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Notice About Media License

Original Language Title: Bekendtgørelse om medielicens

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Medie licence size, etc.
Chapter 2 The coverage of the media licence, etc.
Chapter 3 Payment Deadlines
Chapter 4 Information to be provided, penalty provisions and licence inspectors etc.
Chapter 5 Entry into force and transitional provisions

Publication of media licence

In accordance with section 69 (2), 2 and 3, section 69 (a), 2 and 3, section 69 (b) (b) 4, and section 70 of the law on radio and television, cf. Law Order no. 255 of 20. March 2014, as amended by law no. 1517 of 27. In December 2014, and after debate with the Minister for Children, Gender Equality, Integration and Social Relations and the approval of the European Parliament's Financial Committee, the following shall be decided :

Chapter 1

Medie licence size, etc.

§ 1. After radio and television, section 69 (4) of the television set. 1, media licensing must be paid for appliances that can receive and render image programs or services distributed to the public. The media licence is charged with DR, DR Licence.

Paragraph 2. For appliances that can receive and render image programs or services distributed to the public,

1) TV receivers or other types of image viewer ;

2) computers, mobile telephones, tablets or other devices that can receive and render image programs or services provided that via the appliance is Internet access ; or

3) computers with recipient units that can receive and render image programs and services through radio waves (TV-tuners).

§ 2. The media licence shall be EUR 1,230,00 DKK in 2015. including VAT equivalent to 205,00 kr. including VAT monthly.

Paragraph 2. Late fees applicable to both half-yearly monthly and monthly license payment amounts to $100.

Paragraph 3. A medium-term certificate is made up and paid for a six-month period ahead unless otherwise agreed, cf. section 16 (4). 2.

Paragraph 4. The media licence shall be regulated once a year per year. 1. January. If the licence collection is related to months for which licence fees are not provided, cf. paragraph 1, the subject of payment of the media shall be subject to an amount per year. This month is equivalent to the tax rate in the preceding year. When the licence fee for the year in question is fixed, the DR Licence shall carry out an adjustment of the licence.

The person responsible for payment

§ 3. The person responsible for payment shall be the holder / user of the holder, whether or not the appliance is owned, rented or borrowed. If the user is a person other than the holder, the person responsible for the payment shall be the user.

Paragraph 2. The obligation to charge shall take into effect any further use of the appliance, including which channel, website, or service holder / user of the appliance shall be chosen.

Paragraph 3. The obligation to charge shall enter into whatever distribution, the antenna or server capacity of program or service providers.

Paragraph 4. The obligation to charge shall take the following day after the appliance has been acquired / taken.

§ 4. The obligation to charge shall lapses the day after the end of possession of the appliance and the licence received by the DR Licence, cf. § 14. If a registration is made after less than three months, the interim payment is also paid for the intermediate period.

Chapter 2

The coverage of the media licence, etc.

§ 5. The media licence shall be paid by households for the possession of licence-holders, cf. § 1.

Paragraph 2. In this notice, a household shall comprise the paying paying, his / her consenting spouse or coexist in matrimonial conditions and their home-resident children, regardless of age, if they are registered at the same address.

Paragraph 3. A household, cf. paragraph 2, shall also include the husband or spouse of the licensee or the same living in matrimonial similar conditions that have a population address in the bogeys and the like set up in accordance with sections 107 and 108 as well as section 192 in the Act of Social Services.

Paragraph 4. Residents of the elderly and disabled homes in accordance with the law of public housing and so on, and residents of collegiate and similar workers, pay independent media licences when they are in their own residence.

Paragraph 5. Housewives, where all residents are under the age of 18, do not pay the media licence, regardless of the possession of licence-able appliances.

§ 6. The medium-term licence shall be paid by households for the possession of licence-able appliances in :

1) housing (s),

2) recreational housing (s),

3) cars and

4) boats.

Paragraph 2. In addition, the possession of the media licence shall cover the possession of equipment outside the home, cf. paragraph 1, unless the user of the device has a population address outside the home and is 18 years old.

§ 7. Residential payments and similar established in accordance with section 107 and 108 as well as section 192 of the Social Services Act on Social Services are paying media license for appliances in the resident's own home, provided they have a population address in the booffer, and is 18 years old, cf. Section 6 (2). 2.

Reductions and exemplitions of media licensing

§ 8. Appliances, cf. Section 1, in premises in business enterprises, institutions, associations, etc. are not subject to licence. In the case of appliances used at the same time as a household, media licence shall be subject to the subject of a household of the media. Section 2 (2). 1.

Paragraph 2. Appliances as specified in section 1 (1). 2, no. 2 and 3 made available by the employer for use outside the workplace are not liable to be licensed, provided that the appliances are used exclusively by the staff for work-related purposes. DR may require documentation on the abovementioned state of the household and the employer.

§ 9. Appliances as referred to in section 1 (1). 2, no. 2 and 3, made available by business operators, institutions, associations, etc. in guest quarters and similar, free of charge for temporary accommodation, shall not be subject to licence unless the holder / user of one ; licentiable device is registered to the population of the address in question. DR Licence may require evidence of the abovementioned aspects of the business establishment, the institution, the association, etc.

