ItalyResolution 291/25/CONS of the Authority for Communications Guarantees, measures for the first accessibility action plans of audiovisual media service providers under Article 31 of Legislative Decree 208/2021
Delibera n. 291/25/CONS del 3 dicembre 2025, art. 1
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- If you provide a linear or on-demand audiovisual media service under Italian jurisdiction, or are the public service concessionaire, and are not excluded at first application, adopt the first accessibility action plan on the Authority's measures for persons with visual and hearing disabilities (Resolution 291/25/CONS, Article 1(1) and (2)).
- You are excluded at first application if your advertising revenue was below EUR 10 million in each of the last two financial years (for the whole editorial group where several companies belong to one), or if you are a local, pay or radio-based provider of audiovisual services (Article 1(3) and (4)).
- Report to the Authority on the measures taken in each calendar year, using the Authority's model, by 15 February of the following year, or by 15 April if you are the public service concessionaire (Article 1(5)).
- Ensure the accessibility of the services that give access to your audiovisual media services under Article 1(3)(b) of Legislative Decree 82/2022 (Article 1(9)).
- If the Authority notifies a breach, comply within the fixed period of its warning; if you do not, the fine of EUR 30,000 to EUR 600,000 under Article 67 of Legislative Decree 208/2021 applies (Article 1(7)).
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Penalty structure
Article 67(2)(g) of Legislative Decree 208/2021 sets a fine of EUR 30,000 to EUR 600,000 for a violation of the rules in Article 67(1)(q), which include the rules on accessibility for users with disabilities in Article 31 of that decree.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Minimum
- 30,000
- Currency
- EUR
- Fixed cap
- 600,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The Authority for Communications Guarantees (Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni), which supervises compliance with Article 31 of the decree and its implementing rules under Article 1(6) of the resolution
What it reaches
Instrument type
a regulation made under an act
Applicability criteria
- As of
- Combinator
- All of
- Criteria
- a linear or on-demand audiovisual media service provider under Italian jurisdiction, including the public service concessionaire, that is not excluded at first application by advertising revenue below EUR 10 million in each of the last two financial years or by being a local, pay or radio-based provider
What this law does
Article 1(1) of Resolution 291/25/CONS approves the measures for the first accessibility action plans of audiovisual media service providers. Article 1(2) applies the measures to linear and on-demand audiovisual media service providers under Italian jurisdiction, including the public service concessionaire. Article 1(2) excludes radio broadcasters and radio media service providers from the measures.
Article 1(4) excludes at first application local audiovisual media service providers, pay audiovisual media service providers, and radio broadcasters and radio media service providers that also provide audiovisual content. Article 1(5) requires the obligated providers to report on the measures taken in each calendar year by 15 February of the following year, and the public service concessionaire to report by 15 April.
Article 1(7) has the Authority, after a notice of breach, warn the providers to comply with Article 31 of the decree and its implementing rules within a fixed period. If a provider does not comply with the warning, Article 1(7) applies Article 67(1)(q) and (2)(g) of the decree. Article 1(8) sets up the online single contact point at the Authority. The Authority published Resolution 291/25/CONS on its website on .
Article 1(9) requires the providers to ensure the accessibility of the services that give access to audiovisual media services under Article 1(3)(b) of Legislative Decree 82/2022.
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