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British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) Guidance on Age Verification Arrangements

Uimhir an Fhógra:

2019/0317/UK (UK (before 2021))

An dáta ar a bhfuarthas é/í:

01/07/2019

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02/10/2019

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Poland

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Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2019) 01776
Directive (EU) 2015/1535
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(MSG: 201901776.EN)
1. MSG 001 IND 2019 0317 UK EN 01-07-2019 UK NOTIF

2. UK

3A. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
EU Exit and Economic Partnership Directorate
1 Victoria Street
London, SW1H 0ET

Email: technicalregulations@beis.gov.uk

3B. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Security & Online Harms
100 Parliament Street
London
SW1A 2BQ

4. 2019/0317/UK - SERV60

5. British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) Guidance on Age Verification Arrangements

6. Persons making pornographic material available on the internet on a commercial basis to persons
in the UK.

Internet service providers (defined in Section 30[1] as meaning a provider of an internet access
service within the meaning given in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2120).

The UK believes the measures provided for are consistent with Audiovisual Media Services
Directive (2010/13/EU) and E-Commerce Directive (2000/31/EC).

7. -

8. We have previously notified (Notification Ref 2016/640/UK) Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (DEA 2017). Under section 25 (1)(a) of the DEA 2017, the Age Verification Regulator who has been subsequently designated, must publish and revise from time to time "guidance about the types of arrangements for making pornographic material available that the regulator will treat as complying with section 14(1)" of the DEA 2017. Section 14(1) prohibits persons from making pornographic material available on the internet in the United Kingdom on a commercial basis, other than in a way that secures that the material is not normally accessible to under 18s.

The Regulator is the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) and they have produced guidance
in accordance with section 25(1)(a) of the DEA 2017; BBFC Guidance on Age Verification
Arrangements.

We consider Chapter 3, paragraphs 5-6 to be notifiable under the Technical Regulations Directive.
Paragraph 5 contains the criteria against which the BBFC will assess whether an age verification
arrangement meets section 14(1) DEA 2017 requirement. Paragraph 6 sets out features which the BBFC will not, in isolation, find an age verification arrangement to be compliant with section 14(1) DEA 2017.

9. Currently, under 18s in the UK can access and consume pornography online very easily. A 2016
report commissioned by the Children's Commissioner and NSPCC makes this clear - over half of
the children sampled had been exposed to online pornography by the age of 15. Nearly half of
boys thought pornography was 'realistic' and just under half wished to emulate what they had seen.

The measures in the Digital Economy Act (already notified) will limit the potential harms to children
from accessing pornographic content online by ensuring that commercial providers of pornographic
material have age verification controls in place where the material is accessed online in the UK.

The criteria set down by the regulator in its guidance are needed in order to allow the regulator (the
BBFC) to make clear to age verification providers specifically what technical regulations should be
met in order to be compliant with section 14(1) DEA 2017, and what will not be compliant with section 14(1)

DEA 2017. It adds substance and detail to section 14(1) - it imposes specific requirements that the
information society service should meet and sets out features which will not be considered section 14(1) compliant.

10. References of the Basic Texts: Digital Economy Act 2017
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/30/part/3/enacted

Commercial Basis Regulations 2018
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111173183

Video Recordings Act 1984
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/39/contents

Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/4/section/63

Digital Economy Act 2017 Impact Assessment
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/747187/Impact_Assessment_Age_Verification_FINAL_20181009.pdf
Basic Texts have been forwarded within the framework of a previous notification: 2016/640/UK

11. No

12. -

13. No

14. No

15. Yes

16. TBT aspect

No - The draft has no significant impact on international trade

SPS aspect

No - The draft is not a sanitary or phytosanitary measure

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