Directive (EU) 2019/882 applies to selected consumer products and services, including computers, smartphones, payment terminals, ATMs, ticketing machines, e-readers, electronic communications, banking, e-commerce, e-books, and passenger transport service information.
Use this calendar to separate legal application dates from transition rules, assign the right product or service owner, and keep the evidence that authorities can request.
Structured answer sets in this page tree.
Cited legal and guidance references.
The EU Accessibility Act calendar is not a single launch deadline. It has a national transposition date, a general application date, a later option for 112 emergency communications, service and contract transition rules, self-service terminal limits, and recurring evidence duties for products and services in scope.
Start the tracker with the legal date, the affected population, and the operational consequence. Article 31 required Member States to adopt and publish national measures by 28 June 2022 and to apply those measures from 28 June 2025. That 2025 date is the key cutover for new in-scope products placed on the market and in-scope services provided to consumers.
Do not treat every legacy item the same way. Article 32 gives service providers a transition period ending on 28 June 2030 for services using products lawfully used before that date. Service contracts agreed before 28 June 2025 may continue without alteration until expiry, but no longer than five years from 28 June 2025.
Self-service terminals need a separate asset register. Member States may allow terminals lawfully used before 28 June 2025 to continue for similar services until the end of their economically useful life, but no longer than 20 years after entry into use. Article 31 also allows Member States to apply the Article 4(8) obligations for answering 112 emergency communications at the latest from 28 June 2027.
Check whether each EAA milestone has a named owner, national-law note, product or service scope decision, accessibility evidence, and transition status before the next release or renewal.
Use the calendar as a release-control list. For every product or service line, record whether the item is in the Article 2 scope, whether a microenterprise service exemption is relevant, which Member State law applies, and whether the product or service is new, already lawfully used, or covered by a pre-application service contract.
Product owners should maintain technical documentation, EU declaration of conformity, CE marking status, standards or technical specifications applied, and corrective-action records. Service owners should keep the public information explaining how the service meets accessibility requirements for as long as the service operates.
Where an economic operator relies on fundamental alteration or disproportionate burden, Article 14 requires an assessment. The result must be documented and kept for five years from the last making available of the product on the market or after the service was last provided, unless the Directive provides a specific microenterprise documentation exception.
"Service providers should renew their assessment of a disproportionate burden at least every five years."
"planned to be updated to also support the European Directive 2019/882"
"the European Accessibility Act (EAA) will enter into application in the EU"
"covers products and services"
"The references of harmonised standards must be published in the Official Journal"