--- title: An introduction to the European Accessibility Act (EAA) description: The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is a piece of legislation that requires industries operating in or selling within the EU to ensure accessibility in their... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/an-introduction-to-the-european-accessibility-act-eaa--yeyzsnxut twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: An introduction to the European Accessibility Act (EAA) | daily.dev og:description: The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is a piece of legislation that requires industries operating in or selling within the EU to ensure accessibility in their... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/an-introduction-to-the-european-accessibility-act-eaa--yeyzsnxut og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YEYzSNxUT.png og:image:alt: An introduction to the European Accessibility Act (EAA) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # An introduction to the European Accessibility Act (EAA) **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 4 min read · 9 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is a piece of legislation that requires industries operating in or selling within the EU to ensure accessibility in their products and services. It aims to coordinate accessibility standards across member states and increase accessibility to a wider range of services. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@coppnic** · 0 upvotes > This is a very important step. Make sure to check out the regulations for your target country within the EU as some countries tend to be even more strict with their laws as the EAA is just a "minimum" of what has to be done. > > Also the EAA is a addition, not a replacement, for already existing laws. > > In germany for example you have multiple Laws, in Berlin you also have another additional law (LADG) which aims for anti discrimination, but includes accessibility in a broader sense. > > So make sure to talk with your lawyers of how you have to implement it for you specific market. Or just go way... ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#accessibility](https://daily.dev/tags/accessibility) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/an-introduction-to-the-european-accessibility-act-eaa--yeyzsnxut) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"An introduction to the European Accessibility Act (EAA)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/an-introduction-to-the-european-accessibility-act-eaa--yeyzsnxut","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/an-introduction-to-the-european-accessibility-act-eaa--yeyzsnxut"},"datePublished":"2024-05-13T15:22:25.220Z","dateModified":"2024-05-13T15:22:23.717Z","description":"The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is a piece of legislation that requires industries operating in or selling within the EU to ensure accessibility in their...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/11e648c7c84619bc5aced5cfb3691749?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/11e648c7c84619bc5aced5cfb3691749?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Community Picks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Community Picks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1655817725/logos/community","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/an-introduction-to-the-european-accessibility-act-eaa--yeyzsnxut","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":9},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"accessibility","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Picks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"An introduction to the European Accessibility Act (EAA)"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/an-introduction-to-the-european-accessibility-act-eaa--yeyzsnxut","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"This is a very important step. 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