--- title: European Accessibility Act first year: a toddler still... description: One year after the European Accessibility Act (EAA) took effect, a survey of 106 e-commerce homepages across all 27 EU member states reveals widespread... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/european-accessibility-act-first-year-a-toddler-still-waiting-for-the-first-tooth-bogdan-on-digit-kjjkl9oyu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: European Accessibility Act first year: a toddler still waiting for the first tooth – Bogdan on Digital Accessibility (A11y) | daily.dev og:description: One year after the European Accessibility Act (EAA) took effect, a survey of 106 e-commerce homepages across all 27 EU member states reveals widespread... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/european-accessibility-act-first-year-a-toddler-still-waiting-for-the-first-tooth-bogdan-on-digit-kjjkl9oyu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KjJkl9oYU.png og:image:alt: European Accessibility Act first year: a toddler still waiting for the first tooth – Bogdan on Digital Accessibility (A11y) 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. # European Accessibility Act first year: a toddler still waiting for the first tooth – Bogdan on Digital Accessibility (A11y) **[Bogdan on A11y](https://daily.dev/sources/cerovac_a11y)** · 5 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary One year after the European Accessibility Act (EAA) took effect, a survey of 106 e-commerce homepages across all 27 EU member states reveals widespread non-compliance. Every single homepage had automatically detected WCAG issues, with the worst showing 247 violations. Only 20% of sites had an accessibility statement, and 13 countries had no accessible statement at all among their major retailers. Just 9 sites claimed partial conformance, and 5 statements mentioned no standard whatsoever. The author argues that the directive alone cannot harmonize accessibility maturity across member states, and calls for shared responsibility among authorities, vendors, educators, and organizations to drive real progress rather than superficial compliance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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