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Accessibility law in Cyprus: are you provably compliant?
Administrative fines of up to €10,000 for a first violation and up to €20,000 thereafter, plus up to €500 per day for as long as the violation continues, an inaccessible web shop therefore keeps running up costs until it is fixed. The law also carries a criminal track: on repeat conviction up to 3 years' imprisonment and/or up to €30,000, rare in the EU.
- Law: The Accessibility of Products and Services Law of 2024 (N. 57(I)/2024). EAA transposition
- In force: Law of 2024, following a reasoned opinion from the European Commission in 2023, but still ahead of the application date; obligations applicable since 28 June 2025.
- Standard: WCAG 2.1 AA / EN 301 549
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Enforcement: what's happening now
The competent authority is the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare, which can designate separate surveillance authorities and works with disability organisations. Supervision is complaint-driven: citizens and organisations can complain directly, after which binding remediation orders with deadlines can follow. The criminal track (Art. 38) affects directors personally and is rare in the EU. As of mid-2026 no published fines or enforcement cases; the regime is young and the supervisory set-up is thinly documented in public.
Cyprus adopted the Accessibility of Products and Services Law in 2024 (last amended 28 June 2024), in force since June 2025; the competent authority is the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare, with the Council of Ministers overseeing public departments. The European Commission had earlier (June 2023) sent Cyprus a reasoned opinion for failing to notify EAA transposition measures on time. Cyprus announces the Accessibility of Products and Services Law of 2024. AccessibleEU
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.
Know where you stand, before the regulator does.
Sources: CyLaw, Ν. 57(Ι)/2024, Ο περί της Προσβασιμότητας Προϊόντων και Υπηρεσιών Νόμος του 2024 (primaire wettekst) · CyLaw/CyLII, geconsolideerde artikelsgewijze versie N. 57(I)/2024 · AccessibleEU Centre. Cyprus announces the Accessibility of Products and Services Law of 2024
This is information and tooling, not legal advice.
Facts last verified: June 2026
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