European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882)

European Union

13 domains

47 controls

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European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882) is a compliance framework from European Union with 13 domains and 47 controls. The largest domains are Chapter XI, delegated acts, implementing powers and final provisions (10 controls), Annex I, accessibility requirements for products and services (7 controls), Chapter III, obligations of economic operators dealing with products (6 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.

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Framework Domains (13)

Annex I to VI

5 controls

Controls in the Annex I to VI domain of European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882): 5 controls
Code	Title	Description
annex-ii	Annex II: Indicative examples of possible solutions	Annex II is a set of illustrations, expressly not binding, showing ways a product or service can meet the Annex I requir...
annex-iii	Annex III: Built environment requirements	Annex III sets the accessibility requirements for the built environment in which an in-scope service is provided, where...
annex-iv	Annex IV: Conformity assessment procedure for products	Annex IV sets the internal production control procedure. The manufacturer fulfils points 2, 3 and 4 and declares on its...
annex-v	Annex V: Information on services meeting accessibility requirements	Point 1 requires the service provider to put, in its terms and conditions or a similar document, an assessment of how th...
annex-vi	Annex VI: Criteria for assessment of disproportionate burden	Criterion 1 is the ratio of the net cost of compliance to the operator's total operating and capital costs for making, s...

Annex I, accessibility requirements for products and services

7 controls

Controls in the Annex I, accessibility requirements for products and services domain of European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882): 7 controls
Code	Title	Description
annex-i-1	Annex I, Section I: General product accessibility requirements	The opening sentence sets the design test: products must be designed and produced to be as usable as possible by disable...
annex-i-2	Annex I, Section II: Packaging and instructions of products	Section II adds packaging and lifecycle instructions to the Section I requirements for products other than self-service...
annex-i-3	Annex I, Section III: General service accessibility requirements	Section III sets the baseline for every service. Point (a) requires the products used in providing the service to be acc...
annex-i-4	Annex I, Section IV: Additional requirements for specific services	Section IV adds sector duties to the Section III baseline. Point (a) covers electronic communications, including emergen...
annex-i-5	Annex I, Section V: Answering 112 emergency communications	Section V applies to the answering of communications to the single European emergency number 112 by the most appropriate...
annex-i-6	Annex I, Section VI: Requirements for features under other Union acts	Section VI defines what has to be true before the Article 24(2) presumption can be used. It does not create a separate r...
annex-i-7	Annex I, Section VII: Functional performance criteria	Section VII is the fallback for functions that the earlier sections leave unaddressed. Those functions must be accessibl...

Chapter I, general provisions

3 controls

Controls in the Chapter I, general provisions domain of European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882): 3 controls
Code	Title	Description
art-1	Article 1: Subject matter	Article 1 states the instrument's purpose rather than a duty on a business. It aims at the smooth working of the interna...
art-2	Article 2: Scope	Paragraph 1 covers five product groups first supplied in the Union from 28 June 2025: consumer general purpose computer...
art-3	Article 3: Definitions	Article 3 supplies 44 definitions. The ones that decide most files are: product, a manufactured good other than food, fe...

Chapter II, accessibility requirements and free movement

3 controls

Controls in the Chapter II, accessibility requirements and free movement domain of European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882): 3 controls
Code	Title	Description
art-4	Article 4: Accessibility requirements	Paragraph 1 is the central duty: member states must ensure that economic operators place on the market only products, an...
art-5	Article 5: Existing Union law in the field of passenger transport	The article links this Directive to the passenger rights regime. A service that meets the accessible information and acc...
art-6	Article 6: Free movement	Article 6 is the free-movement side of the bargain. Once a product or service complies with this Directive, a member sta...

Chapter III, obligations of economic operators dealing with products

6 controls

Controls in the Chapter III, obligations of economic operators dealing with products domain of European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882): 6 controls
Code	Title	Description
art-10	Article 10: Obligations of distributors	Paragraph 1 sets a due-care standard. Paragraph 2 lists what a distributor must check before making a product available:...
art-11	Article 11: Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors	The article converts an importer or distributor into a manufacturer in two situations. The first is placing the product...
art-12	Article 12: Identification of economic operators dealing with products	On request from a market surveillance authority, an operator covered by Articles 7 to 10 must identify the other economi...
art-7	Article 7: Obligations of manufacturers	Paragraphs 1 and 2 set the core product duty. A manufacturer placing a product on the market must ensure it was designed...
art-8	Article 8: Authorised representatives	A manufacturer may appoint an authorised representative by written mandate. The mandate cannot transfer two things: the...
art-9	Article 9: Obligations of importers	Paragraph 1 states the outcome: an importer brings only compliant products onto the market. Paragraph 2 sets the verific...

Chapter IV, obligations of service providers

1 controls

Controls in the Chapter IV, obligations of service providers domain of European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882): 1 controls
Code	Title	Description
art-13	Article 13: Obligations of service providers	Paragraph 1 is the service-side core: design and provide the service in line with the accessibility requirements. Paragr...

