Web accessibility law in Hungary in 2026: who it covers and what to do

The Act entered into force on 28 June 2025. Section 1 (2) f) covers e-commerce services, and section 2 point 11 defines them as services provided at a distance, by electronic means, to consumers under a consumer contract.¹ A webshop that sells to consumers is therefore in scope. If you sell only to businesses, ask your lawyer whether it applies to you.

1. Do you employ fewer than 10 people?
2. Is your annual net turnover, or your balance sheet total, at most the forint equivalent of €2 million?

If both answers are yes, the Act treats you as a microenterprise.¹ A microenterprise that provides services does not have to meet the requirements in points 3 and 4 of Annex 1, or the obligations tied to them (section 3 (3)).¹ If either answer is no, the requirements apply to your consumer webshop.

The technical reference is the EN 301 549 standard, which is built on WCAG 2.1 Level AA.² Version 4.1.1 was adopted on 24 August 2026 and published on 2 September 2026. It moves the web requirements to WCAG 2.2 A and AA, and it is the first version mapped to the European Accessibility Act. It gives a presumption of conformity only once it is cited in the Official Journal of the EU.³ Deque reports that it adds six new WCAG 2.2 criteria and that the citation is expected around 30 November 2026.⁴

In practice: aim for WCAG 2.1 AA today, and plan anything you build now for WCAG 2.2 AA.

Under the implementing decree (Government Decree 605/2022), a fine starts at 15,000 HUF. For most operators the cap is 500,000 HUF, or up to 5% of annual net turnover if a wide range of consumers is harmed. Fines of up to 5% of turnover, at most 500 million HUF, apply only to operators with more than 100 million HUF turnover that fall outside the SME law.⁵

The authority can settle by an administrative contract instead of a decision, and it publishes its decisions for 6 months.⁵ Under the Act, a fine can be imposed if the operator does not cooperate or does not fix the problem by the deadline.¹ So the goal is to fix issues before a complaint arrives.

The Act says checks are carried out by an authority designated by government decree.¹ Decree 605/2022 assigns e-commerce services to the consumer protection authority; banking goes to the MNB, Hungary's central bank, and electronic communications and audiovisual services to the NMHH, the media authority.⁵ The decree names the consumer protection authority by its function only. We could not confirm from a primary source which body fills that role in 2026, so we don't name one here.

• Archived content that is no longer updated, and office documents and pre-recorded media published before 28 June 2025, are excluded (section 12 (1)).¹
• Service contracts already in place can run until they expire, but no later than 28 June 2030 (section 12 (2)).¹

1. Answer the two questions above. If you are a microenterprise providing services, the service requirements don't apply to you.¹
2. If they do apply, have the webshop audited against WCAG 2.1 AA, along the whole purchase path from product list to payment.
3. Give images text alternatives, and make sure the checkout can be completed with a keyboard alone.
4. Give form fields visible labels and clear error messages, and keep enough contrast between text and background.
5. Plan new work for WCAG 2.2 AA, because the new EN 301 549 is built on it.³
6. Fix what the audit finds, and keep a record of what was fixed and when.

We carry out accessibility audits on WordPress and WooCommerce sites. The written plan lists each issue, what we would fix and the fixed price, and we do the fixes too if you want. Your contact from plan to support is Tamás.