NetherlandsTelecommunicatiewet Chapter 7A, accessibility requirements for electronic communications services
Telecommunicatiewet hoofdstuk 7A art. 7a.1-7a.5, ingevoegd bij Implementatiewet toegankelijkheidsvoorschriften producten en diensten (Stb. 2024, 87), art. III
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
As of .
What it requires
- If you provide an electronic communications service in the Netherlands, other than a transmission service used for machine-to-machine services, provide it only if it meets the accessibility requirements in Annex I, Sections III and IV(a), to Directive (EU) 2019/882 (Telecommunicatiewet Art. 7a.2(1)).
- Comply with Article 13 of Directive (EU) 2019/882 (Art. 7a.4(1)).
- If you run an enterprise with fewer than ten employees and an annual turnover or balance sheet total of at most EUR 2,000,000, the prohibitions in Article 7a.2(1) and (2) do not apply to you (Art. 7a.2(3)).
- The competent authority under Articles 13(4) and (5) of the Directive is the Authority for Consumers and Markets (Art. 7a.3(1)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Autoriteit Consument en Markt (Authority for Consumers and Markets), the competent national authority under Article 7a.3 of the Telecommunicatiewet
What this law does
Article 7a.1 defines an electronic communications service by reference to Article 2, point 4, of Directive (EU) 2018/1972, excluding transmission services used for machine-to-machine services. Article 7a.2(1) prohibits providing electronic communications services that do not meet the accessibility requirements of Annex I, Sections III and IV(a), to Directive (EU) 2019/882.
Article 7a.2(3) disapplies the prohibitions to providers that run an enterprise with fewer than ten employees and an annual turnover or annual balance sheet total of at most EUR 2,000,000. Article 7a.2(4) disapplies them to the extent that compliance would impose a disproportionate burden on a provider that receives no funding for improving accessibility from sources other than its own resources.
Article 7a.3 names the Authority for Consumers and Markets as the competent national authority under Article 13(4) and (5) of the Directive. Article 7a.4(1) requires service providers to comply with Article 13 of the Directive.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app ships a consumer interface or provides telecom services.