PolandAct on ensuring that economic operators meet accessibility requirements for certain products and services, e-book distribution services
Dz. U. 2024 poz. 731 art. 17 i art. 5 pkt 3 i 33 ustawy o zapewnianiu spełniania wymagań dostępności niektórych produktów i usług przez podmioty gospodarcze
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- If you provide e-books to consumers together with software for accessing and using the files (excluding the software of e-readers), meet the general service requirements of Article 12 and, in addition, synchronize text and audio where an e-book contains audio as well as text (Art. 17 point 1; implements Directive (EU) 2019/882, Annex I, Section IV, point (f)).
- Make the e-book file interoperable with assistive tools, give access to the content and structure of the e-book, allow navigation of the content and graphic layout including dynamic layout, and let the reader choose an alternative way of presenting the content that keeps it perceivable, functional, understandable and compatible (Art. 17 points 2 to 5).
- Give information on the accessibility features of the e-book content through metadata (Art. 17 point 6).
- The Act does not apply to services offered or provided by microenterprises (Art. 4 point 1).
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If you get it wrong
Penalty structure
Article 73(1) point 2 fines a service provider that does not ensure its services meet Articles 12 to 19, does not give in time, or gives false or misleading, the information requested under Article 32(2) point 7, does not present evidence within the period of Article 62(1) point 1, does not assess conformity under Article 32(1), or does not inform the authority under Article 32(2) point 6. Each fine is up to ten times the average monthly wage in the national economy for the preceding year, as announced by the President of Statistics Poland, and not more than 10% of the turnover achieved in the financial year before the year of the fine. The cap shown is ten times the PLN 8,903.56 announced for 2025, which governs a fine imposed in 2026; the turnover limit can lower it. The PFRON President or the market surveillance authority imposes the fine by decision, and it is paid into the Accessibility Fund within 14 days of the decision becoming final (Art. 73(3) and (5)).
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Currency
- PLN
- Fixed cap
- 89035.6
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The President of UKE, the market surveillance authority for e-book distribution services under Article 38(3) point 1, within the market surveillance system of Article 38(2) that includes the PFRON President
What it reaches
Instrument type
an act of a legislature
Applicability criteria
- As of
- Combinator
- All of
- Criteria
- a service provider that is not a microenterprise (mikroprzedsiębiorca): Article 4 point 1 provides that the Act does not apply to "usług oferowanych lub świadczonych przez mikroprzedsiębiorców" (services offered or provided by microenterprises)
What this law does
Article 17 requires e-book distribution services to synchronize text and audio where an e-book contains audio as well as text. Article 17 requires the e-book file to be interoperable so that assistive tools remain compatible and functional with it. Article 17 requires information on the accessibility features of the e-book content to be given through metadata.
Article 5 point 33 defines e-book distribution services as services that supply the consumer with e-book files together with the software for accessing and using them, excluding the software of e-readers.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app ships a consumer interface or distributes a software product.
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