Source: https://usk.de/en/home/age-classification-for-games-and-apps/edu-and-infotainment/
Timestamp: 2019-11-15 15:02:28
Document Index: 591789694

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 14', 'Art. 14', 'Art. 14', 'Art. 14', 'Art. 14', 'Art. 14', 'Art. 14', 'Art.12']

Edu-/Infotainment (JuSchG) - Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle
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Provider Classification of edutainment & infotainment software in accordance with Art. 14 (7) JuSchG with respect to game programs.
Since the entry into force of the new Children and Young Persons Protection Act (JuSchG) on 01.04.2003, a provider may himself classify his film, film program or game program for educational or information and instructional purposes with the phrase “Edutainment software in accordance with Art. 14 JuSchG” or “Infotainment software in accordance with Art. 14 JuSchG“ if it clearly does not harm the development or education of children and young people in accordance with Art. 14, Section 7. This right may be excluded and the Provider Classification be annulled by the Supreme Youth Authorities of the Federal States for individual providers or products.
In accordance with Art. 14 , Section 7 JuSchG, providers themselves may label their games software with “Infotainment software in accordance with Art. 14 JuSchG” or “Edutainment software in accordance with Art. 14 JuSchG”, as long as the game is characterised by its information content or academic nature and not by games, and the contents are not likely to harm children and young people. If this is the case in the opinion of the provider, then the rating is subject to the following general obligations regarding graphical labelling imposed by the Children and Young Persons Protection Act.
The statutory rating is to be printed on the data carrier and the packaging in a clearly visible manner in a square box on a transparent white background (opacity 70%) in black font. The design of the label is defined in Art.12 (2) of the JuSchG of July 2008: size – 12cm²; position: at the bottom left on the front cover; size on the data carrier at least 250mm². To the extent that the square as such is not recognisable due to the colour of the background design, the square is to be optically delimited from the background, for instance by means of a frame.
You submit your game program for educational or information purposes to the USK. To do this, you send the game together with the completed submission form, as well as the manual and/or your statement. The procedure you are applying for is “Provider Classification ” (Cost: 250 Euro).