EU Web Accessibility Directive (Directive 2016/2102)
WAD: Transposition, Application Timeline and Coordination with EAA

EU Web Accessibility Directive (Directive 2016/2102) WAD-EAA-Coordination: Coordination with European Accessibility Act (EAA, Directive (EU) 2019/882)

The Web Accessibility Directive (WAD, 2016/2102) and the European Accessibility Act (EAA, 2019/882) form the EU's combined accessibility framework. WAD covers PUBLIC-SECTOR websites + mobile applications. EAA covers PRIVATE-SECTOR products + services (computers + operating systems + ATMs + ticketing + payment terminals + smartphones + e-readers + e-commerce + banking + transport ticketing + electronic communications + audiovisual media services + e-books). EAA applied from 28 June 2025 (Article 31 EAA) and uses the SAME EN 301 549 harmonised-standard reference as WAD. Entities that are BOTH public-sector AND offer private-sector products / services (e.g. a publicly-owned bank + a state-owned telecoms provider + a public broadcaster's commercial subsidiary) face DUAL compliance: WAD for public-sector websites + EAA for private-sector services. The cross-reference matters because: (a) the technical-conformance bar (EN 301 549) is the same; (b) the accessibility-statement model differs (WAD uses 2018/1523 model; EAA has Articles 9-13 with EU DoC + CE marking model for products + service-provider self-declaration); (c) monitoring + enforcement regimes differ (WAD via Member State sectoral authority; EAA via market-surveillance authority for products + Member State competent authority for services). Article 14 WAD considered EAA integration in the 2022 review.

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