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Accessibility law in Malta: are you provably compliant?

Malta has no formalised fine amounts (yet): the regulations refer to the Equal Opportunities Act for enforcement, and the administrative fine amounts the Minister must set separately under that act do not yet exist. The risk is remediation- and reputation-driven: the supervisory authority CRPD can demand binding corrective measures and have non-compliant products withdrawn from the market.

  • Law: Accessibility Measures (European Accessibility Act) Regulations (S.L. 627.03). EAA transposition
  • In force: Regulations adopted as early as 2022 (Legal Notice 214 of 2022), one of the timely transpositions; applicable since 28 June 2025.
  • Standard: WCAG 2.1 AA / EN 301 549

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Enforcement: what's happening now

The Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD) is the market surveillance authority, with cooperation agreements (MoUs) with consumer authority MCCAA and communications regulator MCA. The government explicitly stated that the CRPD takes a guiding and supportive role, not a punitive one, enforcement works hand-in-hand with businesses. Complaints from persons with disabilities can, however, lead to binding corrective measures; as of mid-2026 no published fines or enforcement cases.

Malta completed its 2022-2024 WAD monitoring report in December 2024, expanding the testing sample in the second period to local council websites, school platforms and Gozo-related sites. The Malta Communications Authority (MCA) is the competent authority for the public sector (Directive 2016/2102); the Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD) has enforced the European Accessibility Act since 28 June 2025 with power to monitor compliance, order withdrawal of non-compliant products and impose penalties. Report on the outcome of the monitoring of the Web Accessibility Directive (2022-2024). Malta Communications Authority

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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: Legislation.mt. Subsidiary Legislation 627.03, Accessibility Measures (European Accessibility Act) Regulations (primaire wettekst) · Legislation.mt. Legal Notice 214 of 2022 (vaststellingsbesluit) · TVMnews.mt. European Accessibility Act comes into effect (begeleidende, niet-punitieve CRPD-rol) · CRPD Malta. MCCAA and CRPD Sign Memorandum of Understanding

This is information and tooling, not legal advice.

Facts last verified: June 2026

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