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X-WR-CALDESC:Digital accessibility compliance deadlines from https://access
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 d 2026-11-11. Educational content\, not legal advice.
NAME:Accessibility compliance deadlines (European Union)
DESCRIPTION:Digital accessibility compliance deadlines from https://accessi
 bility.build/compliance/deadlines\, each with its primary source. Reviewed
  2026-11-11. Educational content\, not legal advice.
URL:https://accessibility.build/compliance/deadlines
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:etsi-en-301-549-v4-doa@accessibility.build
DTSTAMP:20261111T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261201
SUMMARY:European Union (ETSI): EN 301 549 V4.1.1: latest national announcem
 ent
DESCRIPTION:National standards bodies must announce V4.1.1 by this date. It
  is often misreported as the EU citation date.\n\nWho: National standards 
 bodies\nWhat: Date of latest announcement (doa) printed in the standard.\n
 Standard: EN 301 549 V4.1.1\nStatus: Binding date\nNote: A standards-body 
 date\, not a legal deadline and not an Official Journal citation date.\nSo
 urce: ETSI EN 301 549 V4.1.1\, national transposition dates\, https://www.
 etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/04.01.01_60/en_301549v040101
 p.pdf\nDetails: https://accessibility.build/compliance/deadlines#etsi-en-3
 01-549-v4-doa\nReviewed 2026-11-11. Educational content\, not legal advice
 .
URL:https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/04.01.01_60/e
 n_301549v040101p.pdf
CATEGORIES:European Union
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:0
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:European Union (ETSI): EN 301 549 V4.1.1: latest national annou
 ncement
TRIGGER:-P14D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eu-ai-act-art-50-2-legacy@accessibility.build
DTSTAMP:20261111T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261203
SUMMARY:European Union: AI Act: legacy generative systems must mark synthet
 ic content
DESCRIPTION:Generative AI systems already on the market get until this date
  to label their output as AI-generated.\n\nWho: Providers of generative AI
  systems placed on the market before 2 August 2026\nWhat: Comply with the 
 Article 50(2) machine-readable marking duty (Article 111(4) as added by Re
 gulation (EU) 2026/1744).\nStatus: Binding date\nSource: Regulation (EU) 2
 026/1744\, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj/eng\nDetails: ht
 tps://accessibility.build/compliance/deadlines#eu-ai-act-art-50-2-legacy\n
 Reviewed 2026-11-11. Educational content\, not legal advice.
URL:https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj/eng
CATEGORIES:European Union
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:0
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:European Union: AI Act: legacy generative systems must mark syn
 thetic content
TRIGGER:-P14D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eu-en-301-549-v4-oj-expected@accessibility.build
DTSTAMP:20261111T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261216
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261217
SUMMARY:European Union: EN 301 549 V4.1.1 expected in the Official Journal
DESCRIPTION:Ireland's National Disability Authority says the citation is cu
 rrently expected on 16 December 2026. Until it happens\, no edition of EN 
 301 549 is cited under the EAA.\n\nWho: Economic operators under the Europ
 ean Accessibility Act\nWhat: Not cited as of 10 November 2026. Citation wo
 uld give a presumption of conformity with the EAA accessibility requiremen
 ts\, effectively making WCAG 2.2 AA the EU benchmark.\nStandard: EN 301 54
 9 V4.1.1 (WCAG 2.2 AA)\nStatus: Expected\, not confirmed\nNote: Deque upda
 ted its post on 10 November 2026 to say 22 January 2027\, without giving a
  source. 30 November 2026 is ETSI's announcement date\, not a citation dat
 e.\nSource: National Disability Authority (Ireland)\, EN 301 549 V4.1.1 pu
 blished\, https://nda.ie/news/en301549-published\nDetails: https://accessi
 bility.build/compliance/deadlines#eu-en-301-549-v4-oj-expected\nReviewed 2
 026-11-11. Educational content\, not legal advice.
