Accessibility requirements in other Union acts The accessibility requirements of the Act will also be mandatory for the products and services covered by the Act that are procured by public authorities for the use of individuals from the public or staff of the contracting authority (Art. [...] To assess the amount of the penalty, the extent of the non-compliance, including its seriousness, the number of non-compliant units of the products, as well as the number of persons affected must be considered (Art 30.4). [...] Report and review By 28 June 2030, and every five years after that, the European Commission must report about the application of the Act to the European Parliament, to the Council, to the European Economic and Social Committee and to the Committee of the Regions (Art. [...] The Act does not regulate the quantity of accessible audiovisual content though, as this is related to the transposition of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive.26 While we await for the publication of the harmonised standards to prove compliance with the requirements of the Act, for all ICT products and services (including self-service terminals), you can recommend economic operators to foll. [...] 2 (2014) of Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Article 9: Accessibility of UN CRPD x European Accessibility Act: Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility requirements for products and services x Public Procurement Directive: Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014.
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