ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the European Union (EU) legal framework governing three-dimensional printing of two-dimensional artistic works to facilitate access to persons with a visual impairment (PVI). It shows that the present situation is both non-harmonised and insufficient to fulfil the needs of PVIs, which paves the way to the section that follows: an exploration of the normative basis to introduce a broader disability exception at the EU level. The Directive and Regulation that implement the Marrakesh Treaty in the EU added additional exceptions that benefit PVIs, but artistic works are only partially covered in the form of illustrations related to literary works. The same Recital urges the Commission to review the situation “closely” and admits that changes to the scope of the Directive could be considered on the basis of a report to be presented by the Commission. The disability exception’s foundation on fundamental rights justifies making it a mandatory exception.
