LatviaElectronic Mass Media Law, accessibility of electronic mass media services for persons with disabilities
Elektronisko plašsaziņas līdzekļu likums, 24.1, 60., 80. un 82. pants
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
What it requires
- If you are a television or radio broadcaster or an on-demand audiovisual media service provider with a permit or a notification to the National Electronic Mass Media Council, public or commercial, make your services continuously and progressively more accessible to persons with disabilities (Electronic Mass Media Law, Art. 24.1(1); Directive 2010/13/EU, Art. 7).
- Report to the National Electronic Mass Media Council once a year on the accessibility of your services (Art. 24.1(1)).
- Draw up, with associations that represent persons with disabilities, an action plan setting out the measures planned to make your services accessible, and inform the Council within 14 days of its approval (Art. 24.1(2)).
- If you give public announcements and information on emergencies, including natural disasters, give them in a way persons with disabilities can access (Art. 24.1(3)).
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Penalty structure
Article 80(1) of the Electronic Mass Media Law sets 10 to 100 fine units (EUR 50 to 500) for a natural person and 100 to 2,000 fine units (EUR 500 to 10,000) for a legal person, or a warning. One fine unit is EUR 5 under Article 16(2) of the Administrative Liability Law.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Currency
- EUR
- Fixed cap
- 10,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
the National Electronic Mass Media Council (Nacionālā elektronisko plašsaziņas līdzekļu padome), the body that hears complaints about accessibility under Article 60(2) point 4 and conducts the administrative offence proceedings under Article 82(1)
What this law does
Article 24.1(1) of the Electronic Mass Media Law requires an electronic mass medium to ensure that its services are made continuously and progressively more accessible to persons with disabilities and to report on this once a year to the National Electronic Mass Media Council. Article 1 point 7 defines an electronic mass medium as a private person that holds a broadcasting or retransmission permit or has notified the Council of an on-demand service.
Article 24.1(2) requires the medium to draw up, with associations representing persons with disabilities, an action plan setting out planned accessibility measures. Article 24.1(2) also requires the medium to inform the Council of the plan within 14 days of its approval. Article 24.1(3) requires a medium that gives public announcements and information on emergencies to do so in a way persons with disabilities can access.
Article 24.1 is in the version of the law of , which entered into force on . Article 60(2) point 4 makes the Council the body that gives information on, and hears complaints about, problems with the accessibility of the services and information referred to in Article 24.1 for persons with disabilities.
Article 80(1) sets the fine for non-compliance with the Law's duties on creating programmes or providing on-demand services at 10 to 100 fine units for a natural person and 100 to 2,000 fine units for a legal person, or a warning. Article 82(1) makes the Council the authority that conducts the administrative offence proceedings for the violations in Articles 76 to 81. Article 16(2) of the Administrative Liability Law sets one fine unit at EUR 5.
The Law lists Directive (EU) 2019/882 among the directives it includes provisions from. The Law also lists Directive (EU) 2018/1808, which amended the Audiovisual Media Services Directive. Article 1 point 5 describes free television as access to a programme provided free of charge by public and commercial electronic mass media. The Saeima adopted the law of that inserted Article 24.1 on and the President promulgated it in Riga on .
Article 60 is in the version amended by the law of , which entered into force on . The Saeima adopted the law of on and the President promulgated it in Riga on .
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