European Accessibility Act Compliance in Hungary (Act XVII of 2022)
The European Accessibility Act was transposed in Hungary by 2022. évi XVII. törvény (Act XVII of 2022), promulgated on 22 July 2022 and in force since 28 June 2025, together with its implementing decree, 605/2022. (XII. 28.) Korm. rendelet. It covers electronic communications, audiovisual media access services, air, bus, rail and water passenger transport, retail banking, electronic books and e-commerce sold to consumers in Hungary. Transposition was late. Hungary missed the EU deadline of 28 June 2022, and the decree that names the enforcing authorities followed only in December 2022.
Scan your site freeWho has to comply in Hungary
The Act applies to economic operators that place covered products on the Hungarian market or provide covered services to consumers in Hungary. Section 1(2) lists electronic communications services, audiovisual media access services, air, bus, rail and water passenger transport services, lakossági banki szolgáltatások (retail banking services), electronic books and their dedicated software, and e-commerce services. A mikrovállalkozás that provides services is exempt. The Act sets the threshold in the same terms as the rest of the EU: fewer than 10 employees AND annual net turnover or balance sheet total of no more than the forint equivalent of EUR 2 million. Both have to be met. The exemption covers services only, so a micro-enterprise that manufactures, imports or distributes a covered product still has to comply. Section 12(1) also leaves out time-based media and office file formats published before 28 June 2025 and archived content not edited after it. Public sector websites and mobile applications sit under a separate law, 2018. évi LXXV. törvény, which transposes Directive (EU) 2016/2102 and does not apply to private businesses under the EAA.
The deadlines that matter
EU deadline for Member States to transpose the EAA. Hungary had not adopted its transposing act by this date
The Országgyűlés adopts Act XVII of 2022, transposing Directive (EU) 2019/882
The Commission sends letters of formal notice to 24 Member States for not communicating full transposition of the EAA
Act XVII of 2022 is promulgated
605/2022. (XII. 28.) Korm. rendelet is published, designating the inspection authorities and setting the fine amounts
The Act and the decree enter into force. Products placed on the market and services newly provided from this date have to comply
Requirements on answering emergency communications to 112 start to apply under section 12(5) of the Act
Outer limit for services continued under contracts concluded before 28 June 2025
Prove your Hungary compliance
Conforma tests your site against WCAG 2.2 AA and EN 301 549, the reference behind MSZ EN 301 549, and keeps a dated record of every issue found and every fix applied. It drafts an accessibility statement for the Hungarian market citing 2022. évi XVII. törvény. What you get is testing and evidence. Conforma does not issue a certificate of compliance, and automated testing cannot cover every requirement on its own.
Hungary EAA questions, answered
When did the EAA start to apply in Hungary, and is there a transition period?
Act XVII of 2022 and 605/2022. (XII. 28.) Korm. rendelet both came into force on 28 June 2025, so products placed on the Hungarian market and services newly provided from that date have to comply. Section 12(2) leaves service contracts concluded before that date untouched until they expire, and in any case no later than 28 June 2030. Section 12(3) lets self-service terminals that were already in lawful use stay in use to the end of their economically useful life, and for no more than 20 years from when they were put into use. Requirements on answering emergency communications to 112 apply from 28 June 2027.
Is my small business exempt?
A mikrovállalkozás that provides services is exempt from the accessibility requirements. The threshold is the same across the EU and both parts have to be met: fewer than 10 employees AND annual net turnover or balance sheet total of no more than the forint equivalent of EUR 2 million. Cross either one and the obligations apply. The exemption is for services. If you manufacture, import or distribute a covered product, size does not exempt you.
Which accessibility standard does my website have to meet in Hungary?
The Hungarian Act names no standard. It relies on the harmonised standards mechanism of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012, and no harmonised standard has been cited in the Official Journal for the EAA so far, so there is no formal presumption of conformity to rely on. For digital accessibility the working reference is EN 301 549, adopted in Hungary as MSZ EN 301 549. Version V3.2.1 carries the WCAG 2.1 level A and AA success criteria. Building to WCAG 2.2 AA meets that floor and leaves room for the next revision.
Who enforces the rules and what are the penalties?
It depends on the sector. E-commerce and electronic books go to the fogyasztóvédelmi hatóság, meaning the Nemzeti Kereskedelmi és Fogyasztóvédelmi Hatóság and the county and Budapest government offices. Electronic communications and audiovisual media access go to the Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság Hivatala, and retail banking to the Magyar Nemzeti Bank. The authority issues a warning and agrees a deadline first. If the operator does not cooperate or misses the deadline, section 9 of 605/2022. (XII. 28.) Korm. rendelet sets a közigazgatási bírság of HUF 15,000 up to HUF 500,000, or up to 5 percent of annual net turnover and at most HUF 500 million for an operator with turnover above HUF 100 million that is outside the SME act.
This page is a plain-English summary, not legal advice. Check the cited national law for specifics.
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