Is your website ready for the EAA?
The European Accessibility Act has applied since 28 June 2025. If you sell to EU consumers online, your website must meet accessibility requirements — and enforcement and fines are handled country by country. Find out where you stand.
What the law actually requires
Who it covers
Businesses selling products or services to EU consumers online: e-commerce, bookings and reservations, banking, ticketing, telecoms, and more. It applies regardless of where your company is based. Microenterprises (<10 staff, ≤€2M turnover) are exempt for services.
The standard
EN 301 549 — which incorporates WCAG 2.1 level AA for websites and apps. In practice: perceivable content, keyboard-operable interfaces, readable forms, sufficient contrast, and an accessibility statement.
The risk
Each member state enforces the EAA with its own penalties — six-figure fines in some countries — plus consumer complaints and market-surveillance orders. And an inaccessible site quietly turns away customers every day.
What we check
We run your site through the checks that matter for WCAG 2.1 AA, then a human reviews every finding — no automated-scan spam, no false alarms.
Want to poke around yourself first? Try our free contrast checker and alt-text checker, or read our EAA explainer.
Common questions
Does the European Accessibility Act apply to my business?
If you sell products or services to consumers in the EU through a website or app — e-commerce, bookings, banking, ticketing and similar — the EAA (Directive (EU) 2019/882) applies to you, wherever your company is based. Microenterprises providing services (fewer than 10 employees and at most €2 million annual turnover) are exempt from the service requirements.
What standard does my website have to meet?
Compliance is assessed against EN 301 549, the European accessibility standard, which currently incorporates WCAG 2.1 level AA for web content. An updated version of the standard incorporating WCAG 2.2 is expected, so building to current WCAG is the safe path.
What happens if my site is not compliant?
Enforcement is national: each EU member state runs its own market surveillance and sets its own penalties, and fines in some countries reach six figures. Beyond fines, non-compliance means lost customers — roughly one in four EU adults has some form of disability.
What do I get in the free audit?
A human-reviewed report on your site: the concrete accessibility failures we found (contrast, keyboard access, forms, alt text, structure), how they map to WCAG 2.1 AA, and a prioritized fix list. No obligation — you can fix it with your own team or ask us for a quote.
Find out where you stand — free
One URL, one email. A human-reviewed EAA report in your inbox within 48 hours.