Netherlands

Last Updated: 14 March 2023 – Added Article 429q of the Penal Code and Equal Treatment Act Based on Disability or Chronic Illness.

Procurement Law 2012

Date enacted: 2016
Responsible Entity (Agency, Ministry, etc.):
- Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs
Type: Procurement law
Scope: Government
Web only: no
WCAG Version Used: WCAG 2.0
Relevant Standard:
- EN 301 549
  Includes WCAG 2.0 Level AA verbatim without modifications for Web content, and WCAG 2.0 Level AA as interpreted by WCAG2ICT for non-Web documentation and software.
Relevant Documents:
- Accessibility Policy in the Netherlands - Laws and regulations
  - Dutch: Beleid in Nederland - Wet- en regelgeving (Nederlands)
  Provides information on regulatory actions being taken in the Netherlands on accessibility, including work to transpose the EU 2016/2102 Web and Mobile Accessibility Directive into law.

Date enacted: 2016
Responsible Entity (Agency, Ministry, etc.):
- Ministry of General Affairs
Type: Mandatory policy
Scope: Government, Public sector
Web only: yes
WCAG Version Used: WCAG 2.0
Relevant Standard:
- EN 301 549
  Includes WCAG 2.0 Level AA verbatim without modifications for Web content, and WCAG 2.0 Level AA as interpreted by WCAG2ICT for non-Web documentation and software.

Date enacted: 2016
Responsible Entity (Agency, Ministry, etc.):
- Ministry of Justice and Security
  - Dutch: Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid (Nederlands)
Type: Non-discrimination law
Scope: Government, Public sector, Private sector
Web only: no
WCAG Version Used: None
Relevant Standard:
- EN 301 549
  Latest version of the ETSI EN 301 549 standard that includes WCAG. For Dutch public sector bodies, the Forum voor Standaardisatie points to the latest version of the WCAG and EN 301 549 standards.

Date enacted: 2003, altered in 2016
Responsible Entity (Agency, Ministry, etc.):
- Ministry of Justice and Security
  - Dutch: Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid (Nederlands)
Type: Non-discrimination law
Scope: Government, Public sector, Private sector
Web only: no
WCAG Version Used: None
Relevant Documents:
- Explanatory memorandum
  Explanatory Memorandum of the amendment to the Equal Treatment Act on the basis of a disability or chronic illness and the Electoral Act. With this, the UN Disability Convention has been ratified.

Date enacted: 2018
Responsible Entity (Agency, Ministry, etc.):
- Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
  - Dutch: Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Nederlands)
Type: Accessibility law
Scope: Government, Public sector
Web only: no
WCAG Version Used: WCAG 2.1
Relevant Standard:
- EN 301 549
  Latest version of the ETSI EN 301 549 standard that includes WCAG. For Dutch public sector bodies, the Forum voor Standaardisatie points to the latest version of the WCAG and EN 301 549 standards.