What is the European Accessibility Act (EAA)?

The European Accessibility Act, enacted by the European Parliament and the Council on 17 April 2019, shall apply to products and services placed on the market after 28 June 2025.

Original link:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019L0882

Products and Services Covered

• Computers and operating systems

• ATMs, ticket vending machines and boarding pass machines

• Smartphones

• Television equipment associated with digital television services

• Telephony services and related equipment

• Access to audiovisual media services (e.g. television broadcasting) and related consumer equipment

• Services related to air, bus, rail and water passenger transport

• Banking services

• E-books

• E-commerce

Beneficiary Groups

• People with disabilities

• People with functional limitations

• People with visual impairments (blindness, low vision, colour blindness, photosensitivity)

• People with hearing impairments

• People with mobility impairments

• Older people

• Pregnant women

• People travelling with luggage

• People with cognitive impairments (mental, intellectual, perceptual)

Recommended Compliance Standard

EN 301 549

Notes

1. This Act shall not affect Directive (EU) 2017/1564 and Regulation (EU) 2017/1563.

2. Micro-enterprises with fewer than 10 employees, an annual turnover not exceeding 2 million euros or an annual total balance sheet not exceeding 2 million euros shall be exempt from compliance when providing services within the scope of this Act.