The European Union of the Deaf (EUD) welcomes the Digital Networks Act (DNA) Proposal but expresses serious concern that it fails to create new rights for deaf end-users compared to the EECC it replaces. Despite taking the form of a Regulation with direct effect, its provisions on persons with disabilities remain vague and leave excessive room for Member State interpretation, risking a continuation of the uneven…
EUD
European Union of the Deaf
NGO · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 938323993066-28
3
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 326 tracked
3
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 784 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #276 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
7.5
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€400K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
3
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2024
in the register since
Declares membership of
- EUD is a full member of the European Disability Forum (EDF) and is a Regional Co-operating Member of the World Federa…
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Head office
- Brussels, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
European Union of the Deaf filed 3 positions between 18 Jun 2025 and 12 Jun 2026, across 2 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 3 times.
2025 · 2 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
The European Union of the Deaf (EUD), representing 31 members, the National Associations of the Deaf (NAD) across the EU, the EEA, as well as Switzerland and the United Kingdom, wishes to highlight critical issues impacting more than 1 million deaf sign language users under the current European electronic communications framework. 1.
As the only supranational organisation representing more than 1 million deaf people before the European Union through a network of National Associations of the Deaf (NADs) from 31 countries (27 Member States, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom), the European Union of the Deaf (EUD) issued a report on the implementation of the AVMSD.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- DIGITALEUROPE · 2 files in common
- Bitkom e.V. · 2 files in common
- U.Di.Con. APS UNIONE PER LA DIFESA DEI CONSUMATORI · 2 files in common
- ZVEI e.V. · 2 files in common
- Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv) · 2 files in common
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