European Accessibility Act
Obligations under Directive (EU) 2019/882
23 pages covering the articles that create a duty for an economic operator and the annexes that carry the requirements. Each states who it binds, from when, and what evidence proves it. Requirement text is verbatim Official Journal; guidance is Legalithm commentary.
Member States apply their transposing measures from 28 June 2025 (Article 31(2)). Services may continue using products lawfully used before then until 28 June 2030, and service contracts agreed before 28 June 2025 may run to expiry, at most five years (Article 32).
No harmonised standard is cited in the Official Journal under this Directive, so the Article 15(1) presumption of conformity is available to nobody. EN 301 549 is harmonised under Directive (EU) 2016/2102, the Web Accessibility Directive, and not under this one. Conformity is demonstrated against Annex I directly.
Corpus as of 2026-08-14, not reviewed by counsel.
Articles
- Accessibility requirements
Article 4 · binds economic operators · from 28 Jun 2025
- Obligations of manufacturers
Article 7 · binds manufacturer · from 28 Jun 2025
- Authorised representatives
Article 8 · binds authorised representative · from 28 Jun 2025
- Obligations of importers
Article 9 · binds importer · from 28 Jun 2025
- Obligations of distributors
Article 10 · binds distributor · from 28 Jun 2025
- Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors
Article 11 · binds economic operator · from 28 Jun 2025
- Identification of economic operators dealing with products
Article 12 · binds economic operator · from 28 Jun 2025
- Obligations of service providers
Article 13 · binds service provider · from 28 Jun 2025
- Fundamental alteration and disproportionate burden
Article 14 · binds economic operators · from 28 Jun 2025
- EU declaration of conformity of products
Article 16 · binds manufacturer · from 28 Jun 2025
- General principles of the CE marking of products
Article 17 · binds manufacturer · from 28 Jun 2025
- Rules and conditions for affixing the CE marking
Article 18 · binds manufacturer · from 28 Jun 2025
Annexes
- Accessibility requirements for all services
Annex I Section III · binds service provider · from 28 Jun 2025
- Additional requirements for specific services
Annex I Section IV · binds service provider · from 28 Jun 2025
- Accessibility requirements for all products
Annex I Section I · binds manufacturer · from 28 Jun 2025
- Packaging and instructions, except self-service terminals
Annex I Section II · binds manufacturer · from 28 Jun 2025
- Functional performance criteria
Annex I Section VII · binds economic operators · from 28 Jun 2025
- Accessibility of 112 emergency answering
Annex I Section V · binds member state · from 28 Jun 2025
- Requirements for the Article 24(2) presumption
Annex I Section VI · binds economic operators · from 28 Jun 2025
- Accessibility of the built environment
Annex III · binds service provider · from 28 Jun 2025
- Conformity assessment procedure: internal production control
Annex IV · binds manufacturer · from 28 Jun 2025
- Information on services meeting accessibility requirements
Annex V · binds service provider · from 28 Jun 2025
- Criteria for assessment of disproportionate burden
Annex VI · binds economic operators · from 28 Jun 2025