For businesses selling into the EU
The European Accessibility Act is in force. Is your site?
Since 28 June 2025, the EU’s European Accessibility Act applies to e-commerce, banking, transport, e-books and the websites and apps that deliver in-scope services — and it can reach you even if your business isn’t in Europe, as long as you sell to EU consumers. The technical bar is WCAG 2.1 Level AA via EN 301 549. wcagcheckr audits against it and generates the statement and crosswalk regulators expect.
The EAA isn’t coming — it applies now. If you sell to consumers in the EU, the question isn’t whether it covers you, it’s whether you can show conformance and produce the accessibility statement the regulation requires.
The good news: the standard it points to (WCAG 2.1 Level AA) is the same bar that matters for US ADA exposure — fix once, cover both.
What the EAA actually requires, and when
The European Accessibility Act — Directive (EU) 2019/882 — was adopted in 2019 and applies to in-scope products and services provided from 28 June 2025. It covers consumer electronics, e-commerce, banking, transport ticketing, e-books, and the websites and mobile apps through which those services are delivered, requiring them to meet accessibility requirements. The harmonised technical standard is EN 301 549, which incorporates WCAG 2.1 Level AA.
European Accessibility Act — Directive (EU) 2019/882 (applies from 28 June 2025); EN 301 549.
Sources: EAA (EUR-Lex) · European Commission — Accessible EU Centre
Start free — audit against the EAA’s standard
Install free and check your site against WCAG 2.1 Level AA.
- Full WCAG 2.1 Level AA audit (the EN 301 549 technical basis)
- Risk dashboard + per-page posture
- Multi-page site crawl + scheduled re-audits
- Owner and developer reports
When you need the regulator-facing documents
Unlock inside the app — $99/mo.
- EAA / WAD accessibility statement generator (markdown + HTML)
- Conformance crosswalk — WCAG ↔ EN 301 549 / Section 508 / ADA / EAA / AODA
- WCAG-EM formal conformance report, forensic-anchored
- Court-grade evidence anchoring for your audit trail
One standard, two jurisdictions
Because the EAA’s technical bar (WCAG 2.1 Level AA, via EN 301 549) is the same one US ADA litigation turns on, a single audit and a single set of fixes cover both your EU obligation and your US exposure. The conformance crosswalk maps your result across every framework so you can prove it in either.
The EAA applies now. Audit against it free — and generate the statement.
No checkout here — on purpose. Install free, run it on your real site, and unlock the rest inside the app when the evidence is worth it to you.
General information, not legal advice. The cases and figures here are real and cited, but every situation differs — consult a qualified attorney about your own exposure. wcagcheckr is an accessibility auditing tool, not a law firm, and installing it is not a guarantee against any lawsuit.
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