Under Directive (EU) 2019/882, every EU e-commerce service must be accessible — including the checkout process. Your payment or checkout widget is a component of thousands of merchants' checkout flows. One accessibility failure in your widget means thousands of non-compliant stores. One EAA-Report for your widget creates the documentation every merchant can reference. 15 minutes, €149, thousands of merchants covered.
Checkout widgets are the most critical component of any e-commerce transaction. If your widget — the part that handles payment information, card details, shipping addresses — is inaccessible, every store that embeds it has an inaccessible checkout. Under Directive (EU) 2019/882, each of those merchants is responsible for the accessibility of their complete e-commerce service.
This creates an asymmetric risk: one accessibility failure in your widget multiplied across thousands of merchants. But it also creates an asymmetric opportunity: one report for your widget can resolve the compliance documentation for all of them at once.
Article 2.2(f) defines e-commerce as 'services provided at a distance, by electronic means, at the request of the consumer, for the purpose of concluding a contract.' The checkout process is where the contract is concluded. Your widget is at the centre of that process.
If your widget handles card entry, payment method selection or transaction processing, it's a core part of the e-commerce service's accessibility. WCAG 2.1 AA applies to every interactive element — forms, buttons, error messages, confirmations.
Address forms, shipping selectors, order summaries — if your widget renders any part of the checkout flow, that part must be accessible. Screen readers must navigate it. Keyboard users must complete it. Error handling must be perceivable.
Under the EAA, the merchant is responsible for the accessibility of their entire service. But when an embedded component fails, merchants will hold the component provider accountable. Having your own accessibility documentation protects your business relationships.
Article 13.2 of Directive (EU) 2019/882 requires a documented Accessibility Declaration. One declaration for your widget gives every merchant a document to reference in their own compliance file. You become part of the solution, not the problem.
Results of the guided self-assessment of 17 WCAG criteria applied to your widget. Each criterion assessed: conformant, non-conformant, or not applicable.
Structured document per Article 13.2 of Directive (EU) 2019/882. Covers your widget specifically. Merchants can reference this in their own compliance documentation.
Ready-to-integrate HTML code. Merchants can link to your widget's Accessibility Declaration from their own sites.
Country-specific risk assessment. Shows what penalties merchants in each jurisdiction face — and why they'll demand this documentation from you.
List of corrective actions for your widget ordered by impact. Your development team's roadmap to fix any accessibility issues.
Official sources: Directive (EU) 2019/882, standard EN 301 549 V3.2.1, applicable national transpositions and EUR-Lex link.
Legally, each merchant is responsible for their e-commerce service's accessibility. But practically, when thousands of merchants trace their checkout accessibility failure back to your widget, the reputational and commercial impact falls on you. Merchants will switch to a competitor that provides accessibility documentation.
Automated scanners detect between 25% and 30% of WCAG issues. For a checkout widget — where form interactions, error handling and keyboard navigation are critical — the issues scanners miss are exactly the ones that matter most. EAA-Report's guided self-assessment covers the 17 criteria that require human evaluation.
By the time merchants complain about your widget's accessibility, they've already been inspected or have already lost their own compliance case. Having the report ready proactively positions your widget as a compliant, trusted component. It becomes a selling point, not a liability.
Each merchant embedding your widget faces these maximum penalties. When an inspection identifies the checkout as the accessibility failure, they'll need documentation — and they'll get it from you or they'll switch widget providers:
Ley 11/2023. Very serious infringements up to €1,000,000. Multiply by thousands of merchants.
BFSG. Per individual infringement. Per merchant.
Ordonnance 2023-859. French merchants will require supplier documentation.
Implementatiewet. ACM supervision. Dutch e-commerce is heavily regulated.
EAA-Report generates a structured document per Article 13.2 of Directive (EU) 2019/882 from the information you provide. The accuracy, precision and completeness of that information is your responsibility as the service provider.
We guarantee that the document structure follows Article 13.2 of Directive (EU) 2019/882 and that the legal references cited are correct. We do not guarantee that a specific document will be accepted by a market surveillance authority in a particular case or by a commercial buyer in a procurement process.
EAA-Report is not legal advice. For specific situations, consult a lawyer or specialised regulatory consultancy.
Your checkout widget is a critical component of thousands of e-commerce services. One EAA-Report generates the WCAG 2.1 AA assessment and Accessibility Declaration per Article 13.2 of Directive (EU) 2019/882. One investment, universal documentation.