[PIO] Announcement by the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare on decisions of the Council of Ministers

Amendment of Article 13 of the Minimum Guaranteed Income and Social Benefits in General Laws of 2014 to 2022 and harmonization bill "The Accessibility Products and Services Act 2023"

The Cabinet of Ministers today approved the amendment of Article 13 of the Minimum Guaranteed Income and Social Benefits in General Act 2014 to 2022.

The purpose of this amendment is not to interrupt the payment of the Minimum Guaranteed Income to persons with disabilities when they have registered in their name the residence of their relatives, mainly parents, which does not exceed three hundred (300) square metres and which they cannot use in any way because the property in question is subject to a lifetime usufructuary right.

Deputy Minister of Social Welfare Ms. Marilena Evangelou said after the Cabinet meeting: "The amendment concerns only persons with disabilities, recognizing the fact that their parents or relatives, in order to safeguard their vulnerable children or relatives after they themselves have passed away, transfer to them with the right of usufruct the dwelling in which they reside."

In addition, the Council of Ministers approved the harmonisation bill entitled "The Accessibility of Products and Services Act 2023".The purpose of this harmonisation bill is to transpose "Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on accessibility requirements for products and services" into Cypriot law.

The purpose of this harmonisation bill is to transpose "Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on accessibility requirements for products and services" into Cyprus law.

The new legal framework establishes accessibility requirements for persons with disabilities and other vulnerable consumers, such as the elderly and consumers with functional limitations in vision, hearing, speech, touch and perception, for certain products and services that will be placed on the market after 28 June 2025.

Specifically, as stated by the Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, accessibility requirements currently apply to digital products such as computers, telephones, software, automated teller machines, etc, and to services such as internet, email, sms, etc.

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