Double-Decker Exhibition Stands: Permits, Costs, and When Two Storeys Pay Off

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1. 16 July 2026 · corrected by Utku Kavakli

   Overreach on the scope of Directive (EU) 2019/882. The Act does not name trade fair stands as covered premises; its physical-premises obligations attach only to a closed list of covered services (e-commerce, banking, transport, telecoms, etc.), not to exhibition stands generally. Unverified citation. No AUMA publication titled 'AUMA Two-Storey Stand Guidance' is documented.

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   The European Accessibility Act applies to double-decker stands open to public visitors with the following operational consequences.

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   The European Accessibility Act does not specifically name exhibition stands as covered premises, but its accessibility principles are increasingly applied by venues to double-decker stands open to public visitors as a matter of policy, with the following practical consequences.

   Why: 2 issues fixed: Overreach on the scope of Directive (EU) 2019/882. The Act does not name trade fair stands as covered premises; its physical-premises obligations attach only to a closed list of covered services (e-commerce, banking, transport, telecoms, etc.), not to exhibition stands generally. | unverified citation. No AUMA publication titled 'AUMA Two-Storey Stand Guidance' is documented.

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