NetherlandsImplementatiebesluit toegankelijkheidsvoorschriften personenvervoer per vliegtuig en over water, accessibility requirements for air and waterborne passenger transport services
Besluit van 21 mei 2024 Stb. 2024, 139 (Implementatiebesluit toegankelijkheidsvoorschriften personenvervoer per vliegtuig en over water), op grond van art. 2a en 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 air or waterborne passenger transport services in the Netherlands, or supply interactive self-service terminals for them on Dutch territory, design and provide your websites, mobile-device-based services, electronic tickets and ticketing services, transport information and terminals in accordance with the accessibility requirements in Annex I, Section III and Section IV(c), to Directive (EU) 2019/882 (Implementatiebesluit Arts. 2(1), 3(1) and 5(a)).
- Draw up the information Annex V requires, keep it while the service operates, and apply procedures that keep the service in conformity (Art. 5(b) to (f)).
- If a service does not conform, take corrective measures at once and notify the Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management at once, describing the non-conformity and every measure taken (Art. 5(g) and (h)).
- If you are a microenterprise, the requirements 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
The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, to whom providers report non-conformity under Article 5 of the decree and whose designated officials supervise compliance under Article 8a.3 of the Wet handhaving consumentenbescherming
What this law does
Article 2(1) applies the decree to air and waterborne passenger transport services as to their websites, services based on mobile devices, electronic tickets and ticketing services, information on transport services, and interactive self-service terminals on Dutch territory. Article 3(1) requires the services offered to meet the accessibility requirements in Annex I, Section III and Section IV, point (c), to Directive (EU) 2019/882.
Article 3(2) exempts microenterprises offering services from those requirements. Article 5 requires providers, among other duties, to design and provide the services in accordance with Article 3(1) and to notify the Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management at once of a non-conformity. Article 6(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 9(1) enters the decree into force on . Article 8a.3 of the Consumer Protection Enforcement Act lets the Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management impose an administrative fine or an order subject to a penalty payment where a provision falls within part h 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.