Dutch Legislation

Chapter 2

in force

Publieke mediadiensten

Media Decree 2008 (Mediabesluit 2008) · Articles: 28

Section 1

Landelijke publieke mediadienst

1a Article 1a

Prior to the commencement of an experiment concerning a service channel as referred to in Article 2.21a of the Act, the NPO shall announce the…

1b Article 1b

The budget, as referred to in Article 2.147 of the Act, shall contain a description of:

1c Article 1c

An experiment is limited in duration to a maximum term of one year, calculated from the moment at which the relevant offer channel is available to…

1d Article 1d

The total costs for the national public media service of experiments in any calendar year shall not exceed 2 percent of the total of the budgets…

2 Article 2

The NOS shall provide at least the following media offer:

3 Article 3

The NTR shall provide at least the following media offering:

3a Article 3a

In this paragraph, evaluation and evaluation committee are understood to mean the evaluation and the evaluation committee, respectively, as referred…

3b Article 3b

In the evaluation of each individual national public media institution, the evaluation committee shall include the manner in which this institution…

3c Article 3c

In the evaluation of an individual broadcasting organisation that has obtained a recognition as referred to in Article 2.23, paragraph 1, of the Act…

Section 2

Regionale en lokale publieke mediadiensten

4 Article 4

The programme offer of the regional and local public media service referred to in Article 2.70, preamble and part (b), of the Act, shall consist for…

4a Article 4a

The total budget, as referred to in Article 2.170, paragraph 1, of the Act, shall be distributed among the regional public media institutions in such…

4b Article 4b

Ministerial regulations shall establish rules regarding the content, the structure, and the time of submission of an application for a contribution…

Section 3

Nadere voorschriften media-aanbod publieke mediadiensten

5 Article 5

The share of advertising and teleshopping spots, including framing, in the programme supply of regional and local public media services shall not…

5a Article 5a

The share of advertising and teleshopping messages in the programme supply of the national public media service shall amount to:

6 Article 6

Ministerial regulations may establish rules regarding the manner in which insight is provided into the finances relating to the provision of…

7 Article 7

In this section, "avoidable expressions" shall be understood to mean avoidable expressions other than advertising or teleshopping messages which…

8 Article 8

Communications other than advertising or teleshopping messages are unavoidable if they are communications that belong to the normal street scene and…

9 Article 9

In media offerings of an informative or educational nature, avoidable expressions in the form of showing or mentioning a product or service are…

10 Article 10

Without prejudice to Article 9, media offerings of an informative or educational nature may contain avoidable expressions in the form of displaying…

11 Article 11

In media offerings, avoidable expressions in the form of displaying or mentioning the name of a company or institution are permitted, provided that:

12 Article 12

Media offerings consisting of a report or representation of an event taking place in the Netherlands, or produced by or on behalf of a public media…

13 Article 13

Media offerings consisting of the report or representation of an event that is not primarily intended to be distributed as a media offering may…

14 Article 14

Media offerings consisting of a film that is or is to be screened for an audience in a theatre, or an adaptation thereof, may contain avoidable…

14a Article 14a

The Commissariaat may determine by regulation that, in cases other than those referred to in Articles 9 up to and including 14, avoidable expressions…

14b Article 14b

The percentage referred to in Article 2.116, paragraph 1, of the Act is 25.

15 Article 15

The total television programme offering of the national public media service, consisting of original Dutch-language productions, shall be provided…

Section 4

Nevenactiviteiten

16 Article 16

Income from programme guides of a broadcasting organisation may be spent annually on association activities as referred to in Article 2.136 of the…

Section 5

Bekostiging publieke mediadiensten

16a Article 16a

Broadcasting organizations that have obtained a recognition or a provisional recognition as referred to in Article 2.23 of the Act may reserve net…