[1][2] This directive aims to improve the trade between members of the EU for accessible products and services, by removing country specific rules.
Businesses benefit from having a common set of rules within the EU, which should facilitate easier cross-border trade.
[3] Originally proposed in 2011,[4] this act was built to complement the EU's Web Accessibility Directive which targets the public sector and became law in 2016.
[5] The laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive have to be adopted and published by the member states by 28 June 2022.
[6] The requirements and obligations of this Directive do not apply to microenterprises providing services within the scope of this Directive – whereby ‘microenterprise’ means an enterprise which employs fewer than 10 persons and which has an annual turnover not exceeding €2 million or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding €2 million.