Dutch Legislation

Title 2.5

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Nadere voorschriften media-aanbod publieke mediadiensten

Media Act 2008 (Mediawet 2008) · Articles: 68

Section 2.5.1

Verantwoordelijkheid en verplichtingen

2.88 Article 2.88

Without prejudice to the provisions laid down by or pursuant to this Act, the public media institutions shall determine the form and content of the…

2.88a Article 2.88a

Public media institutions shall make at least the following information regarding the media institution easily, directly and permanently available to…

2.88b Article 2.88b

Advertising and teleshopping messages and sponsored media content must be recognisable as such.

Section 2.5.2

Reclame en telewinkelen

2.89 Article 2.89

Unless permitted by or pursuant to this Act, the media offering of public media services shall not contain:

2.90 Article 2.90

Except with the consent of the Commissariaat, the media offering of the public media services shall not contain any calls in the context of member…

2.91 Article 2.91

Advertising and teleshopping messages provided by third parties may be included in the media offering of public media services.

2.92 Article 2.92

Ster and the regional and local public media institutions that include advertising or teleshopping messages in their media offering are affiliated…

2.93 Article 2.93

Rules may be established by or pursuant to an order in council regarding the manner in which insight is provided into the finances relating to the…

2.94 Article 2.94

Advertising and teleshopping spots shall be clearly distinguishable from the other parts of the programme service by acoustic or visual means.

2.95 Article 2.95

The proportion of advertising and teleshopping spots in the programme supply shall amount to:

2.96 Article 2.96

Advertising and teleshopping spots within the programme schedule shall be placed in such a manner that they:

2.97 Article 2.97

Advertisements or teleshopping spots shall only be included in programmes if:

2.98 Article 2.98

Articles 2.94 up to and including 2.97 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the other media offerings of the public media services. With regard to the…

2.99 Article 2.99

The Stichting Etherreclame is tasked with providing media offerings for the national public media service and, upon request, for regional and local…

2.99a Article 2.99a

The bodies of the Ster are a supervisory board and a management board.

2.99b Article 2.99b

The supervisory board of the Ster consists of five members who are appointed by Our Minister upon the recommendation of the supervisory board and who…

2.99c Article 2.99c

In the event of a vacancy, the supervisory board of the Ster shall be responsible for the procedure leading to the nomination referred to in Article…

2.99d Article 2.99d

Membership of the supervisory board of the Ster is incompatible with:

2.99e Article 2.99e

The supervisory board of the Ster supervises the policy of the management board of the Ster and the general course of affairs within the Ster, and…

2.100 Article 2.100

The management board of the Ster shall consist of no more than three members, who shall be appointed, suspended, and dismissed by the supervisory…

2.101 Article 2.101

The appointment of the members of the management board of the Ster shall be for a period of five years, and reappointment for a consecutive period is…

2.101a Article 2.101a

The board of the Ster manages the Ster.

2.102 Article 2.102

The Ster shall, upon request, provide Our Minister with all information regarding the activities of the Ster.

2.102a Article 2.102a

If, in the opinion of Our Minister, the Ster seriously neglects its duties, Our Minister may, after consultation with the Ster, take the necessary…

2.103 Article 2.103

The Ster shall annually, before 1 June, adopt a management report regarding the past calendar year.

2.104 Article 2.104

Amendments to the articles of association of the Ster require the consent of Our Minister.

2.104a Article 2.104a

The Board of Directors shall promote the conclusion of agreements between the NPO and the Ster regarding the policy on revenue from advertising and…

2.105 Article 2.105

Before 15 September of each year, Ster shall provide Our Minister with a statement of the expected revenue from advertising and teleshopping messages…

Section 2.5.3

Sponsoring

2.106 Article 2.106

The media offering of the public media services shall not be sponsored.

2.107 Article 2.107

In the case of sponsored media offerings, it shall be clearly stated for the information of the public that the media offering is sponsored and by…

2.108 Article 2.108

In sponsored media offerings, products or services of a sponsor may be mentioned or shown, unless said sponsor has provided a financial contribution…

2.109 Article 2.109

Sponsorship contributions shall be stipulated or accepted directly from the sponsors and by means of a written agreement.

