Austria · Österreich
- WAD regulator
- FFG
- EAA application date
- 28 June 2025
- Technical standard
- EN 301 549 / WCAG 2.1 AA
- Status
- Partially confirmed
Last reviewed: 28 May 2026 · Sources: EU WAD monitoring reports + national gazettes.
Applicable regulation
These are the EU directives that apply in Austria, with the national act that transposed each one and the body responsible for oversight.
Public sector
Bundesgesetz über den barrierefreien Zugang zu Websites und mobilen Anwendungen des Bundes (Web-Zugänglichkeits-Gesetz)
Translation
Federal Act on the Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of the Federal Government (Web Accessibility Act)
Standard
EN 301 549 / WCAG 2.1 AA
Monitored by
FFG — Austrian Research Promotion Agency ffg.at ↗
Complaints
FFG — Austrian Research Promotion Agency ffg.at ↗
Transposes the EU Web Accessibility Directive (WAD) into Austria law.
Private sector
Bundesgesetz über Barrierefreiheitsanforderungen für Produkte und Dienstleistungen (Barrierefreiheitsgesetz)
Translation
Federal Act on Accessibility Requirements for Products and Services (Accessibility Act)
Standard
EN 301 549 + sector-specific requirements
Enforced by
SMS — Federal Office for Social Affairs and Disability sozialministeriumservice.at ↗
Sector supervisors
SMS
Transposes the EU European Accessibility Act (EAA) into Austria law.
Supervisory bodies
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FFG — Austrian Research Promotion Agency
- office@ffg.at
- Phone
- +43 5 7755 0
- Postal address
- Sensengasse 1, 1090 Wien
- Languages accepted
- DE, EN
- Note
- Federal WAD monitoring, complaints and methodology body per § 5 WZG. Conducts simplified sampling and in-depth evaluations of federal websites/apps and operates the federal complaints procedure for public sector accessibility.
BMDW — Federal Minister for Digitalisation and Economic Affairs
- service@bmaw.gv.at
- Phone
- +43 1 711 00 0
- Postal address
- Stubenring 1, 1010 Wien
- Languages accepted
- DE, EN
- Note
- Federal minister responsible for WZG administrative enforcement per § 5 Abs. 2 and § 9 Z 1 WZG. Issues implementing acts on monitoring methodology and accessibility statement format.
SMS — Federal Office for Social Affairs and Disability
P1, P2.a, P2.b, P2.c, P2.d, P3, P4, P5, S1, S2, S3.air, S3.bus, S3.rail.dom, S3.rail.intl, S3.water, S3.urban, S4, S5, S6, S7
- post.wien@sozialministeriumservice.at
- Phone
- +43 5 99 88
- Postal address
- Babenbergerstraße 5, 1010 Wien
- Languages accepted
- DE, EN
- Note
- Single central market surveillance authority for ALL EAA products and services per § 21 BaFG. Handles conformity assessment review, microenterprise exemption verification, disproportionate burden assessment and CE-marking enforcement. Penalties up to EUR 80 000 per § 35 BaFG.
No bodies match this filter.
Primary sources
- Bundesgesetz über den barrierefreien Zugang zu Websites und mobilen Anwendungen des Bundes (Web-Zugänglichkeits-Gesetz)
- Bundesgesetz über Barrierefreiheitsanforderungen für Produkte und Dienstleistungen (Barrierefreiheitsgesetz)
- Austrian Research Promotion Agency
- Federal Minister for Digitalisation and Economic Affairs
- Federal Office for Social Affairs and Disability