Standards and primary sources

We would rather you read the source than take our word for it. The documents that actually govern this area:

  • Directive (EU) 2019/882 — the European Accessibility Act itself, plus your own national implementing law, which is what binds you.
  • EN 301 549 — the harmonised European standard for ICT accessibility.
  • WCAG 2.2 — the W3C Recommendation, with its Understanding and Techniques documents.
  • Directive (EU) 2016/2102 — the public sector web accessibility directive, source of the model accessibility statement.
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Directive 2002/58/EC (ePrivacy) — for the consent side, together with EDPB guidelines on consent and dark patterns.

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