§ 10. Pensioners on application to the DR License shall be entitled to a half-media license reduction if the pensioner has a personal additional percentage of 100, cf. Section 31 (1). 3 in the Act of Social Security or Section 29 (3). 3 in the highest, middle, increment, general and general early retirement, etc.

Paragraph 2. Disgrading in accordance with paragraph 1 has effect from the date of the conditions for which it has been fulfilled, but the earliest date from the date of the GDR has received the application.

Paragraph 3. The reduction shall be suspended if the one referred to in paragraph 1 is not 1 provided condition is no longer fulfilled. The Pensioners ' duty is to give the statement to the Danish Republic of the Republic.

Paragraph 4. Schema for the application for a reduction in media licences shall be obtained in the applicant's municipality as well as on www.dr.dk/licens.

§ 11. Blinings and strong sightening persons shall be eligible for an exemption from the licence for media licences in the event of their living alone or living in households only with other stowaway, or severely partially sighted persons and / or home-resident children, regardless of age. In the eyes of blind and powerful people, people who are members of Dansk Blind or fulfil the conditions for becoming a member of Danish Blind society.

Paragraph 2. Exemption from paragraph 1 1 has effect from the date of the conditions for which it has been fulfilled, but the earliest date from the date of the GDR has received the application.

Paragraph 3. Blend and heavily partially sighted people who are exempt from media licences under previously, now repealed provisions, will continue to be exempt from the media licence, cf. paragraph 1.

Stk.4. Residents in rebuyers established under Section 109 and 110 of the Law on social services are exempt from the licence, provided that they are in possession of licensed persons (s).

§ 12. Diplomatic and consular representation of their own nationals is exempt from media licences. Other foreign nationals associated with international organisations with which a host agreement has been concluded with Denmark are also exempt from the licence.

Paragraph 2. It is a condition for exemption from paragraph 1. 1 that a foreign national is not registered in the People ' s Registry / CPR.

Paragraph 3. DR Licence may require the documentation of citizenship and employment conditions.

To-and Enrollment

§ 13. The holder / user of a device shall be required to the DR Licence within 14 days of the acquisition / commissioning of a licence holder, unless the user / holder is already paying media licences, illuminates :

1) full name,

2) Social Security Number,

3) address and, if applicable, the collection address and

4) the date of acquisition / commissioning.

Paragraph 2. In the case of registration, media licence for the remainder of the licence shall be regulated separately or at the next regular collection fee.

Paragraph 3. If the enrollment is not timely, payment will be calculated with the applicable license rates that apply at the time when the license is found. DR Licence may dismiss from here on a short-term delay of enrollment.

Paragraph 4. Amount less than 50 kr. a little paid media licensing is not charged.

§ 14. Report, cf.. Section 4 shall be written in writing to the DR License. Enrollment has no earliest effect from the day that the DR Licence receives the evening of the call.

Paragraph 2. Enrollment is paid for a very paid media licence. Amount less than 50 kr. It shall not be repaid.

§ 15. Enrollment and enrollment can be made via the Internet at www.dr.dk/licens. Enrollment and registration forms for media license can also be obtained from DR Licence, DR City, Emil Holms channel 20, 0999 Copenhagen C, tlf. SEVENTY-EIGHT-13.

§ 16. The obligation to pay media licences during a month is paid a proportionate share of the media licence referred to in section 2 (2). 1.

Paragraph 2. Licences may be entitled to register or later select payment month. Licences may also be entitled to change the payment period during registration or later, so as to pay a monthly basis for the payment period prior to the license referred to in Section 2, cf. however, section 18 (2). 2. Amendment of the payment period may not be earlier with effect from the end of the current payment period.

Paragraph 3. Unless the licensee itself selects another payment month, cf. paragraph TWO, ONE. pkt., shall be determined on the basis of the date of registration. Unless the licensee even selects a different payment period, cf. paragraph TWO, TWO. pkt., set this to half-yearly payment, cf. Section 2 (2). 3.

Chapter 3

Payment Deadlines

§ 17. The media licence shall be precedeferment prior to a payment period of the first banking day of the next payment period. The media licence shall be paid no later than the first banking day of the next payment period.

§ 18. The Post Denmark stamp on the payment card or the receipt from a financial institution is a valid receipt. In the case of an electronic payment, for example via net bank, and payment card or payment service system, the account must be debited by the first day of the banking day of the next payment period.

Paragraph 2. Monthly payment, cf. section 16 (4). TWO, TWO. pkt., may only be done by an authorized payment service. Until the authorized payment service is active, monthly payment can be made via the payment card. If the licensee does not enlist the payment service media license, the license pay is charged instead of a half-yearly basis. The fee for the use of a payment service after 1. Act. is paid by the paying payment and will be invoiced by the DR Licence relative to the actual costs of a monthly charge.

§ 19. If the media license is not paid within three weeks of the last timely payment date, a clearing letter will be printed, including the license amount and a change fee, cf. § 2. DR Licence may repeat this smoking procedure or choose to leave the recovery of the amounts owed after paragraph 20 immediately. For licensors who pay monthly, the DR Licence instead of sending backers can choose to modify the payment period of the licensee to half-year payment.

