BulgariaElectronic Communications Act, Article 278(6), cooperation on interoperable television services for users with disabilities
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding private bodies.
What it requires
- If you place consumer radio receivers, including car radios, or consumer digital television equipment on the market, or provide digital television services, cooperate with the others bound by Article 278(1) and (5) in providing interoperable television services for users with disabilities (Art. 278(6)).
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Penalty structure
Article 335 punishes a breach of the Act and of the acts issued on its basis, for which no other penalty is provided, with a fine of BGN 500 to 5,000 (EUR 255.65 to 2,556.46). The Act states the amount in leva, and the euro figures convert it at the official exchange rate of 1.95583 leva to the euro, which Article 11(2) of the Euro Introduction Act applies to amounts in leva from .
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Currency
- EUR
- Fixed cap
- 2556.46
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The Communications Regulation Commission, which controls the carrying out of electronic communications (Article 311(1))
What it reaches
Instrument type
an act of a legislature
Applicability criteria
- As of
- Combinator
- All of
- Criteria
- a person who places consumer radio receivers, including for cars, or consumer digital television equipment on the market (Article 278(1)), or a provider of digital television services (Article 278(5))
What this law does
Article 278(1) binds the persons who place consumer radio receivers, including for cars, and consumer digital television equipment on the market. Article 278(5) binds providers of digital television services. Article 278(6) requires those persons and providers to cooperate in providing interoperable television services for users with disabilities. Article 278(6) was added with effect from .
Article 335 punishes a breach of the Act and of the acts issued on its basis, for which no other penalty is provided, with a fine of BGN 500 to 5,000. Article 336 makes the sanction on a legal person or sole trader for a breach of Article 335 a property sanction in the amount of the fine. The Chair of the Commission or a member it expressly authorises issues the penal decrees (Article 337б(1)).
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