Goods for the blind

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Workshop with wickerwork, a woman standing at a chair working, in the background other people sitting and standing. Black and white photo from 1956
Wickerwork workshop (1956)
Legal symbol for goods for the blind: Outlines of two hands open at the top with a circle above and lines between the hands and the circle (similar to a ball on a tripod), which probably symbolizes the goods, and the text "Work for the blind"
Legal mark for goods for the blind (1956)

Blind goods is produced according to the specifications of the Blind Warenvertrieb Act (BliwaG) under German law goods produced mainly by blind people. The goods for the blind included brushes, clothespins, and handicrafts. The goods could only be sold with reference to their property as blind goods if they were officially labeled. The marking had to come from a state-approved workshop for the blind or an association of workshops for the blind (Section 3 BliwaG).

The BliwaG was repealed in 2007 (second law to dismantle bureaucratic obstacles, especially in medium-sized businesses (MEG II)).

Definition and legal provision

According to § 2 BliwaG, goods for the blind within the meaning of the law were “goods which, in their essential work determining the product, are manufactured by the blind and whose type is determined by statutory order.” The law also determined restrictions for the additional goods that were used together with the blind goods could be driven out. Furthermore, § 2 contains a definition of which persons are considered to be blind within the meaning of the law.

The ordinance was issued by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology in agreement with the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs . The approval of the Federal Council was not required (Section 9 BliwaG). In the ordinance issued in 1965 ( implementing ordinance for the BliwaG), goods for the blind are listed as follows:

  1. mostly hand-made brushes and brooms,
  2. Wickerwork as well as frame and chair weaving,
  3. Double, rib, lattice and link mats,
  4. woven goods made with frames or handlooms and mechanical looms,
  5. Knitted, knotted and crocheted goods (also made by knitting machines),
  6. handicrafts made of ceramics, leather, wood, metal and plastic,
  7. Feather clothespins,
  8. Work aprons made of different materials.

Workshop for the blind

Companies could be officially recognized as workshops for the blind by a competent state authority . Only goods for the blind were allowed to be produced in the factories and non-blind people were only allowed to be employed in them with “auxiliary or secondary work” (Section 5 BliwaG). The recognition also required a certain “reliability” on the part of the owner or manager of the company. Associations of blind people, chambers of crafts, etc. should be heard before recognition. The responsible authorities were able to check the situation in the companies and also enforce an on-site check (Section 7 BliwaG).

State-recognized workshops for the blind have not lost their recognition with the repeal of the BliwaG 2007. For example, they continue to apply with regard to the preferential award of contracts according to the procurement and contract regulations for services Part A ( VOL / A ) on an equal footing with a workshop for disabled people .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rudolf Ley, Michael Wankmüller, The new VOL / A: a quick introduction to the procurement and contract regulations for services Part A of November 20, 2009. p. 185.