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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250629
SUMMARY:Germany accessibility act (BFSG): Germany: Barrierefreiheitsstärku
 ngsgesetz (accessibility act) applies to products and services
DESCRIPTION:The BFSG (Germany's transposition of the European Accessibility
  Act) has applied since 28 June 2025. It requires many consumer-facing pro
 ducts (e.g. computers\, smartphones\, e-readers\, payment terminals\, self
 -service terminals) and services (e.g. e-commerce\, banking\, telecoms\, t
 ransport ticketing\, e-books) to meet accessibility requirements. A specif
 ic exemption in §3 Abs. 3 BFSG excludes Kleinstunternehmen (micro-enterpr
 ises: under 10 staff and either annual turnover or balance sheet total not
  exceeding €2m) from the accessibility duties for the SERVICES they prov
 ide (this exemption does not extend to putting non-compliant PRODUCTS on t
 he market).\n\nKam taikoma: Small\, medium and large businesses selling in
 -scope products or providing in-scope services to consumers in Germany\; m
 icro-enterprises are exempt only for services\, not for products they manu
 facture or sell.\n\nKą daryti: Check whether your products or services fa
 ll within BFSG's scope (Anlagen 1-3). If you provide services and qualify 
 as a Kleinstunternehmen\, document the exemption. Otherwise design/adapt p
 roducts and digital services (websites\, apps\, terminals) to meet the acc
 essibility requirements and keep technical documentation for market survei
 llance.\n\nSankcijos: Fines up to €100\,000 for placing non-compliant pr
 oducts on the market\, CE-marking violations or offering non-compliant ser
 vices (§37 Abs. 2 BFSG)\; up to €10\,000 for other listed violations (
 §37 Abs. 1).\n\nPastaba dėl datos: Transitional relief: service provider
 s may keep using products already deployed before 2025-06-28 until 2030-06
 -27\, and may continue pre-existing service contracts unchanged until they
  expire or until 2030-06-27\, whichever is earlier\; self-service terminal
 s in use before 2025-06-28 may run until the end of their economic life\, 
 capped at 15 years after commissioning.\n\nStatus: Galioja\nhttps://eudead
 lines.eu/lt/deadline/de-accessibility-bfsg-applies
URL:https://eudeadlines.eu/lt/deadline/de-accessibility-bfsg-applies
CATEGORIES:DE,Germany accessibility act (BFSG)
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