People with disabilities: EC parking card

In its amended proposal, the Commission included several amendments adopted by Parliament, in particularly those concerning: - the parking card must be based on the European model parking card as regards already existing parking cards (it may be used in parallel with the existing national or regional cards within a transition phase); - the card should be available to people suffering from physical, mental or psychological impairment; - the following information shall appear on the reverse: surname and forenames with signature or other authorized mark (the Commission included Parliament's amendment stating that the address and age should not appear); the card should not contain any information on the vehicle's registration number; - the card should be placed at the front of the vehicle in such a way that only the front of the card is clearly visible for checking purposes. Because of the time taken to reach a decision (cooperation procedure), the date of introduction has been changed from 1 January 1998 to 1 January 1999. �