NetherlandsImplementatiebesluit toegankelijkheidsvoorschriften diensten die toegang verlenen tot audiovisuele mediadiensten, accessibility requirements for services giving access to audiovisual media services
Besluit van 17 mei 2024 Stb. 2024, 136 (Implementatiebesluit toegankelijkheidsvoorschriften diensten die toegang verlenen tot audiovisuele mediadiensten), op grond van art. 5c Wet gelijke behandeling op grond van handicap of chronische ziekte
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding private bodies.
- Instrument type
- a regulation made under an act
As of .
What it requires
- If you provide a service that gives consumers in the Netherlands access to audiovisual media services (finding, choosing, receiving information about and viewing them, including electronic program guides), design and provide it in accordance with the accessibility requirements in Annex I, Section III and Section IV(b), to Directive (EU) 2019/882 (Implementatiebesluit Arts. 3(1) and 4(1)).
- Draw up the information Annex V requires, keep it while the service operates, and apply procedures that keep the service in conformity (Art. 4(2) and (3)).
- If a service does not conform, take corrective measures at once and notify the Commissariaat voor de Media at once, describing the non-conformity and every measure taken (Art. 4(4)).
- If you are a microenterprise, the duties in Article 3(1) do not apply to you (Art. 3(2)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Commissariaat voor de Media, to which providers report non-conformity and give information under Article 4 of the decree
What this law does
Article 1 defines a service giving access to audiovisual media services as a service transmitted over electronic communications networks that is used to find, choose, receive information about and view audiovisual media services, with the features that make them accessible and electronic program guides. Article 2 applies the decree to such services provided to consumers after .
Article 3(1) requires those services to meet the accessibility requirements in Annex I, Section III and Section IV, introductory words and point (b), to Directive (EU) 2019/882. Article 3(2) exempts microenterprises offering such services from the duties in Article 3(1). Article 4(4) requires a provider to take corrective measures at once where a service does not conform and to notify the Commissariaat voor de Media at once. Article 7 enters the decree into force on .
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app ships a consumer interface or ships a mobile app.