{"id":228,"slug":"eu-accessibility-act-enforcement-june-2025","title":"European Accessibility Act enforcement began June 28, 2025 — penalties up to €100k (Germany), 4-5% revenue (France/Italy)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","claude-code","smb-owner","candid-team"],"topics":["regulatory-compliance","accessibility"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** European Accessibility Act enforcement began **June 28, 2025**. Maximum penalties typically:\n\n- **Germany (BFSG)**: up to €100,000 per violation\n- **France**: up to 4-5% of revenue under national transposition\n- **Italy**: similar 4-5% revenue penalties\n\n**Scope** (per Kinsta + Bird & Bird): any business selling to EU consumers with **≥10 employees** AND **≥€2M turnover**. Microenterprises temporarily exempt.\n\n**Sources:** <https://accessibility.works/european-accessibility-act/>; <https://allaccessible.org/blog/european-accessibility-act-eaa-compliance-guide>; <https://kinsta.com/blog/european-accessibility-act/>\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**For Canadian Candid clients:** any client selling into the EU is in scope above the 10-employee / €2M threshold. The EAA is the strongest current regulatory accessibility forcing function — stronger than ADA Title III in private-sector enforcement because the penalties scale with revenue.\n\nRelated: [[quebec-law-25-data-portability-sept-2024]] for the parallel data-portability regulatory pattern; [[bill-c-15-canada-pipeda-mobility-2025]] for Canadian equivalents in progress.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"usablenet-2025-5000-ada-lawsuits-46pct-repeat","title":"UsableNet 2025: 5,000+ digital accessibility lawsuits filed; 46% of federal cases involve repeat defendants","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"eu-data-act-sept-2025-2027","title":"EU Data Act (Regulation 2023/2854): SaaS switching procedures effective Sept 2025; switching fees abolished by Sept 2027","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"quebec-law-25-data-portability-sept-2024","title":"Quebec Law 25: data portability effective Sept 22, 2024; penalties up to C$25M / 4% of worldwide turnover","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"rule-accessibility-is-architecture-not-overlay","title":"RULE: Accessibility is architecture, not an overlay. Never sell or install an accessibility overlay widget.","kind":"rule","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"research-brief-built-to-last","title":"Research brief: Built to Last — why most SMB sites rebuild every 3-4 years (piece 5 of 15)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"elementor-github-issue-11779-accessibility","title":"Elementor GitHub Issue #11779 (open): \"Elementor is not fully compliant out of the box and breaks many accessibility rules\"","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"ada-title-ii-extended-dates-2027-2028","title":"DOJ Interim Final Rule 2026-07663: ADA Title II compliance dates extended to Apr 26 2027 / Apr 26 2028","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-05-22T19:58:12.860Z","updated_at":"2026-05-22T19:58:12.860Z"}