People with disabilities: EC parking card

The rapporteur welcomed the fact that the common position was a great improvement on the initial proposal. Having stressed that the different systems which existed in each MemberState still posed many problems, Commissioner Flynn stated that the final adoption of the text in question by the Council would allow people with disabilities to benefit from certain parking facilities in any EU Member State. He added that, while this achievement might be modest, it could be regarded as an important step in the removal of barriers to the fuller participation in European society of all categories of disadvantaged people.