Agent WranglersLaw and statements
Know which accessibility laws cover each service in the EU, Sweden and the US. Publish a statement, track the deadlines and give support people can use.
- Required 2
- Recommended 4
The duty under the European Accessibility Act, with its register entry and audit, lives in Meet the European Accessibility Act as a legal duty. These rules name the laws and the standard for each market. They publish the statement, track the Act's dates and give support people can use. Rules that hold in one country or region only carry its name.
Required
Meet the WCAG level your accessibility law names
AXS-44 EU, US lawRecord which accessibility laws cover each service and market. Where one does, meet every WCAG A and AA criterion it names, whatever level this playbook gives the rule. Target WCAG 2.2 AA, which includes the WCAG 2.1 AA most laws point to.
Publish how each service meets the accessibility rules
AXS-58 EU lawPublish an accessibility statement for each service the European Accessibility Act covers, and for each public sector site or app the Web Accessibility Directive covers. It describes the service, how it meets the requirements, the standard and version used, known gaps with fix dates, and how to report a problem.
Recommended
Track each service against the Act's dates
AXS-59 EU lawList each consumer service you offer in the EU with its Article 2(2) category or "not covered". Add the date its transition ends.
Map each Swedish service to its accessibility law
AXS-77 SE lawFor each service offered in Sweden, record which accessibility law covers it. The two are lag (2018:1937) for public services and lag (2023:254) for consumer services under the European Accessibility Act. Record which authority supervises it.
Give US federal buyers a Section 508 report
AXS-78 US lawBefore you sell software or a service to a US federal agency, give it an Accessibility Conformance Report against the Revised 508 Standards. The report covers every WCAG 2.0 A and AA criterion and the software and documentation provisions that apply.
Give support that disabled people can use
AXS-60 EU lawOffer support in at least two ways, one in writing and one by voice or video. Help pages and manuals pass the same checks as the product.
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