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EAA in Finland

The European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882) was transposed into Finland law as Act on Accessibility Requirements (102/2023), with enforcement from 28 June 2025.

National transposition

Act on Accessibility Requirements (102/2023)

Surveillance authority

Traficom oversees market surveillance and complaint handling in Finland.

Maximum penalty

€100,000Finland sets administrative fines for serious or repeated non-compliance.

Who must comply

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

Steps to compliance in Finland

  1. Confirm in-scope status under the Finland 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 Finland-language EAA accessibility statement (Article 13).
  5. Maintain technical documentation for market surveillance enquiries from Traficom.

Related

Audit your Finland site against EN 301 549.

EAA-format report. EN 301 549 chapter mapping. Ready for market surveillance enquiry.

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