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Accessibility law in Bulgaria: are you provably compliant?

Bulgaria was condemned by the EU Court of Justice on 19 March 2026 (C-646/24) for transposing the EAA almost three years late, and the 50% fine reduction expired on 1 June 2026, full amounts now apply, up to BGN 50,000 (≈ €25,565) for repeat violations.

  • Law: Act on the Accessibility Requirements for Products and Services (ЗИДПУ). EAA transposition
  • In force: Act only of April 2025, almost three years past the EU deadline; applicable since 28 June 2025. The statutory 50% fine reduction for violations established until 1 June 2026 has expired: full amounts apply since.
  • Standard: WCAG 2.1 AA / EN 301 549

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Enforcement: what's happening now

Market surveillance sits primarily with the Commission for Consumer Protection (КЗП), alongside sectoral regulators such as the communications regulator КРС and the Bulgarian National Bank БНБ (banking services). As of mid-2026 no publicly confirmed fines under the Act yet, the regime is young (the law only dates from April 2025) and the 50% reduction period until 1 June 2026 marked the run-in phase. The pressure now comes from above: the March 2026 Court of Justice ruling (C-646/24) significantly raises the political pressure to actually enforce.

Bulgaria lagged on transposition: the European Commission referred it to the Court of Justice of the EU in 2024 for failure to (timely/correctly) transpose the accessibility directive. The EAA was ultimately transposed via the Accessibility Requirements for Products and Services Act (promulgated 11 April 2025, in force 28 June 2025). The Ministry of Electronic Governance published national monitoring reports on public-sector site and app accessibility in February 2025 (covering 2022-2024). The Bulgarian Accessibility Requirements for Products and Services Act has been promulgated (DGKV)

Cross-border trade

Selling to here from abroad?

The European Accessibility Act is market-based: if you sell products or services to consumers in this country, it applies to you, even if your business is established outside the EU.

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Why this matters

Accessibility isn't a checkbox for a regulator, it decides whether roughly 1 in 6 people (WHO) can use your site at all. For them, an inaccessible store isn't a minor annoyance but a closed door. Fix the error in your own code and you remove that barrier and make your site cleaner for search engines, the same fix, double the gain.

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Sources: EU Law Live. Commission v. Bulgaria (C-646/24, arrest 19-03-2026): de EAA als hoeksteen van een toegankelijke interne markt · DGKV. Memo: The New Bulgarian Accessibility Requirements for Products and Services Act (КЗП-toezicht, boete-bandbreedtes) · APIS, Закон за изискванията за достъпност на продукти и услуги (geconsolideerde wettekst, incl. 50%-overgangsregeling tot 01-06-2026) · Europese Commissie, verwijzing Bulgarije naar het Hof van Justitie wegens niet-omzetting EAA (IP/24/3801)

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Facts last verified: June 2026

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