NetherlandsImplementatiebesluit toegankelijkheid e-boekdiensten, accessibility requirements for e-book services
Besluit van 17 mei 2024 Stb. 2024, 144 (Implementatiebesluit toegankelijkheid e-boekdiensten), 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 an e-book service to consumers in the Netherlands (digital files with an electronic version of a book, and the software needed to open and read them), design and provide it in accordance with the accessibility requirements in Annex I, Section III and Section IV(f), to Directive (EU) 2019/882 (Implementatiebesluit toegankelijkheid e-boekdiensten 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 offering e-book services, 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 an e-book service as a service for making available digital files with an electronic version of a book that can be opened, browsed, read and used, together with the software needed for that, including services based on mobile devices. Article 2 applies the decree to e-book services provided to consumers after .
Article 3(1) requires e-book services to meet the accessibility requirements in Annex I, Section III and Section IV, introductory words and point (f), to Directive (EU) 2019/882. Article 3(2) exempts microenterprises offering e-book services from those duties. 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 5(5) provides that a provider that receives funding from sources other than its own resources to improve accessibility cannot rely on the disproportionate-burden limit. Article 7 enters the decree into force on . Article 8a.2 of the Consumer Protection Enforcement Act lets the Commissariaat voor de Media impose an administrative fine or an order subject to a penalty payment where a provision falls within part g of the Act's annex.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app ships a consumer interface or ships a mobile app.