URL:https://nda.ie/news/en301549-published
CATEGORIES:European Union
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:0
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:European Union: EN 301 549 V4.1.1 expected in the Official Jour
 nal
TRIGGER:-P14D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:etsi-en-301-549-v4-dop@accessibility.build
DTSTAMP:20261111T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270601
SUMMARY:European Union (ETSI): EN 301 549 V4.1.1: latest national publicati
 on
DESCRIPTION:National standards bodies must publish V4.1.1 as a national sta
 ndard by this date.\n\nWho: National standards bodies\nWhat: Date of lates
 t publication or endorsement as a national standard (dop/e).\nStandard: EN
  301 549 V4.1.1\nStatus: Binding date\nNote: A standards-body date\, not a
  legal deadline.\nSource: ETSI EN 301 549 V4.1.1\, https://www.etsi.org/de
 liver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/04.01.01_60/en_301549v040101p.pdf\nDeta
 ils: https://accessibility.build/compliance/deadlines#etsi-en-301-549-v4-d
 op\nReviewed 2026-11-11. Educational content\, not legal advice.
URL:https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/04.01.01_60/e
 n_301549v040101p.pdf
CATEGORIES:European Union
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:0
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:European Union (ETSI): EN 301 549 V4.1.1: latest national publi
 cation
TRIGGER:-P14D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eu-edc-transposition@accessibility.build
DTSTAMP:20261111T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270605
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270606
SUMMARY:European Union: European Disability Card Directive transposition de
 adline
DESCRIPTION:Member States must transpose the European Disability Card and P
 arking Card rules\, including the accessible information duties.\n\nWho: E
 U Member States\nWhat: Adopt national measures for Directive (EU) 2024/284
 1. Article 11 requires card information in accessible formats\, including 
 digital and easy-to-read.\nStatus: Binding date\nSource: Directive (EU) 20
 24/2841\, Article 21\, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/2841/oj/eng\
 nDetails: https://accessibility.build/compliance/deadlines#eu-edc-transpos
 ition\nReviewed 2026-11-11. Educational content\, not legal advice.
URL:https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/2841/oj/eng
CATEGORIES:European Union
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:0
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:European Union: European Disability Card Directive transpositio
 n deadline
TRIGGER:-P14D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eu-eaa-112@accessibility.build
DTSTAMP:20261111T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270629
SUMMARY:European Union: EAA: latest start for accessible 112 emergency comm
 unications
DESCRIPTION:The last permitted start date for accessible emergency-number a
 nswering across the EU.\n\nWho: Public safety answering points in Member S
 tates that deferred\nWhat: Article 31(3) lets Member States defer applying
  Article 4(8) (answering 112 emergency communications accessibly) until th
 is date at the latest.\nStatus: Binding date\nNote: Some Member States app
 lied it earlier. Ireland did not defer: S.I. 636/2023 applies it from 28 J
 une 2025.\nSource: Directive (EU) 2019/882\, Article 31(3)\, https://eur-l
 ex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/882/oj/eng\nDetails: https://accessibility.build
 /compliance/deadlines#eu-eaa-112\nReviewed 2026-11-11. Educational content
 \, not legal advice.
URL:https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/882/oj/eng
CATEGORIES:European Union
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:0
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:European Union: EAA: latest start for accessible 112 emergency 
 communications
TRIGGER:-P14D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eu-ai-act-annex-iii@accessibility.build
DTSTAMP:20261111T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271203
SUMMARY:European Union: AI Act high-risk rules apply (Annex III)\, includin
 g accessibility
DESCRIPTION:High-risk AI used in areas like hiring and credit must meet EU 
 accessibility requirements from this date.\n\nWho: Providers of high-risk 
 AI systems listed in Annex III (employment\, education\, essential service
 s and others)\nWhat: Chapter III Sections 1 to 3 apply. Article 16(l): the
  system must comply with the accessibility requirements of Directives 2016
 /2102 and 2019/882.\nStatus: Binding date\nSource: Regulation (EU) 2024/16
 89 Article 113\, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744\, https://eur-lex
 .europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj/eng\nDetails: https://accessibility.build/
 compliance/deadlines#eu-ai-act-annex-iii\nReviewed 2026-11-11. Educational
  content\, not legal advice.
