Chapter XI, delegated acts, implementing powers and final provisions
Article 33: Report and review
The Commission reports by 28 June 2030, then at five-year intervals, on how the Directive is working, including the built environment, Article 14, the microenterprise exemption and possible scope changes.
- Citation
- Article 33, CELEX 32019L0882 (Directive)
- Binds
- The Commission, with information from member states and views from stakeholders.
- In the instrument
- Chapter XI, delegated acts, implementing powers and final provisions
- Applies from
- 28 June 2025 for products placed and services provided from that date (Article 31(2)). The Article 4(8) 112 duty may be deferred to 28 June 2027 where a member state uses Article 31(3).
- Source
- EUR-Lex, CELEX 32019L0882
What it requires
Paragraph 1 requires a report to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions by 28 June 2030, then at five-year intervals, on how the Directive is being applied.
Paragraph 2 lists what the reports must cover: how accessibility is evolving as society, the economy and technology change; the risk of technology lock-in and obstacles to innovation; the impact on operators and on persons with disabilities; whether the Article 4(4) built-environment option has helped align requirements in passenger transport, consumer banking and the customer service centres of electronic communications shops; the voluntary built-environment provisions in procurement; the effect of Article 14 and the microenterprise exemptions; whether the objectives have been achieved; whether to add or remove products and services; and where burden could be reduced. The Commission may propose legislation.
Paragraph 3 requires member states to send the information the Commission needs in time. Paragraph 4 requires the Commission to take account of what economic stakeholders and relevant non-governmental bodies say, including groups that represent disabled people.
In practice
Keep management data that would answer a review question: units placed, complaints by type, corrective actions, Article 14 assessments, and the cost of accessibility work. The first report is due in 2030, and a company that can answer a consultation with numbers has more influence than one that answers with a position statement.
What to do
- Watch the first report for any proposed scope change that affects the product or service line.
- Keep the data that would let you answer a review question about units, complaints or costs.
- Do not plan on the assumption that the scope is fixed for good.
Evidence to keep
- A scope-change watch note with the report date.
- The management data that supports a response to a review consultation.
- The record of any consultation response submitted.
Dates
- 2030-06-28First Commission report and five-yearly review cycle. (Article 33(1))
Cross-references
Where teams get this wrong
The review is not only an academic exercise. It can recommend adding product groups, removing others or changing the Article 14 regime, and the first report lands in the same year the service transition ends.
Read from the Official Journal text of Directive (EU) 2019/882, OJ L 151/70, 7 June 2019, Article 33. Check it yourself: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019L0882. This page states the provision in our own words and is not legal advice; it does not certify any product or service.