Accessibility Act Ready
What it costs, country by country

Belgium

National law
Loi du 5 novembre 2023Code de droit économique, art. XV.101/1 et XV.70
Enforcement
SPF Économie, Inspection économique
Penalty
€25,000 or 6% of turnover, whichever is higher
What changed
From commentary citing the statute

Enforcement

The obligation sits in the Code of Economic Law and is enforced by the Economic Inspection, with a higher band where bad faith is found. Belgian criminal fines are multiplied by a statutory surcharge, which lifts the effective figure well above the nominal band.

The surcharge is statutory but its application to these particular bands rests on commentary rather than a text we could read directly, so treat the figure as indicative.

Directive (EU) 2019/882

The European Accessibility Act has applied since 28 June 2025. Article 13(2) requires you to publish specific information about how your service meets the accessibility requirements, put it with your terms, and show that you monitor it. That is the part companies miss, because unlike a contrast failure you cannot see it by looking at the site.

28 June 2025

The documents, drafted for your service

The scan tells you what is missing. The pack is the four documents the Directive actually names: the Annex V information in the form it has to take, the Article 14 assessment if you are claiming a disproportionate burden, the Article 13(3) monitoring procedure, and a dated evidence file. Written against the national instrument for your market.

Written against Directive (EU) 2019/882 and the national instruments named on the country pages. Not legal advice. Every change to this drafting is dated and published.