Explanation European Accessibility Act (EAA)

lady of the HOUSE
7 days ago
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The European Accessibility Act (EAA) came into force on 28 June 2025. This EU directive requires products and services, including digital ones, to be accessible to people with disabilities. This means that websites, apps, e-books, ticketing systems, online shops and much more must be designed and developed to be used by everyone, regardless of their abilities. Within Wix, this can largely be solved with the updated accessibility wizard.

Exceptions small business owners

In principle, as a small business owner, you do not have to fully comply with the accessibility requirements, but it is important that parts that are conducive to the readability and user-friendliness of your website are properly implemented. This benefits everyone. In addition, it is rewarded by Google et al search engines (SEO) and Ai search (GEO) if you comply and show that you are making an effort to comply with the EAA.

In principle, these regulations do not apply directly to small business owners who employ fewer than 10 people or have an annual turnover below €2 million.

There is another exception for entrepreneurs: they do not have to adapt their service or product if it would then change too much. Or if the cost of making it accessible is too high when you consider the benefits. Wix accessibility wizard: In Wix, the tool to scan the website for accessibility has recently been updated. This tool allows you to update your website where needed. What is paid attention to in this tool:

Ample contrast between text and backgrounds.
Use of the latest technology (so old Wix forms, video players and photo galleries should be replaced by the new tools/apps within Wix).
Structure of a page using sequence titles, subtitles, paragraphs and/or quotes (H1, H2, H3, p etc.).
Photo descriptions in the tags (literal description of the photo so that it can be seen or aurally listened to on right-click).
Expand and clarify button and link descriptions. 'Read more' does not suffice.
Subtitles for videos for the hard of hearing.