Who has to comply
Public-sector since 2018; consumer services from 28 June 2025.
Romania is one of the larger emerging markets in the EU with fast-growing e-commerce, so foreign sellers increasingly ship into it. Under the EAA-implementing law extending GD 1112/2018, a non-EU store selling to Romanian consumers is covered on the country-of-consumption basis. A Romanian-language accessibility statement is expected, and cross-border sellers targeting the wider Balkan region should treat Romania's requirements as a distinct national obligation.
What the law actually requires
GD 1112/2018 + EAA sets the technical bar at WCAG 2.1 Level AA via EN 301 549. On top of it, Hotărârea de Guvern 1112/2018 lists these operational duties:
- EN 301 549 / WCAG 2.1 AA
- Romanian-language statement
Penalties and how enforcement actually works
Administrative fines under EAA-implementing law.
Enforcement is led by the Romanian Digitalisation Authority (ADR), which oversaw the GD 1112/2018 public-sector regime and now extends supervision to covered consumer-facing services. Romania's model is centralised and complaint-driven, with administrative fines under the EAA-implementing law. As ADR builds out private-sector enforcement from a public-sector base, the early focus is likely to be on visible, easily verified failures — statement presence, obvious WCAG breaches, and a working feedback channel — before deep technical audits.
Reading the GD 1112/2018 + EAA at the source
The law is cited as GD 1112/2018 + EAA implementing law (Hotărârea de Guvern 1112/2018). Enforcement: ADR (Romanian Digitalisation Authority). Key date: 28 June 2025. We have not yet linked a verified national source for Romania; 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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