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EU Accessibility Act Compliance Checklist

An audit ready EU Accessibility Act checklist that converts legal scope and accessibility outcomes into owned work items, evidence, and release gates.

Use one version for delivery teams and one filtered view for procurement and regulatory response.

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Author
Sorena AI
Published
Feb 21, 2026
Updated
Feb 23, 2026
Sections
2

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Primary sources
6

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Sorena AI
Published Feb 21, 2026
Updated Feb 23, 2026
Overview

A useful EU Accessibility Act checklist is not a list of abstract principles. It is a working control sheet tied to exact offerings, operator roles, interfaces, standards, tests, documents, and sign off owners. This checklist is organised so teams can use it as a release gate, an internal audit script, and a procurement evidence index without duplicating effort.

Section 1

Scope and governance checklist

Before any remediation work starts, confirm what is in scope and who owns it. Many accessibility programmes fail because engineering assumes legal has done the scoping and legal assumes product has done it. The checklist needs named owners for each layer.

For products, document the manufacturer, importer, distributor, or authorised representative role and the expected conformity documents. For services, identify the service owner, accessibility lead, and operational support owner.

  • Scope register approved for each product or service in Article 2 scope.
  • Operator roles assigned with named owners and escalation routes.
  • Channels and interfaces listed, including packaging, installation information, customer support, websites, apps, and interactive terminals where relevant.
  • Transition rules and exclusions checked and recorded.
  • Review cadence defined for releases, new countries, and material UX changes.
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Section 2

Requirements, testing, and evidence checklist

Once scope is fixed, map the applicable Annex I outcomes to measurable acceptance criteria. For ICT heavy offerings, EN 301 549 is the most practical bridge between the directive and engineering work. Every mapped requirement should have a test method and an evidence owner.

Close the loop by linking findings to remediation, retesting, and release approval. A green audit result without traceable evidence does not help when procurement teams or authorities ask what changed and when.

  • Annex I outcomes mapped to applicable EN 301 549 clauses and test cases.
  • Manual and automated testing completed with environment details and assistive technology coverage.
  • Defects classified, remediated, retested, and linked to release notes.
  • Technical documentation prepared for products and service evidence pack prepared for services.
  • Conformance statement or declaration workflow defined and reviewed by the right owner.
  • Article 14 assessments, if any, documented and retained for the required period.
  • Procurement response pack prepared with measurable acceptance criteria and evidence links.
Primary sources

References and citations

ETSI - EN 301 549 overview
etsi.org
Referenced sections
  • Official ETSI overview of EN 301 549, the European accessibility standard used to operationalise ICT requirements across web, software, hardware, documents, and communications.
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