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Web Accessibility Directive

The EU law requiring public sector websites and apps to be accessible, with a statement and a way to report problems.

The Web Accessibility Directive, Directive (EU) 2016/2102, requires public sector bodies in EU member states to make their websites and mobile apps more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust. Meeting the harmonized standard EN 301 549 gives a presumption that the requirement is met.

Each website and app needs a published accessibility statement, a way for people to report problems and ask for content that is not accessible, and a link to the national enforcement procedure. Member states monitor a sample of sites and report to the European Commission every three years. The dates passed between 2019 and 2021. Our maintained summary is at Web Accessibility Directive.

Source

Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies

EUR-Lex, Publications Office of the European Union, 2016. Checked .

European Accessibility Act
The EU law that requires covered products and services sold to consumers, including e-commerce and banking, to be accessible.
EN 301 549
The European standard for accessible technology, whose web requirements follow WCAG 2.1 Level AA.
Accessibility statement
A public page that says what standard you aim for, what is not yet accessible, and how to report a barrier.
POUR
The four WCAG principles, perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust, remembered by their first letters.

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