Directive (EU) 2019/882, read from the Official Journal
Does the European Accessibility Act apply to you?
Answer a few questions and see whether your product or service is in scope, which Annex I section binds it, the date that applies and the evidence to keep. Every answer names the article or annex behind it. The kit is USD 299 one off. The change watch is USD 29 a month.
Read the rule, then check the file
The date is not 2027. The duties apply from 28 June 2025 (Article 31(2)). The date 28 June 2027 is only the latest date a member state may set for the Article 4(8) duty on answering 112 emergency calls, and only if it uses that derogation (Article 31(3)). The full explanation names every date.
Start with the scope check
It takes about a minute. Choose your role, what you place on the market or provide, and the facts that change the answer. The result prints the verdict, the Annex I sections, the dates and the evidence list. It runs in your browser; nothing is sent anywhere.
Open the free check See a worked specimen
Incomplete facts produce "scope incomplete" with the missing question. The check never assumes the lighter answer.
What the Act actually covers
| Group | In scope | Requirement set |
|---|---|---|
| Products | Consumer computer hardware and operating systems, payment terminals, cash machines, ticket and check-in machines, interactive information terminals, communications and audiovisual terminal equipment, e-readers | Annex I Section I; Section II as well, except for self-service terminals |
| Services | Electronic communications, access to audiovisual media, named elements of air, bus, rail and water transport, consumer banking, e-books, e-commerce | Annex I Section III and Section IV; urban, suburban and regional transport only Section IV(d) |
| Emergency | Answering 112 by the most appropriate public safety answering point | Annex I Section V |
| Microenterprises | Service providers with fewer than 10 people and turnover or balance sheet at or below EUR 2 million | Exempt from the Article 4(3) service requirements; products are not exempt |
Two distinctions decide most files. The first is the date the product was first placed on the market or the service first provided: the trigger is 28 June 2025, not the date of the last sale. The second is the role: manufacturer, importer, distributor, service provider or the public safety answering point, because each carries a different set of duties.
One page for every article and annex
The register states each duty in our own words, names who it binds, lists the evidence an auditor or regulator asks for and cites the provision. Eight entries are shown here; the full register has 47.
| Unit | Title | Binds |
|---|---|---|
| Article 2 | Article 2: Scope | Manufacturers, importers, distributors and service providers whose products or services fall in the listed groups. |
| Article 4 | Article 4: Accessibility requirements | Economic operators, through the national measures the member states adopt; the article also binds member states to ensure compliance. |
| Article 7 | Article 7: Obligations of manufacturers | Any manufacturer, including a company that has a product made and markets it under its own name or trade mark. |
| Article 13 | Article 13: Obligations of service providers | Any service provider offering an in-scope service on the Union market or to consumers in the Union. |
| Article 14 | Article 14: Fundamental alteration and disproportionate burden | Any economic operator relying on the exception, and any service provider that wants to keep relying on it. |
| Article 31 | Article 31: Transposition | Member States; the dates are the ones an operator must use. |
| Annex I, Section I | Annex I Section I: General product duties | Every product in Article 2(1), including self-service terminals. |
| Annex I, Section IV | Annex I Section IV: Specific service duties | Electronic communications, audiovisual access, passenger transport, urban transport terminals, consumer banking, e-books and e-commerce. |
Article 1 and Article 35 create no business duty; they are included so the register matches the instrument rather than a selection of it.
Free reference, paid register
The free pages answer the scope question and state every requirement. The kit turns the same record into the working documents: the full register, the evidence list and a dated plan you can hand to a product, legal or compliance team.
Free
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The reference and the scope check
- Every article and annex page
- The scope check and the dates
- The answer hub and the official source links
Obligation kit, one off
USD 299
PDF, CSV and XLSX, delivered on the success page and by email
- 47-unit register with citation, duty, evidence and dates
- Evidence list you can assign owners to
- Dated plan to the 2025 date and the transitions
The change watch is USD 29 a month. It emails when the official text, the register, a date or a cited guidance page changes. Cancel any time in Stripe.
The rules this is built from
Every page is read from the Official Journal print of 7 June 2019, OJ L 151/70, held as a PDF with its SHA-256 recorded. The register is generated from one reviewed record, and a refresh script re-downloads the text, diffs it and fails loudly on any change. That diff is what the paid watch sends.
The product also names the frameworks held for the four markets it serves, in market order:
- United States: Section 508 (ICT accessibility) and the ADA Title III digital accessibility material.
- European Union: Directive (EU) 2019/882, EN 301 549 and the Web Accessibility Directive.
- United Kingdom: the Equality Act 2010. The Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations are named, not held.
- Australia: the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Australian Consumer Law.
Questions people ask first
Is 28 June 2027 the deadline?
No. The product and service duties apply from 28 June 2025. The date 28 June 2027 appears in Article 31(3) only as the latest date a member state may set for the Article 4(8) duty on answering 112 emergency communications, and only if it uses that derogation.
Does the Act apply to a small business?
A microenterprise that provides services is exempt from the Article 4(3) service requirements and related obligations under Article 4(5). The exemption does not cover products. The test is fewer than ten people and turnover or a balance sheet total at or below EUR 2 million.
What is the first thing to do?
List every product model and service with the date it was first placed on the market or first provided in the Union, then map each item to a group in Article 2(1) or 2(2). The date and the group decide almost everything else.
Do we need a notified body?
No. Annex IV sets internal production control. The manufacturer draws up the technical documentation, carries out the procedure and draws up the EU declaration of conformity, then affixes the CE marking. No notified body is required by this Directive.
What does the paid kit contain?
The full 47-unit obligation register, the evidence list and a dated plan, as PDF, CSV and XLSX. It is USD 299 one off. The change watch is USD 29 a month and emails when the record, its dates or the official text change.
Is this legal advice?
No. It is a reference and a document tool. It does not certify a product or service, and it is not a substitute for advice on your facts or for the national transposition measure in each member state.
Read from the real rules, not invented
Every answer this checker gives points to the official rule behind it, so you can check any line yourself. The register is written from the Official Journal text of Directive (EU) 2019/882, not from a summary, a blog post or a memory of the Act.
47 article and annex units stated and cited
12 dated events, from adoption to the terminal transition
0 model calls at runtime; the check is a rule table
Source: EUR-Lex, CELEX 32019L0882. Held PDF SHA-256 272d2314...d31d87.