The European Accessibility Act (EAA) came into force on 28th June this year. But what’s happened since June?
On 7 July 2025, two visual-impairment advocacy groups (apiDV and Droit Pluriel), with legal support from the collective Intérêt à Agir, issued formal warnings to four large French retailers Auchan, Carrefour, E. Leclerc, and Picard Surgelés for failing to make their online supermarket services fully accessible.
If the retailers haven’t fully complied by 1 September 2025, the associations plan to take legal action to enforce their obligation.
Vueling Airlines
Meanwhile last year in 2024, airline Vueling in Spain was fined €90,000 in for failing to make their website accessible. They were fined even before the EAA came into force, demonstrating that accessibility enforcement isn’t just theoretical, the EAA will only make expectations even clearer.
Fashion Nova was fined millions
Fashion Nova is a fast fashion retailer that markets its clothing online throughout the United States and internationally. A blind individual initiated a lawsuit, claiming that the company’s website was inaccessible to screen readers. After five years of costly litigation, the case concluded with a settlement between the parties. Fashion Nova in the US was fined $5,150,000, individuals who are legally blind and attempted to access the Fashion Nova using screen readers now may be eligible to submit a claim.