European Accessibility Act Compliance in Greece (Law 4994/2022)
Greece transposed the European Accessibility Act through Νόμος 4994/2022 (Law 4994/2022), published in the Government Gazette ΦΕΚ Α' 215 on 18 November 2022, close to five months after the EU deadline. Article 46(2) held its substantive Part B back until 28 June 2025. That Part covers e-commerce, consumer banking, e-books, passenger transport ticketing and travel information, electronic communications and access to audiovisual media services, together with a defined list of consumer hardware products.
Scan your site freeWho has to comply in Greece
The law applies to businesses that place covered products on the Greek market or provide covered services to consumers in Greece, wherever the business is established. Article 3(2) lists the covered services: electronic communications, services giving access to audiovisual media services, defined elements of air, bus, rail and waterborne passenger transport, consumer banking, e-books, and e-commerce. Article 4(23) defines a πολύ μικρή επιχείρηση, a micro-enterprise, in the same terms as the Directive: fewer than 10 employees and annual turnover of no more than EUR 2 million or an annual balance sheet total of no more than EUR 2 million. Article 5(4) then exempts micro-enterprises that provide services from the service accessibility requirements. The exemption reaches services only. A micro-enterprise that manufactures, imports or distributes a covered product keeps the full product obligations. Public sector websites and mobile apps follow a separate regime under Chapter H of Νόμος 4727/2020, which transposes Directive (EU) 2016/2102, and article 22(3) of Law 4994/2022 routes them there.
The deadlines that matter
EU deadline for transposing Directive (EU) 2019/882. Greece had not transposed by this date
Commission letter of formal notice to Greece for failure to notify transposition measures, case INFR(2022)0297
Νόμος 4994/2022 published in ΦΕΚ Α' 215, transposing Directive (EU) 2019/882
Commission reasoned opinion in INFR(2022)0297 over remaining transposition gaps in Greek law
Part B of Law 4994/2022 applies under article 46(2). Products placed on the market and services provided from this date must comply
Νόμος 5218/2025 (ΦΕΚ Α' 125) adds articles 6Α and 25Α to Law 4994/2022 and amends article 26(2)
Under article 3(3), the law starts to apply to the handling of emergency communications to and from the single European emergency number 112
End of the article 28(1) transition for products already lawfully used to provide services before 28 June 2025
Prove your Greece compliance
Conforma tests your site against WCAG 2.2 AA and EN 301 549, the standard behind the presumption of conformity in article 15 of Νόμος 4994/2022. You get a dated record of every issue found and every fix made, and a draft accessibility statement you can adapt for the Greek market. Automated testing covers part of the criteria and manual checks are still needed, so the report is evidence of testing rather than a finding of compliance.
Greece EAA questions, answered
When did the EAA start applying in Greece, and is there a transition period?
Law 4994/2022 was published on 18 November 2022, and article 46(2) held its substantive Part back until 28 June 2025. Products placed on the market and services provided from that date must comply. Article 28(1) lets providers keep using products they lawfully used before that date until 28 June 2030, and lets service contracts agreed before 28 June 2025 run on unchanged until they expire, for up to five years from that date. Article 28(3) lets self-service terminals already in lawful use before 28 June 2025 stay in service to the end of their economic life, up to 20 years from first use.
Is my small business exempt under the Greek law?
Article 4(23) defines a micro-enterprise as one employing fewer than 10 people with annual turnover or an annual balance sheet total of no more than EUR 2 million, and article 5(4) exempts micro-enterprises that provide services from the service accessibility requirements. Meeting both parts of the size test exempts you from the service obligations only. If you manufacture, import or distribute one of the covered products, the product requirements still apply in full, whatever your headcount.
Which accessibility standard does my site have to meet in Greece?
EN 301 549 applies in practice. Law 4994/2022 works through a presumption of conformity: article 15 ties that presumption to harmonised standards published in the Official Journal of the European Union, and EN 301 549 is the one covering ICT. It carries the WCAG success criteria. Greece has no national web accessibility standard of its own. The public sector law, Νόμος 4727/2020, names ΕΝ 301 549 directly in article 41.
Who enforces this in Greece, and what are the fines?
Product surveillance is split by product type between the Ministry of Development industrial products directorate, the ΕΕΤΤ, the Γενική Γραμματεία Μεταφορών and the ΕΣΡ, with the last two acting jointly with that directorate. For services, article 22(2) names only the ΕΕΤΤ, for electronic communications. Article 26 provides administrative sanctions and corrective measures and sets no euro amounts. Article 27(2) leaves fine levels to a presidential decree covering products, which could not be found published.
This page is a plain-English summary, not legal advice. Check the cited national law for specifics.
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