Dutch Legislation

Title 2.6

in force

Bekostiging publieke mediadiensten

Media Act 2008 (Mediawet 2008) · Articles: 53

Section 2.6.1

Algemene bekostigingsaanspraak

2.143 Article 2.143

The NPO, the RPO and the public media institutions shall independently provide for the execution of the public media remit and, for that purpose…

2.144 Article 2.144

The national media contribution shall consist of at least an amount which, for the year 2025, equals € 1,040,379,000.

2.145 Article 2.145

Further rules may be set by or pursuant to an administrative decree (algemene maatregel van bestuur) regarding the application of Articles 2.143…

2.146 Article 2.146

The public media contribution and the revenues of the Ster shall serve to defray the costs associated with:

Section 2.6.2

Bekostiging landelijke publieke mediadienst

2.147 Article 2.147

The NPO shall annually submit a budget for the national public media service to Our Minister and the Authority (Commissariaat) before 15 September.

2.148 Article 2.148

Further rules may be established by ministerial regulation regarding the content and structure of the budget.

2.148a Article 2.148a

Prior to each five-year period referred to in Article 2.19, paragraph 3, Our Minister shall determine the amount that shall be made available…

2.149 Article 2.149

Our Minister shall annually, before 1 December and with due observance of Article 2.148a, determine the budgets of the national public media service…

2.150 Article 2.150

The budget referred to in Article 2.149, paragraph 1, point (f), shall amount to fifty per cent of the total of the budgets referred to in Article…

2.150a Article 2.150a

Our Minister may increase the budgets referred to in Article 2.149, paragraph 1, in the course of the year following an adjustment as referred to in…

2.151 Article 2.151

Our Minister shall make the budgets available to the management board through the intervention of the Commissariaat.

2.152 Article 2.152

The board of directors shall allocate the budget, referred to in Article 2.149, paragraph 1, preamble and under a, among the broadcasting…

2.152a Article 2.152a

The board of directors shall distribute the budget, as referred to in Article 2.149, paragraph 1, preamble and under b, among the broadcasting…

2.153 Article 2.153 repealed
2.154 Article 2.154

The management board may withhold no more than fifteen percent of the amount determined for an institution as:

2.155 Article 2.155

The management board shall decide annually before 1 January on the allocation of the budgets.

2.156 Article 2.156 repealed
2.157 Article 2.157

The national public media institutions shall receive advances in accordance with rules to be established by ministerial regulation. The NTR and the…

2.158 Article 2.158 repealed
2.159 Article 2.159 repealed

Section 2.6.3

Bekostiging Wereldomroep

2.160 Article 2.160 repealed
2.161 Article 2.161 repealed
2.162 Article 2.162 repealed
2.163 Article 2.163 repealed
2.164 Article 2.164 repealed
2.165 Article 2.165 repealed

Section 2.6.4

Algemene mediareserve

2.166 Article 2.166

Our Minister may form a general media reserve from the national media contribution and the revenues of the Ster, which is intended for:

2.167 Article 2.167

Our Minister may, insofar as this does not jeopardise the financing of the current account relationship, make funds available from the general media…

2.168 Article 2.168

Interest income derived from the management of the general media reserve is intended for media purposes in the broad sense, to be determined by Our…

2.169 Article 2.169

Our Minister may attach conditions to a decision to make funds available pursuant to Articles 2.167 and 2.168.

Section 2.6.5

Bekostiging regionale en lokale publieke mediadiensten

2.169a Article 2.169a

The RPO shall submit an annual budget for the regional public media service to Our Minister and the Authority for the Media before 15 September.

2.169b Article 2.169b

Further rules may be established by ministerial regulation regarding the content and structure of the budget.

2.169c Article 2.169c

Our Minister shall annually, before 1 December, determine the budget for the execution of the tasks and activities of the RPO.

2.170 Article 2.170

Our Minister shall annually, before 1 December, determine the total budget available for the following year for the funding of the regional public…

2.170a Article 2.170a

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

2.170b Article 2.170b

The municipal executive (college van burgemeester en wethouders) shall provide for the funding of the operations of the local public media…

2.170c Article 2.170c

The consultative body referred to in Article 2.146, point l, shall submit a budget to Our Minister annually before 15 September.

2.170d Article 2.170d

Our Minister shall make available to the consultative body, as referred to in Article 2.146, part l, a contribution towards the costs from the…

Section 2.6.6

Financiële verantwoording landelijke en regionale publieke mediadiensten

2.171 Article 2.171

The Commissariaat is charged with the review of the lawfulness of the expenditures of the NPO, the national public media institutions, and the Ster.

2.172 Article 2.172

Title 9 of Book 2 of the Civil Code applies to the annual accounts, with the proviso that the profit and loss account is replaced by an operating…

2.173 Article 2.173

As part of the financial report referred to in Article 7.7, the Commissariaat shall report on the audit of lawfulness.

2.173a Article 2.173a

The Commissariaat is charged with the review of the lawfulness of the expenditures of the RPO and the regional public media institutions.

2.174 Article 2.174

National public media institutions may, with the consent of the Board of Directors and subject to conditions to be set by it, which may differ per…

2.174a Article 2.174a

Broadcasting organizations that have obtained a recognition or a provisional recognition as referred to in Article 2.23 may reserve net income from…

2.175 Article 2.175

Regional public media institutions may, with the consent of the Commissariaat and subject to conditions to be set by it, which may differ per…

2.176 Article 2.176

Funds reserved for the provision of media content shall be spent in the following calendar year on the purposes for which they were originally…

2.177 Article 2.177

The Commissariaat for the Media shall reclaim funds that have been used in violation of the provisions laid down by or pursuant to this Act, or that…

2.178 Article 2.178

The national and regional public media institutions and the Ster shall structure their organization in such a way that a sound design, management…

2.179 Article 2.179 repealed

Section 2.6.7

Omroeporkesten, omroepkoren, media-archief en expertisecentrum voor media-educatie

2.180 Article 2.180

The institutions designated by Our Minister for the maintenance and operation of broadcasting orchestras and broadcasting choirs, of a media archive…

2.181 Article 2.181

The institutions shall submit a budget to Our Minister annually before 15 September.

2.182 Article 2.182

The multi-annual plans and the annual accounts require the approval of Our Minister.

2.183 Article 2.183

Our Minister shall make a contribution towards the costs available to the institutions from the national media contribution and the revenues of the…