Chapter IX, compliance of services

1 controls

Controls in the Chapter IX, compliance of services domain of European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882): 1 controls
Code	Title	Description
art-23	Article 23: Compliance of services	Paragraph 1 requires adequate procedures, established, implemented and periodically updated, to do three things: check t...

Chapter V, fundamental alteration and disproportionate burden

1 controls

Controls in the Chapter V, fundamental alteration and disproportionate burden domain of European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882): 1 controls
Code	Title	Description
art-14	Article 14: Fundamental alteration and disproportionate burden	Paragraph 1 limits the Article 4 requirements in two cases: compliance would require a significant change that fundament...

Chapter VI, harmonised standards and technical specifications

1 controls

Controls in the Chapter VI, harmonised standards and technical specifications domain of European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882): 1 controls
Code	Title	Description
art-15	Article 15: Presumption of conformity	Paragraph 1 gives the presumption: a product or service in conformity with harmonised standards, or parts of them, whose...

Chapter VII, conformity of products and CE marking

3 controls

Controls in the Chapter VII, conformity of products and CE marking domain of European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882): 3 controls
Code	Title	Description
art-16	Article 16: EU declaration of conformity of products	Paragraph 1 sets the content of the statement. The declaration must confirm that the applicable requirements have been s...
art-17	Article 17: General principles of the CE marking of products	Article 17 applies the general principles of the accreditation and market surveillance regulation to this Directive's CE...
art-18	Article 18: Rules and conditions for affixing the CE marking	Paragraph 1 sets the placement rule. The mark goes on the product itself, or on its data plate, so that it can be seen,...

Chapter VIII, market surveillance of products and Union safeguard procedure

4 controls

Controls in the Chapter VIII, market surveillance of products and Union safeguard procedure domain of European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882): 4 controls
Code	Title	Description
art-19	Article 19: Market surveillance of products	Paragraph 1 imports a set of provisions from Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, including the framework for controls, the powe...
art-20	Article 20: Procedure at national level for dealing with products not complying	Paragraph 1 sets the sequence. Where an authority has sufficient reason to believe a product does not comply, it evaluat...
art-21	Article 21: Union safeguard procedure	Paragraph 1 applies where objections are raised against a national measure or the Commission has good evidence that a na...
art-22	Article 22: Formal non-compliance	Paragraph 1 lists the findings that count as formal non-compliance: CE marking affixed in breach of the regulation or Ar...

Chapter X, accessibility requirements in other Union acts

2 controls

Controls in the Chapter X, accessibility requirements in other Union acts domain of European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882): 2 controls
Code	Title	Description
art-24	Article 24: Accessibility under other Union acts	Paragraph 1 turns Annex I into mandatory accessibility requirements for the purposes of Article 42(1) of Directive 2014/...
art-25	Article 25: Harmonised standards and technical specifications for other Union acts	The article connects the standards route in Article 15 to the wider obligations recognised in Article 24. A product or s...

Chapter XI, delegated acts, implementing powers and final provisions

10 controls

Controls in the Chapter XI, delegated acts, implementing powers and final provisions domain of European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882): 10 controls
Code	Title	Description
art-26	Article 26: Exercise of the delegation	Paragraph 1 makes the power to adopt delegated acts subject to the conditions in the article. Paragraph 2 sets the durat...
art-27	Article 27: Committee procedure	Paragraph 1 establishes the committee that assists the Commission and brings it within Regulation (EU) No 182/2011, the...
art-28	Article 28: Working Group	The Commission must establish a working group made up of representatives of market surveillance authorities, the authori...
art-29	Article 29: Enforcement	Paragraph 1 requires adequate and effective means for compliance with the Directive. Paragraph 2 sets two routes. A cons...
art-30	Article 30: Penalties	Paragraph 1 requires member states to lay down rules on penalties for breaches of the national measures and to take all...
art-31	Article 31: Transposition	Paragraph 1 required member states to adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions needed to co...
art-32	Article 32: Transitional measures	Paragraph 1 gives service providers a transition ending on 28 June 2030. During it they may keep serving customers with...
art-33	Article 33: Report and review	Paragraph 1 requires a report to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committ...
art-34	Article 34: Entry into force	Article 34 fixes entry into force at the twentieth day following publication in the Official Journal. Publication was on...
art-35	Article 35: Addressees	Article 35 addresses the Directive to the member states. That is the formal reason why an operator's duty is found in a...

What is European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882) and who does it apply to?

European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882) is a compliance framework from European Union with 13 domains and 47 controls. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

What does European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882) actually require?

European Accessibility Act, article register (Directive (EU) 2019/882) has 47 controls organised across 13 domains. The largest domains are Chapter XI, delegated acts, implementing powers and final provisions (10 controls), Annex I, accessibility requirements for products and services (7 controls), Chapter III, obligations of economic operators dealing with products (6 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.

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