EAA, European Accessibility Act

In Europe, starting June 28th 2025, all the products and services that Orange releases must be accessible.
Every product or service made by or for Orange can get an accessibility statement, it describes the results of an assessment of the compliancy with the standard EN 301 549.

This standard specifies the accessibility requirements for information and communications technology such as devices, websites, mobile apps or digital documents. EN 301 549 is the standard on which the European Accessibility Act is based, its final version will be released in February 2026.

Get ready, the first thing to do : get trained #

• Get your digital accessibility visa
• Register to the digital accessibility awareness training that includes a 1 hour escape game

Get ready, the second thing to do : apply 11 accessibility essentials #

• Apply 11 essentials for a website
• Apply 11 essentials for an Android application
• Apply 11 essentials for an iOS application
• Apply 11 essentials for digital documents

Don't forget, accessibility is here to allow the access to an information to all people, regardless of disability type or severity of impairment.
A set of functional, graphic, tecnical and editorial guidelines must be followed in order to allow everyone to have access to a product or service.