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EAA Article 13: fine ranges by Member State, mid-2026
Article 13 of Directive (EU) 2019/882 left penalty levels to national legislatures.
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EAA first year: enforcement, penalties, and the compliance-rate trajectory across the EU 27
Twelve months after the European Accessibility Act came into force across the EU on 28 June 2025, the first enforcement data is in. Penalties range from €5,000 in Estonia to €500,000 in Germany; scan-coverage between 30% and 70%; transposition still uneven.
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EAA enforcement, year 2: penalty data from member-state market-surveillance authorities
Year 2 of EAA enforcement — 28 June 2026 to 28 June 2027 — produces the first comparable penalty data from named national market-surveillance authorities. BAFA, AEPD, ARCOM, AgID, Tarbijakaitseamet, Agentschap Telecom, and the newly stood-up Belgian AIBE are now publishing actions on the record.
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EAA vs ADA: how the two penalty regimes differ in scope and reach
A head-to-head comparison of the European Accessibility Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act penalty regimes — Member-State administrative fines from €5,000 to €1 million versus US statutory civil penalties up to $114,189 per subsequent violation plus injunctive relief and attorneys'.
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EN 301 549 explained — the EU's accessibility standard
EN 301 549 — the ETSI harmonised European standard that turns WCAG 2.1 AA into procurement-binding text. V3.2.1 is in force in 2026; V4 incorporating WCAG 2.2 is in late-stage drafting. Full clause-by-clause primer.
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European Accessibility Act guide — EAA & Directive 2019/882
European Accessibility Act (EAA) explained — Directive (EU) 2019/882 became enforceable on 28 June 2025. Scope, WCAG 2.1 AA / EN 301 549 reference, microenterprise carve-out and the Article 14 disproportionate-burden defence.
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France's RGAA: the public-sector audit obligation that bleeds into private contracts
France's Référentiel général d'amélioration de l'accessibilité (RGAA) version 4.1.2 is one of Europe's most-cited national accessibility frameworks.
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Germany's BGG, BITV, and BFSG: how federal law meets EU technical standards
Germany's accessibility regime layers three statutes — the federal BGG (2002, reformed 2016), the technical BITV 2.0 ordinance, and the EAA-transposing BFSG (2021) — over a parallel set of sixteen Länder laws and a 2025 BAFA enforcement turn-on.
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Profile: how one EU public-sector procurement officer enforces EN 301 549
A composite portrait of an EU member-state procurement officer who turns EN 301 549 from a referenced standard into rejected tenders, demanded evidence and post-award remediation clauses. Drawn from interviews with seven officers across five member states; identifying details anonymised.