EN 301 549EAA in force since June 2025
Accessibility audits your clients can act on
Automated WCAG 2.2 scans, branded reports and monthly monitoring — built for agencies and law firms serving clients in the EU.
Early access is limited. Waitlist members get founding pricing.
Directive (EU) 2019/882European Accessibility Act
The deadline has passed. Enforcement has started.
Since 28 June 2025, the European Accessibility Act requires a wide range of digital products and services to be accessible — e-commerce, banking, transport, e-books and more. The technical benchmark is EN 301 549, which builds on WCAG 2.1 AA.
Enforcement and fines are defined by each member state. In Germany, the BFSG allows fines of up to €100,000. Microenterprises providing services are exempt, but their agency-built websites often are not the ones at risk — their clients are.
This is general information, not legal advice.
| 28 June 2025 | EAA applies to new products and services placed on the EU market |
|---|---|
| 28 June 2030 | End of transition period for pre-existing service contracts |
| Per member state | Fines and enforcement bodies defined nationally |
WebAIM Million 2026Avoidable failures
Most failures are entirely avoidable.
96% of all accessibility errors found across the top one million homepages fall into just six categories — including these four. Every one of them is machine-detectable. Most are fixed in hours, not months.
- SC 1.4.383.9%
Low contrast text
Text below the minimum 4.5:1 contrast ratio — hard to read for low-vision users, and the single most common failure on the web.
- SC 1.1.153.1%
Images without alt text
Screen reader users get silence or a filename instead of the content. Often a one-attribute fix.
- SC 3.3.251.0%
Form inputs without labels
Half the web's forms can't tell assistive technology what each field is for. That's signups and checkouts, lost.
- SC 2.4.446.3%
Empty links
Links with no accessible text. For a screen reader user, the destination is a mystery.
Share of the top 1,000,000 homepages failing each criterion — WebAIM Million, February 2026.
Enforcement 2025–2026Real cases
This is no longer theoretical. It is in court.
The first enforcement wave under the European Accessibility Act is underway — and in the US, digital accessibility lawsuits have been an industry for years.
- FR · 2026Injunction
Carrefour — France
In June 2026, a French court ordered Carrefour to make its e-commerce site and mobile app fully accessible within six months — under a penalty payment for every day of delay. The first major EAA ruling.
- DE · 2025Warning letters
E-commerce operators — Germany
Within weeks of the BFSG taking effect, German online shops began receiving formal warning letters (Abmahnungen) citing accessibility violations.
- SE · 2025Cases open
PTS regulator — Sweden
Sweden's telecom authority opened its first e-commerce enforcement cases after receiving 124 public complaints in the first months of the EAA.
- US · 20255,114 in 2025
Digital accessibility lawsuits — US
5,114 lawsuits filed in 2025 alone — 70% of them against e-commerce companies. Over 25,000 since 2018. The EU is at the start of the same curve.
Publicly reported cases and filings, 2025–2026. Sources on request — we cite everything.
SC 2.4.7How it works
Scan. Report. Monitor.
- 01
Scan
Enter a URL. We audit it against WCAG 2.2 A and AA success criteria with an automated engine — no plugin, no code changes.
- 02
Branded report
Get a prioritized report with your logo on it: what fails, where, why it matters, and how to fix it — ordered by legal risk.
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Monthly monitor
Sites change and regressions happen. We re-scan every month and alert you when something breaks — before someone else notices.
EN 301 549 · 9.xFor agencies and law firms
Your name on the report. Our engine behind it.
Agencies resell accessibility audits as a recurring service. Law firms use them to assess exposure before someone else does. In both cases, the report carries your brand — not ours.
WCAG Inspector is built by the team behind CookieInspector, the cookie compliance scanner used by agencies and law firms across Europe and the US.
- White-label PDF reports with your logo
- Monitor all client sites from one account
- Plain-language findings your clients understand
SC 3.1.5Plain answers
Frequently asked questions
What does WCAG Inspector check?
We run automated checks against WCAG 2.2 level A and AA success criteria — the standard referenced by EN 301 549 and the European Accessibility Act. Every finding cites the exact criterion it maps to.
Does an automated scan make my site compliant?
No — and be wary of any tool that claims otherwise. Automated testing reliably detects roughly half of accessibility issues. Our reports catch what machines can catch, and tell you exactly which criteria still need human review.
Who has to comply with the European Accessibility Act?
Businesses selling products or services to consumers in the EU — including e-commerce, banking, transport and e-books — regardless of where the business is based. Microenterprises providing services (under 10 employees and €2M turnover) are exempt.
Can I white-label the reports?
Yes. The agency plan is built around it: your logo, your colors, your client list. Your clients never see our name unless you want them to.
When does it launch?
We are in private development. Waitlist members get early access first, founding pricing, and a say in what we build.
SC 3.3.2Waitlist
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