Paragraph 2. Interest of both the media and the amount due from the due date, as provided for, subject to the interest of both the media and the amount of the due the law on radio and television company § 69 a (3) (a) ; 2.

20. If media licences, accrued interest, the smoking fee and other amounts due are still not paid in full, the DR Licence may entrust the recovery of the amount due to SKAT.

Paragraph 2. The DR Licence may also send the claim to the courts of incarcass, cf. The courtfire of the courtlelight. Forty-five, forty-seven, and the tax recovery bill.

Paragraph 3. DR License ' s credit information agency may disclose information on license payers who are in the restance of the DR Licence when the debt obligation is set out in a court order, or there has been an injection to the phogedbook or similar to the debt obligation ; where applicable, in the case of the cancellation of the insolvency declaration or the debtor's written acknowledment of the debt.

Paragraph 4. The cost of collection by the courts of incarceration and the recovery of the debtor by the debtor shall be borne by the debtor.

§ 21. DR Licence may, upon request, be granted for payment. Interest on the due date of the due date until payment is made, cf. Section 19 (1). 2.

Paragraph 2. DR Licence can partially or partially write or post of overdue media licence, accrued interest, ry-over charges and other amounts due according to similar rules used for the remission of other public debts.

Chapter 4

Information to be provided, penalty provisions and licence inspectors etc.

§ 22. In the case of the collection of media licence, the DR must exercise licence control by telephone inquiries, household visits and so on.

-23. If the registration requirement after paragraph 13 is not met, the DR Licence may charge a control toxin. The amount of the control fee shall correspond to the evasion amount, but at least 500 kr.

§ 24. DR Licence may enter into agreement with public authorities on mechanical interconnection with external databases, in order to ensure that pensioners continue to comply with the provisions of section 9 (4). 1 set condition.

Paragraph 2. A system of interconnectors in accordance with paragraph 1. 1 must be notified to the Danish Data Board.

Paragraph 3. Cruning, cf. paragraph 1, in accordance with the rules on the processing of personal data, must be carried out.

§ 25. In repeated or coarse cases, the penalty shall be punished in accordance with section 93 of the law on radio and television, if the obligation to report possession after paragraph 13 is not fulfilled.

SECTION 26. Licence of the GDR may, in the context of checks as specified in Section 22, be able to enroll in a household as a licence, if it is found that the household is proprietor or user of a licence or certificate of a licence.

Paragraph 2. The access of the licence shall be provided for in accordance with paragraph 1. 1 to seek selected households, stretching alone to the household's door. Licensing inspectors will not be able to exceed the threshold of doorstep or enter. The licence holder shall have access to a common area such as a collegiate time or a common uptake in a property with several apartments / rooms in order to be able to visit selected households.

Paragraph 3. Confederal licensing obligation, cf. paragraph 1 may, inter alia, be subject to the observation of the licence of licence-able appliances in the household, including if the inspector observes a device through windows visible from the publicly accessible access road to the household or from the entry door to the property. In addition, a licence-based device may be found in the event that the license inspector from the entry door may hear a clear noise from a broadcast whose content and the date of application can subsequently be verified.

Paragraph 4. The inspector shall be obliged to submit his statement in accordance with paragraph 1. 3 for a man who belongs to the household. No such presentation is provided for in paragraph 1. 7 use.

Paragraph 5. Where the household of the GDR documents that the household is not a proprietor or user of a licence or certificate, the household may not be enrolled in accordance with paragraph 1. 1.

Paragraph 6. Documentation in accordance with paragraph 1 5 may be made in written declarations from, for example, the holder / user, gift receivers or lenders of a licence and must include at least the fact that possession of the equipment at the visited households has been discharged or that the apparatus is not available ; is subject to licence, cf. § 1, which means a computer without access to the Internet or other networks, a device with a digital MPEG2 receiver / tuner or analog receiver / tones that are not connected to a digital set-box, joint antenna plant or similar. Documentation after 1. Act. shall be received in the DR License no later than 14 days after the visit of the licence holder.

Paragraph 7. The inspector must, as far as possible, provide a written statement to the household with a description of the obligation to verify the obligation to be licensed under the visit. Where the conditions of the visit have obstructed this, cf. paragraph However, such a statement may subsequently be sent to the household. The written statement, cf. 1. Act. provide a description of the ability of licensee to provide evidence that such devices are not in possession of licensed products. The written statement may be accompanied by a printed statement on which licences are given the opportunity to complete his documentation in accordance with paragraph 1. 6.

§ 27. The decisions of the DRs in accordance with this notice may not be brought to the second administrative authority.

Chapter 5

Entry into force and transitional provisions

§ 28. The announcement shall enter into force on 1. January 2015.

Paragraph 2. At the same time, notice No 812 of 24. June 2013 on media licensing.

§ 29. MedieLicense, cf. Section 2 (2). 1, the Minister for Culture and the Finance Committee shall be set out in accordance with the Committee on Culture and Finance. act no. 131 of 28. August, 2014.

Cultural Ministry, the 27th. December 2014

Marianne Jelby

/ Lars M. Banke