EAA in Czechia

National transposition

Act on Accessibility of Certain Products and Services

Surveillance authority

Czech Trade Inspection oversees market surveillance and complaint handling in Czechia.

Maximum penalty

CZK 1,000,000 — Czechia sets administrative fines for serious or repeated non-compliance.

Who must comply

• Manufacturers of in-scope products placed on the Czechia market.
• Importers and distributors with a Czechia presence.
• Service providers offering covered services (banking, e-commerce, transport, ebooks, audiovisual, e-comms) to Czechia consumers.
• Micro-enterprises (< 10 employees, < €2 million turnover) are exempt for services only.

Steps to compliance in Czechia

1. Confirm in-scope status under the Czechia transposition.
2. Map your product against EN 301 549 v3.2.1 (WCAG 2.1 AA for web + chapters 5/11/12/13).
3. Audit and remediate; pair manual review with automated rule scanning.
4. Publish a Czechia-language EAA accessibility statement (Article 13).
5. Maintain technical documentation for market surveillance enquiries from Czech Trade Inspection.

Related

• EAA — full explainer
• EN 301 549 — harmonised technical standard
• WCAG 2.1 AA