European Accessibility Act in Denmark: LOV nr 801 af 07/06/2022, who must comply, what's required
Updated 2026-08-07 · European Accessibility Act · Denmark
Lov om tilgængelighedskrav for produkter og tjenester (LOV nr 801 af 07/06/2022) is Denmark's transposition of the European Accessibility Act, Directive (EU) 2019/882, into national law. Its accessibility requirements for covered products and services apply from 28 June 2025, the same date as across the rest of the EU. This guide covers who the law binds, what it requires, and where the official text sits.
What the law does
Denmark implements the directive through a dedicated act separate from its existing public-sector accessibility rules, mirroring the split the EAA itself created EU-wide between the older Web Accessibility Directive (public sector) and the newer EAA (private sector). The substantive requirements are harmonised across the EU: a product or service that meets them can circulate across the single market without a fresh assessment in every country.
Who is covered
- Products: consumer computer hardware and operating systems, self-service terminals (payment terminals, ATMs, ticketing and check-in machines, interactive information kiosks), consumer terminal equipment for telecoms and audiovisual media, and e-readers.
- Services: e-commerce, consumer banking services, electronic communications services, services providing access to audiovisual media, elements of air, bus, rail and waterborne passenger transport, and e-books.
E-commerce remains the widest-reaching category in practice: any website or app through which Danish consumers can conclude a distance contract.
The microenterprise exemption
Service providers with fewer than 10 staff and an annual turnover or balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 2 million are exempt from the service obligations — the directive's own EU-wide threshold, unchanged by the Danish transposition. Microenterprises dealing in covered products remain in scope, with reduced documentation duties.
The statement obligation
As under every EAA transposition, providers of covered services must make available information on how the service meets the accessibility requirements — Denmark's counterpart to what Germany documents through Anlage 3 of the BFSG. It has to be published where a consumer can actually find it, and kept current as the service changes.
How Danish businesses demonstrate compliance
There is no separate Danish certification scheme. As across the EU, conformance with EN 301 549 — the harmonised ICT accessibility standard, which for web content converges with WCAG 2.1 AA — creates a presumption of conformity with the legal requirements. See our EN 301 549 guide for what it actually tests. An independent audit against that standard, backed by the published statement above, is the evidence base that holds up under scrutiny.
Where to find the primary source
Retsinformation.dk, the Danish government's official legal-information portal, publishes the consolidated, currently-in-force text — the source to cite for exact wording, not a secondary summary. We do not quote a specific penalty figure for Denmark here: we have not verified a sanctions amount against the primary legal text, and an unverified figure would mislead more than an honest gap.
Next step
Run a free scan against the Danish rule set to see how your accessibility statement and technical conformance measure up today, then compare against providers who audit specifically for EN 301 549 / EAA compliance.
FAQ
- What is the Danish law that implements the EAA?
- Lov om tilgængelighedskrav for produkter og tjenester (LOV nr 801 af 07/06/2022) — the Act on accessibility requirements for products and services. It is Denmark's transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/882, and its requirements for covered products and services apply from 28 June 2025, the same date as across the rest of the EU.
- Is this different from Denmark's public-sector web accessibility rules?
- Yes. Denmark's public-sector websites and apps are covered by separate rules implementing the EU's 2016 Web Accessibility Directive. LOV nr 801 af 07/06/2022 is a later, distinct act that brings private-sector products and services into scope — the same split every EU Member State has between its older public-sector accessibility law and its EAA transposition.
- Are small Danish businesses exempt?
- Microenterprises providing services — fewer than 10 staff and annual turnover or balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 2 million — are exempt from the service requirements. This threshold comes from the directive itself and is applied identically across every Member State, Denmark included.
- Where can I read the official text of the law?
- Retsinformation.dk, the Danish government's official legal-information portal, publishes the consolidated text of Danish acts and regulations, including this one — that is the source to check for exact wording, not a secondary summary.