GreeceLaw 4488/2017, Article 67(2): access of persons with disabilities to media and communication services, including the internet
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
What it requires
- If you provide media or communication services, including on the internet, use new technologies such as talking web pages, subtitling, audio description and sign language interpretation so that persons with disabilities can access them (Art. 67(2) of Law 4488/2017); the provision names no technical standard and has been in force since (Art. 123).
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Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Greek Ombudsman, which handles and investigates reports of violations of the rights of persons with disabilities (Art. 72)
What this law does
Article 67(2) of Law 4488/2017 requires providers of media and communication services, including the internet, to use new technologies, such as talking web pages, subtitling, audio description and sign language interpretation, to ensure the access of persons with disabilities to them. Article 67(2) leaves to a decision of the Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media the means, the procedure and any other technical or detailed matter for its application.
Article 67 sits in Part D of Law 4488/2017, which lays down a general framework of rules implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol, ratified by Law 4074/2012. Article 72(1) designates the Greek Ombudsman as the framework for promoting the implementation of the Convention. Article 72(2)(b) has the Ombudsman, in that role, handle and investigate reports of violations of the rights of persons with disabilities.
Article 123 starts the force of Law 4488/2017 from its publication in the Government Gazette, unless a provision states otherwise.
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