Netherlands · Nederland
- WAD regulator
- BZK
- EAA application date
- 28 June 2025
- Technical standard
- EN 301 549 / WCAG 2.1 AA
- Status
- Partially confirmed
Last reviewed: 28 May 2026 · Sources: EU WAD monitoring reports + national gazettes.
Applicable regulation
These are the EU directives that apply in Netherlands, with the national act that transposed each one and the body responsible for oversight.
Translation
Decree of 3 May 2018 laying down temporary rules on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of government bodies (Temporary Decree on Digital Accessibility of the Government)
Standard
EN 301 549 / WCAG 2.1 AA
Monitored by
BZK — Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations rijksoverheid.nl ↗
Transposes the EU Web Accessibility Directive (WAD) into Netherlands law.
Translation
Law of 8 April 2023 amending various acts to implement Directive (EU) 2019/882 (Implementation Act on Accessibility Requirements for Products and Services)
Standard
EN 301 549 + sector-specific requirements
Enforced by
Officials designated by Ministerial decision under the Warenwet
Sector supervisors
Officials designated by Ministerial decision under the Warenwet, ACM, CvdM, ILT, AFM
Transposes the EU European Accessibility Act (EAA) into Netherlands law.
Supervisory bodies
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Showing 7 of 7 bodies
BZK — Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/ministerie-van-binnenlandse-zaken-en-koninkrijksrelaties
- Phone
- +31 70 426 64 26
- Postal address
- Turfmarkt 147, 2511 DP Den Haag
- Languages accepted
- NL, EN
- Note
- WAD monitoring and methodology authority per the Tijdelijk besluit digitale toegankelijkheid overheid Art. 4 and Art. 5. Runs Digitoegankelijk.nl, publishes monitoring reports and reports to the European Commission every three years.
Officials designated by Ministerial decision under the Warenwet
P1, P2.a, P2.b, P2.c, P2.d, P3, P4, P5
- Languages accepted
- NL, EN
- Note
- Officials designated under Warenwet art. 35c by Ministerial decision conduct EAA product market surveillance (P1, P2.a–d, P3, P4, P5). In practice NVWA handles general consumer products and Agentschap Telecom/RDI handles electronic communications terminal equipment and radio equipment.
ACM — Authority for Consumers and Markets
S1, S6, S7
- Phone
- +31 70 722 20 00
- Postal address
- Muzenstraat 41, 2511 WB Den Haag
- Languages accepted
- NL, EN
- Note
- Consumer and markets authority. EAA mandate for S1 electronic communications services (Telecommunicatiewet Hoofdstuk 7A), S6 e-commerce services (Wet handhaving consumentenbescherming) and S7 112 emergency communications. Per the EAA cross-reference table also handles EAA market surveillance for product categories within ACM's remit.
CvdM — Dutch Media Authority
S2, S5
- info@cvdm.nl
- Phone
- +31 35 773 77 00
- Postal address
- Hoge Naarderweg 78, 1217 AH Hilversum
- Languages accepted
- NL, EN
- Note
- Dutch media authority. EAA mandate for S2 access to AV media services and S5 e-books per Whc art. 8a.2 and the Wgbh/cz Bijlage onderdeel g.
ILT — Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate
S3.air, S3.rail.dom, S3.rail.intl, S3.bus, S3.water, S3.urban
- Phone
- +31 88 489 00 00
- Postal address
- Graadt van Roggenweg 500, 3531 AH Utrecht
- Languages accepted
- NL, EN
- Note
- Transport and environment inspectorate. EAA mandate for all transport sectors (S3.air, S3.rail.dom, S3.rail.intl, S3.bus, S3.water, S3.urban) per Whc art. 8a.3 and Wgbh/cz Bijlage onderdeel h, jointly with the Minister van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat.
AFM — Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets
S4
- info@afm.nl
- Phone
- +31 20 797 20 00
- Postal address
- Vijzelgracht 50, 1017 HS Amsterdam
- Languages accepted
- NL, EN
- Note
- Financial markets supervisor. EAA mandate for S4 consumer banking services per Wet op het financieel toezicht art. 4:22.0a. Sanctions under the Wft-boetestelsel (administrative fines under the Financial Supervision Act).
IenW — Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/ministerie-van-infrastructuur-en-waterstaat
- Phone
- +31 70 456 00 00
- Postal address
- Rijnstraat 8, 2515 XP Den Haag
- Languages accepted
- NL, EN
- Note
- Transport policy ministry. Holds the formal Warenwet-style designation power for transport-sector EAA market surveillance, exercised operationally via ILT.
No bodies match this filter.
Primary sources
- Besluit van 3 mei 2018, houdende tijdelijke regels betreffende de toegankelijkheid van de websites en mobiele applicaties van overheidsinstanties (Tijdelijk besluit digitale toegankelijkheid overheid)
- Wet van 8 april 2023 tot wijziging van diverse wetten ter implementatie van Richtlijn (EU) 2019/882 (Implementatiewet toegankelijkheidsvoorschriften producten en diensten)
- Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
- Authority for Consumers and Markets
- Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets
- Dutch Media Authority