Accessibility of the communal heritage

Summary of the accessibility of the communal heritage

This table is a synthesis of the accessibility of the communal heritage: communal buildings receiving the public are categorised by types and categories.

Context

The Law of 11 February 2005 on “Equal rights and opportunities, participation and citizenship of persons with disabilities” gave a new impetus for people with disabilities and their integration. It tends to make accessible to all the entire travel chain, from buildings to public space.

Article L.2143-3 of the General Code of Local and Regional Authorities requires the creation, in all municipalities of more than 5000 inhabitants, of a communal commission for accessibility (CCA). Chaired by the mayor, this committee is composed of representatives of the municipality, associations or organisations representing persons with disabilities for all types of disabilities – in particular physical, sensory, cognitive, mental or mental – associations or organisations representing the elderly, representatives of economic actors and representatives of other users of the city.

This committee has five tasks:

• Within the framework of its competences, it assesses the state of accessibility of the existing built environment, roads, public spaces and transport
• It prepares an annual report presented in city council
• It makes all useful proposals to improve the accessibility of the existing
• Organises a system to identify the availability of accessible housing for people with disabilities
• It maintains, by electronic means, the list of establishments receiving the public located in the municipal territory that have drawn up a planned accessibility agenda and the list of facilities accessible to persons with disabilities

The CCA maintains the list of LES according to their accessibility. This list was established by Order of 26 September 2014 on the accessibility of establishments receiving the public, public transport, residential buildings and roads for persons with disabilities.

Lexic

ERP

Establishments receiving the public (ERP) consist of administrative buildings, local shops and premises where the liberal professions (doctors, lawyers, etc.) receive the public.

ERPs are classified as:

• types, depending on their activity or the nature of their operation
• categories, according to their capacity

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