Enforcement tracker / Austria
Austria enforces the BaFG — not “the EAA”.
Austria's BaFG mirrors the German structure without the Abmahnung culture — enforcement runs through the Sozialministeriumservice, with complaint handling and market surveillance active.
The regime at a glance
One law, one regulator — on the record.
Barrierefreiheitsgesetz (BaFG) is Austria’s transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/882, with EN 301 549 as the presumption of conformity. Obligations for services run from 28 June 2025.
Enforcement runs through Sozialministeriumservice. The register below and the event feed record how that authority actually behaves — not what the statute merely permits.
- National law
- Barrierefreiheitsgesetz (BaFG)
- Services from
- 28 June 2025
- Regulator
- Sozialministeriumservice
- Standard
- EN 301 549 → presumption of conformity
- Penalties
- Administrative fines under the BaFG
Statement enforcement & sector priorities
The statement is the first thing they check.
In-scope services must publish accessibility information — and a missing or contradictory statement is the cheapest violation to spot and cite. It is the standard opening move of letters and regulator sweeps alike: no scanner needed, just a look at your footer.
Our statement generator keeps the published statement consistent with your actual evidence — it regenerates from the coverage matrix, so the statement never claims more than the ledger can prove. Enforcement attention in Austria currently concentrates where consumer volume lives:
- Published accessibility statementConsistent with the evidence — regenerated, not hand-edited
- Current conformance reportEN 301 549 aligned, continuously maintained
- Dated remediation recordTriage, fixes and sign-offs on the append-only ledger
- Authenticated-flow evidenceCheckout and login journeys — where enforcement points first
The live feed
Austria — enforcement events.
Curated, dated, sourced. Only verifiable events enter the feed — letters, orders, sweeps, proceedings, official guidance. No speculation, no ceiling theatre.
- milestone BaFG obligations in forceAustrian service obligations apply from 28 June 2025; Sozialministeriumservice handles complaints.
Selling into more than Austria?
One evidence file covers all 27 regimes.
The requirements are harmonized; the regulators and search terms are not. Each country page carries its national instrument and pattern.
For operators in the Austria market
Open the file before the letter arrives.
Monitoring, statement, conformance report and ledger — maintained continuously, exportable the day you need them. That is the difference between answering a deadline and negotiating an escalation.