Title 2.2
in forceLandelijke publieke mediadienst
Section 2.2.1
Stichting Nederlandse Publieke Omroep
The Netherlands Public Broadcasting Foundation (Stichting Nederlandse Publieke Omroep) is the steering and cooperation body for the implementation of…
In the context of its task referred to in Article 2.2, second paragraph, point (f), the NPO may enter into agreements with third parties on behalf of…
The bodies of the NPO are a supervisory board, a board of directors, and a college of broadcasting organizations.
The supervisory board consists of a chairperson and no more than six other members who are appointed, suspended, and dismissed by Royal Decree upon…
Membership of the supervisory board is incompatible with:
The supervisory board is charged with the supervision of:
The management board consists of a chairman and at most two other members who are appointed, suspended, and dismissed by the supervisory board.
Article 2.6, paragraph 1, preamble and parts (a) and (c) through (h), shall apply mutatis mutandis to membership of the management board, on the…
The Board of Directors manages the NPO.
The following resolutions of the management board require the approval of the supervisory board:
The supervisory board and the board of broadcasters shall consult at least twice a year.
The college of broadcasters shall advise the supervisory board and the board of directors, upon request or of its own motion, regarding the policy…
Membership of the board of broadcasting organisations is incompatible with membership of an editorial board as referred to in Article 2.56.
The board of directors shall request the advice of the council of broadcasters before it:
The Board of Directors shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the Association of Broadcasters (college van omroepen), an ombudsman for the public…
The NPO shall provide the Minister, upon request, with all information regarding the activities of the NPO.
If, in the opinion of Our Minister, the NPO seriously neglects its duties, Our Minister may, after consultation with the NPO, take the necessary…
The NPO shall adopt an annual report regarding the past calendar year before 1 June of each year.
Amendments to the articles of association of the NPO require the consent of Our Minister.
For the realisation of the public media mandate at a national level, a concession is granted to the NPO by Royal Decree.
Prior to the granting of the concession and before the commencement of the second five-year period of the concession term, the NPO shall submit a…
The NPO shall make the concession policy plan public.
Article 2.21, paragraph 3, shall not apply if, by way of an experiment of limited scope or duration, media content is offered via distribution…
Based in part on the concession policy plan, Our Minister and the NPO shall conclude a performance agreement for the duration of the concession…
Section 2.2.2
Omroeporganisaties
Our Minister may, once every five years, grant licences to no more than six broadcasting organisations for the provision of media offerings for the…
A broadcasting association is an association that:
A collaborative broadcasting organization is an association or foundation in which two or more broadcasting associations are represented, which is…
Only a broadcasting organization is eligible for recognition:
Only a broadcasting association that meets the following requirements is eligible for provisional recognition:
The Commissariaat shall determine the number of members per broadcasting organization that has submitted an application for recognition or…
An accreditation or a provisional accreditation shall be granted upon application and shall be valid for a period of five years, which coincides with…
An application for recognition or provisional recognition shall contain the articles of association of the applicant and a policy plan.
Before Our Minister decides on the granting of a recognition or provisional recognition, he shall request the Council for Culture, the Commissariaat…
Our Minister shall reject an application for recognition or a provisional recognition if the applicant does not comply with Articles 2.24, 2.24a…
Our Minister shall revoke an accreditation or a provisional accreditation if an institution no longer complies with Articles 2.24, 2.24a, 2.25…
Broadcasting organisations are obliged to provide media content during the recognition period, which shall in any event include radio and television…
Section 2.2.2a
Nederlandse Omroep Stichting
The task of the Netherlands Broadcasting Foundation (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting) is to provide media content for the national public media service…
The bodies of the NOS are a supervisory board and a management board.
The supervisory board of the NOS consists of five or seven members who are appointed by Our Minister upon a weighty nomination by the supervisory…
Membership of the supervisory board of the NOS is incompatible with:
The supervisory board supervises the policy of the management board and the general course of affairs within the NOS, as well as the diversity of the…
The management board of the NOS consists of no more than three members who are appointed, suspended, and dismissed by the supervisory board.
The management board manages the NOS.
The NOS shall, upon request, provide Our Minister with all information regarding the activities of the foundation.
The NOS shall adopt an annual report regarding the past calendar year before 1 May of each year.
Amendments to the articles of association of the NOS require the consent of Our Minister.
Section 2.2.3
Stichting NTR
The task of the Stichting NTR is to provide media offerings for the national public media service that cater to the satisfaction of social, cultural…
The bodies of the NTR are a supervisory board, a managing director, and an advisory board.
The supervisory board of the NTR consists of five or seven members who are appointed by Our Minister upon a well-founded nomination by the…
Membership of the supervisory board of the NTR is incompatible with:
The supervisory board shall supervise the policy of the general director, the general course of affairs within the NTR, and the pluriformity of the…
The general director of the NTR shall be appointed, suspended, and dismissed by the supervisory board.
The general director manages the NTR.
The articles of association of the NTR provide for the establishment of an advisory board that advises the general director regarding the media…
The NTR shall, upon request, provide Our Minister with all information regarding the activities of the NTR.
The NTR shall adopt an annual report regarding the past calendar year before 1 June of each year.
Amendments to the articles of association of the NTR require the consent of Our Minister.
Section 2.2.4
Kerkgenootschappen en genootschappen op geestelijke grondslag
Section 2.2.5
Coördinatie en ordening aanbodkanalen
During the concession period, as referred to in Article 2.19, it shall be:
The media offering of the national public media institutions and the Ster shall be distributed exclusively via an offering channel as referred to in…
In the coordination and arrangement of and between the supply channels, the board of directors may assess proposals for programmes against the…
The Board of Directors shall be responsible for the placement of the media offerings of the national public media institutions and the Ster on the…
In the context of coordination, the Board of Directors shall ensure that the media offering on the distribution channels of the national public media…
The Board of Directors shall promote the conclusion of agreements between the NPO and the national public media institutions regarding quantitative…
For the coordination and organisation of and between the supply channels of the media offering of the national public media service, the board of…
A scheme for the coordination and organisation of the media offering as referred to in Article 2.10, paragraph 2, point (c), shall in any event…
The NPO shall annually, before 1 June, submit to the Media Authority and Our Minister a report regarding the past calendar year, which shall in any…
The national public media institutions and the Ster shall, upon request, provide the supervisory board of the NPO, the board of directors, and the…
Without prejudice to Article 2.88, paragraph 1, the regulations referred to in Article 2.10, paragraph 2, point (c), and the other decisions taken by…