URL:https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj/eng
CATEGORIES:European Union
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:0
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:European Union: AI Act high-risk rules apply (Annex III)\, incl
 uding accessibility
TRIGGER:-P14D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eu-wad-monitoring-2027@accessibility.build
DTSTAMP:20261111T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271223
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271224
SUMMARY:European Union: Web Accessibility Directive monitoring reports due 
 (computed date)
DESCRIPTION:Member States report how accessible public sector websites and 
 apps are. The previous rounds were 2021 and 2024.\n\nWho: EU Member States
 \nWhat: Report monitoring outcomes and measurement data to the Commission 
 (Article 8(4)).\nStatus: Computed from cadence\nHow the date was computed:
  By 23 December 2021 and every three years after (2021\, 2024\, 2027\, 203
 0).\nSource: Directive (EU) 2016/2102\, Article 8(4)\, https://eur-lex.eur
 opa.eu/eli/dir/2016/2102/oj/eng\nDetails: https://accessibility.build/comp
 liance/deadlines#eu-wad-monitoring-2027\nReviewed 2026-11-11. Educational 
 content\, not legal advice.
URL:https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2016/2102/oj/eng
CATEGORIES:European Union
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:0
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:European Union: Web Accessibility Directive monitoring reports 
 due (computed date)
TRIGGER:-P14D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:etsi-en-301-549-v4-dow@accessibility.build
DTSTAMP:20261111T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280601
SUMMARY:European Union (ETSI): EN 301 549: conflicting national standards w
 ithdrawn
DESCRIPTION:National versions of earlier editions that conflict with V4.1.1
  must be withdrawn.\n\nWho: National standards bodies\nWhat: Date of withd
 rawal (dow) of conflicting national standards.\nStandard: EN 301 549 V4.1.
 1\nStatus: Binding date\nNote: A standards-body date. Legal citations foll
 ow the Commission\, not this date.\nSource: ETSI EN 301 549 V4.1.1\, https
 ://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/04.01.01_60/en_301549
 v040101p.pdf\nDetails: https://accessibility.build/compliance/deadlines#et
 si-en-301-549-v4-dow\nReviewed 2026-11-11. Educational content\, not legal
  advice.
URL:https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/04.01.01_60/e
 n_301549v040101p.pdf
CATEGORIES:European Union
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:0
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:European Union (ETSI): EN 301 549: conflicting national standar
 ds withdrawn
TRIGGER:-P14D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eu-edc-apply@accessibility.build
DTSTAMP:20261111T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280605
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280606
SUMMARY:European Union: European Disability Card rules apply
DESCRIPTION:Mutual recognition of the European Disability Card starts acros
 s Member States.\n\nWho: EU Member States\nWhat: Apply the Directive (EU) 
 2024/2841 measures\; cards carry a QR code and digital anti-fraud features
  by this date.\nStatus: Binding date\nSource: Directive (EU) 2024/2841\, A
 rticles 4 and 21\, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/2841/oj/eng\nDet
 ails: https://accessibility.build/compliance/deadlines#eu-edc-apply\nRevie
 wed 2026-11-11. Educational content\, not legal advice.
URL:https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/2841/oj/eng
CATEGORIES:European Union
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:0
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:European Union: European Disability Card rules apply
TRIGGER:-P14D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eu-ai-act-annex-i@accessibility.build
DTSTAMP:20261111T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280802
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280803
SUMMARY:European Union: AI Act high-risk rules apply (Annex I products)
DESCRIPTION:High-risk AI built into regulated products such as machinery\, 
 medical devices and toys must meet accessibility requirements.\n\nWho: Pro
 viders of AI that is a safety component of products under Annex I legislat
 ion\nWhat: Chapter III Sections 1 to 3 apply\, including the Article 16(l)
  accessibility duty.\nStatus: Binding date\nSource: Regulation (EU) 2024/1
 689 Article 113\, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744\, https://eur-le
 x.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj/eng\nDetails: https://accessibility.build
 /compliance/deadlines#eu-ai-act-annex-i\nReviewed 2026-11-11. Educational 
 content\, not legal advice.
