L'accessibilité dans l'Union européenne - rapport de l'ONU

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities * GE.15 CRPD/C/EU/CO/1 Distr.: General 4 September 2015 ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION Original: English Concluding observations on the initial report of the * European Union I. Introduction 1. TheCommittee considered the initial report of the European Union (EU) (CRPD/C/ EU /1) at its 220th and 221st meetings, held on August 27th and August 28th respectively, and adopted the following concluding observations at its 229th meeting, held on September 3rd. 2. TheCommittee welcomes the initial report of the EU, which was prepared in accordance with the Committee’s reporting guidelines, and thanks the EU for its written replies to the list of issues prepared by the Committee (CRPD/C/ EU /Q/1/Add.1). 3. TheCommittee appreciates the fruitful dialogue held with the EU’s delegation during the consideration of the report and the responses provided by the authorities. II. Positive aspects 4. TheCommittee notes with appreciation that the EU is the first regional organisation to ratify a human rights treaty concluded under the auspices of the UN, thus setting a positive precedent in public international law.