibility of Products and Services Act and whose intended user is a natural person. Section 1(3) requires the requirements to be taken into account in drawing up the technical specification of the procurement documents.
Section 15(1) requires the availability of information on how a product that is the object of a procurement works and on its accessibility elements to meet the requirements of section 6(4) and (6) of the Regulation. Section 15(2) requires the accessibility of the user interface features, elements and functions and the design of the product's functionality to meet the requirements of section 7.
Section 23 requires the accessibility of the properties, elements and functions of a service that is the object of a procurement to meet the relevant requirements in the service-related sections of the Regulation. Article 24(1) of Directive (EU) 2019/882 makes the Annex I requirements mandatory accessibility requirements within the meaning of Article 42(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU and Article 60(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU.
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