URL:https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj/eng
CATEGORIES:European Union
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:0
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:European Union: AI Act high-risk rules apply (Annex I products)
TRIGGER:-P14D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eu-avmsd-report-2028@accessibility.build
DTSTAMP:20261111T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281220
SUMMARY:European Union: Audiovisual Media Services Directive accessibility 
 reports due (computed date)
DESCRIPTION:Member States report progress on accessible TV and on-demand se
 rvices.\n\nWho: EU Member States (reporting on media service providers)\nW
 hat: Report on making audiovisual media services progressively more access
 ible (Article 7(2)).\nStatus: Computed from cadence\nHow the date was comp
 uted: By 19 December 2022 and every three years after (2022\, 2025\, 2028)
 .\nSource: Directive (EU) 2018/1808\, Article 7(2)\, https://eur-lex.europ
 a.eu/eli/dir/2018/1808/oj/eng\nDetails: https://accessibility.build/compli
 ance/deadlines#eu-avmsd-report-2028\nReviewed 2026-11-11. Educational cont
 ent\, not legal advice.
URL:https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2018/1808/oj/eng
CATEGORIES:European Union
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:0
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:European Union: Audiovisual Media Services Directive accessibil
 ity reports due (computed date)
TRIGGER:-P14D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eu-eaa-commission-report@accessibility.build
DTSTAMP:20261111T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300629
SUMMARY:European Union: First Commission report on the EAA
DESCRIPTION:The first EU-wide review of how the EAA is working\, including 
 enforcement.\n\nWho: European Commission\nWhat: Report on the application 
 of the Directive\, then every five years (Article 33(1)).\nStatus: Binding
  date\nSource: Directive (EU) 2019/882\, Article 33(1)\, https://eur-lex.e
 uropa.eu/eli/dir/2019/882/oj/eng\nDetails: https://accessibility.build/com
 pliance/deadlines#eu-eaa-commission-report\nReviewed 2026-11-11. Education
 al content\, not legal advice.
URL:https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/882/oj/eng
CATEGORIES:European Union
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:0
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:European Union: First Commission report on the EAA
TRIGGER:-P14D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eu-eaa-transition-end@accessibility.build
DTSTAMP:20261111T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20300628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20300629
SUMMARY:European Union: EAA transition ends for pre-2025 contracts and prod
 ucts
DESCRIPTION:The EAA's grace period for older contracts and equipment ends. 
 Websites and apps were never covered by it.\n\nWho: Service providers\nWha
 t: Service contracts agreed before 28 June 2025 can run unaltered for no l
 onger than five years\, and products lawfully used to provide services may
  be used until this date (Article 32(1)). Self-service terminals: up to 20
  years from entry into use where national law allows (Article 32(2)).\nSta
 tus: Binding date\nSource: Directive (EU) 2019/882\, Article 32\, https://
 eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/882/oj/eng\nDetails: https://accessibility.
 build/compliance/deadlines#eu-eaa-transition-end\nReviewed 2026-11-11. Edu
 cational content\, not legal advice.
URL:https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/882/oj/eng
CATEGORIES:European Union
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:0
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:European Union: EAA transition ends for pre-2025 contracts and 
 products
TRIGGER:-P14D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eu-wad-monitoring-2030@accessibility.build
DTSTAMP:20261111T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20301223
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20301224
SUMMARY:European Union: Web Accessibility Directive monitoring reports due 
 (computed date)
DESCRIPTION:The following Web Accessibility Directive reporting round.\n\nW
 ho: EU Member States\nWhat: The next three-year monitoring report (Article
  8(4)).\nStatus: Computed from cadence\nHow the date was computed: By 23 D
 ecember 2021 and every three years after (2021\, 2024\, 2027\, 2030).\nSou
 rce: Directive (EU) 2016/2102\, Article 8(4)\, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/e
 li/dir/2016/2102/oj/eng\nDetails: https://accessibility.build/compliance/d
 eadlines#eu-wad-monitoring-2030\nReviewed 2026-11-11. Educational content\
 , not legal advice.
URL:https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2016/2102/oj/eng
CATEGORIES:European Union
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
SEQUENCE:0
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:European Union: Web Accessibility Directive monitoring reports 
 due (computed date)
TRIGGER:-P14D
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
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