Memo: Intellectual Property: Commissioner Michel Barnier determined to ensure equal access to books for visually impaired persons

Welcoming the outcome of the negotiations concluded on 25 July 2012 at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to facilitate access to books by visually impaired persons, Commissioner Barnier stated: "Our objective is to ensure that visually impaired people can access books as easily as other people. This means making books accessible to them at the same time and at the same price”.