2.110 Article 2.110

The national public media institutions shall send a copy of a sponsorship agreement to the board of directors:

2.111 Article 2.111

If the board of directors has notified in writing, within two weeks of receipt of the copy of the sponsorship agreement, or in the case of Article…

2.112 Article 2.112

Articles 2:110 and 2:111 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the amendment of a sponsorship agreement.

2.113 Article 2.113

Public media institutions shall report annually via the annual accounts on the income from sponsorship contributions, the sponsored media offering…

2.114 Article 2.114

Articles 2.107 up to and including 2.113 shall apply mutatis mutandis if an institution other than those referred to in the definition of sponsorship…

Section 2.5.4

Europese producties, onafhankelijke producties, Nederlands- en Friestalige producties en films

2.115 Article 2.115

On every television programme channel of the national and regional public media service, the programme offer shall consist, for at least fifty…

2.116 Article 2.116

By Order in Council, it shall be determined what percentage of the total of the budgets referred to in Article 2.149, paragraph 1, with the exception…

2.117 Article 2.117

On each of the television programme channels of the regional public media service, the programme offer shall consist, for at least ten percent of its…

2.118 Article 2.118 repealed
2.119 Article 2.119

At least one-third of the programmes referred to in Articles 2.116 and 2.117 shall not be older than five years.

2.120 Article 2.120

Independent production is defined as media content that has not been produced by:

2.121 Article 2.121

For the application of Articles 2.116, paragraph 2, and 2.117 up to and including 2.120, media offerings shall be left out of consideration:

2.122 Article 2.122

On every television channel of the national and regional public media service, the programme offering shall consist of original Dutch or Frisian…

2.123 Article 2.123

Rules may be established by Order in Council regarding the subtitling of television programme offerings, whereby it may be determined, inter alia…

2.124 Article 2.124

No films shall be included in the media offering of the public media services outside the periods agreed upon with the rights holders.

Section 2.5.5

Stichting Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse culturele mediaproducties

2.125 Article 2.125 repealed
2.126 Article 2.126 repealed
2.127 Article 2.127 repealed
2.128 Article 2.128 repealed
2.129 Article 2.129 repealed
2.130 Article 2.130 repealed
2.131 Article 2.131 repealed

Section 2.5.6

Nevenactiviteiten en overige bepalingen

2.132 Article 2.132

The NPO and the public media institutions may only perform ancillary activities after prior authorisation from the Commissariaat.

2.133 Article 2.133

Articles 2.110 up to and including 2.112 shall apply mutatis mutandis to agreements concerning ancillary activities which aim to exploit rights to…

2.134 Article 2.134

In the context of ancillary activities, the NPO and the public media institutions may establish legal entities or partnerships, or participate…

2.135 Article 2.135

Unless otherwise provided by or pursuant to this Act, the NPO, the RPO and the public media institutions shall use all their income for the execution…

2.136 Article 2.136

Broadcasting organizations that have obtained a license or a provisional license as referred to in Article 2.23 may use net income from membership…

2.137 Article 2.137

Broadcasting associations are not permitted to provide members with benefits that have a monetary value in the context of member recruitment.

2.138 Article 2.138

If a broadcasting organization intends to provide a commercial broadcasting service or to acquire an interest in a commercial media institution after…

2.138a Article 2.138a

Where a broadcasting organization implements the intention referred to in Article 2.138, paragraph 1, it shall, within four months after the expiry…

2.138b Article 2.138b repealed
2.139 Article 2.139

The national public media institutions shall make the following data regarding their programme offerings available to the NPO: for each programme…

2.140 Article 2.140 repealed
2.141 Article 2.141

The NPO, the RPO and the public media institutions shall not, in any of their activities, be conducive to the making of profit by third parties and…

2.142 Article 2.142

The NPO, the RPO, and the public media institutions shall ensure that members of their bodies, employees, and other persons or legal entities with…

2.142a Article 2.142a

The NPO, the RPO, the national and regional public media institutions, and the institutions designated by Our Minister for the maintenance and…