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EAA Compliance Checklist for Executives

A 10-point checklist to quickly assess whether your digital service is ready for an inspection. Designed for decision-makers, not developers.

1. Check whether you are affected. The EAA applies to all B2C digital services above the micro-enterprise threshold (10 employees or €2M revenue). If you sell online, offer banking, booking, or video content, you are likely covered.

2. Identify your audit scope. List all public URLs in your service: marketing site, customer portal, checkout flow, forms. The audit must cover a representative sample of each page type.

3. Verify your accessibility statement. It must be published, accessible from every page (footer), and include: conformance status, test results, non-conformities, and remedies.

4. Assess your risk exposure. An e-commerce site with 50,000 monthly visitors has higher reputational and financial risk than a B2B brochure site. Prioritise based on exposure.

5. Schedule a flash audit. An automated diagnostic covers approximately 30% of criteria. It is the fastest starting point to identify critical gaps. Cost: €490, results in 48 hours.

6. Budget for remediation. Fixes range from a few hundred euros (simple CSS/HTML fixes) to several thousand (form redesign, JavaScript patches). A fixed-fee quote is the norm.

7. Plan for monitoring. Accessibility degrades with every production release. Continuous monitoring (automated re-scan) catches regressions before they become non-conformities.

8. Train your teams. Developer and PM awareness reduces the rate of new non-conformities by 40–60%. Include accessibility checks in your definition of "done".

9. Document your efforts. During an inspection, authorities will examine your evidence file: audit reports, action plans, proof of fixes. Incomplete documentation weakens your defence.

10. Anticipate scope expansion. The EAA will extend to new sectors and service types. The 2025 obligations are a floor, not a ceiling.

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