Who has to comply
Public-sector since 2018; consumer services from 28 June 2025.
Lithuania is a small, digitally advanced Baltic market where online public and private services are widely used. Under the EAA-implementing act, a foreign store selling to Lithuanian consumers is covered on the country-of-consumption basis. A Lithuanian-language accessibility statement is expected, and sellers who treat the three Baltic states as one market should note Lithuania is a separate jurisdiction with its own language and enforcement body.
What the law actually requires
PSIR Act + EAA sets the technical bar at WCAG 2.1 Level AA via EN 301 549. On top of it, Viešojo sektoriaus informacinių išteklių valdymo įstatymas lists these operational duties:
- EN 301 549 / WCAG 2.1 AA
- Lithuanian-language statement
Penalties and how enforcement actually works
Administrative penalties per EAA-implementing act.
Enforcement runs through the Ministry of the Economy and Innovation, building on the public-sector monitoring established under the information-resource-management framework. Lithuania's approach is centralised and largely complaint-driven, with administrative penalties under the EAA-implementing act. As a small but digitally mature administration, its first enforcement cycle is likely to emphasise clearly detectable failures and the adequacy of the Lithuanian-language statement before moving to deeper technical assessment.
Reading the PSIR Act + EAA at the source
The law is cited as Public Sector Information Resource Management Act + EAA (Viešojo sektoriaus informacinių išteklių valdymo įstatymas). Enforcement: Ministry of the Economy and Innovation. Key date: 28 June 2025. We have not yet linked a verified national source for Lithuania; the European Commission's EAA page under Sources describes the EU directive the national law implements.
Sources
- European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882) · European Commission
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