Accessibility testing · Germany
Accessibility Testing Services in Lower Saxony
BFSG audits for business, and the Lower Saxony ordinance for public bodies.
Where Lower Saxony stands right now
Roughly 8,004,000 people live in Lower Saxony, Niedersachsen in German, and which accessibility law reaches you here depends on what kind of organization you are. Run a business and the answer is federal and uniform. The BFSG applies in Lower Saxony exactly as it applies in every other Land, because it wrote the European Accessibility Act into national law and national means national.
Run a public body and the answer changes completely. BITV 2.0 binds federal bodies only. State and municipal bodies answer to their own Land's Landesgleichstellungsgesetz, with its own scope, its own monitoring body and its own technical ordinance. Here that is the Niedersächsisches Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz, NBGG. Most of the sixteen mirror BITV 2.0 and rest on EN 301 549, which carries WCAG 2.1 AA, so the testing does not change much even where the citation does.
So here is what we do about it. We work your Lower Saxony site against all 55 WCAG 2.2 A and AA rules by hand, then a professional blind screen-reader user runs your real journeys while we record where they stop. WCAG 2.2 covers everything EN 301 549 asks for and more, so one audit answers the BFSG and your Land's ordinance together. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it.
The law that reaches you in Lower Saxony
Germany: BFSG (Accessibility Strengthening Act)
- Standard
- EN 301 549 → WCAG 2.1 AA
- Where it stands
- In force since Jun 28, 2025
- Who it binds
- Public and private sectors
- Reaches sellers based abroad
- Yes, wherever you are established
- What non-compliance costs
- Fines up to €100,000, service prohibition
- Maximum fine
- €100k
- Via EN 301 549
- 2.1 AA
- 16-state enforcement body
- MLBF
- Active enforcement began
- Jan 2026
The Germany BFSG dates, 4 of them
- Jun 28, 2025BFSG applies: covered services must conform
- Sep 2025MLBF, the joint market-surveillance authority, starts operating
- Jan 2026Active enforcement phase begins
- Jun 27, 2030End of transition for pre-existing service contracts
European Accessibility Act (EAA)
- Standard
- Annex I, EN 301 549 (includes WCAG 2.1 AA)
- Where it stands
- Applies since Jun 28, 2025
- Who it binds
- The private sector
- Reaches sellers based abroad
- Yes, wherever you are established
- What non-compliance costs
- National fines, orders to fix, market restrictions
- Main application date
- Jun 2025
- EU member states
- 27
- Web standard in EN 301 549
- 2.1 AA
- Employee cap for the exemption
- <10
The EAA dates, 3 of them
- Jun 28, 2025The main application date: covered products placed on the market and covered services provided to consumers are in scope from this date. Exceptions and transition rules can change the picture for specific cases
- Jun 28, 2030The end of two transition arrangements. Products lawfully in use to provide a similar service before June 28, 2025 can continue until this date, and pre-existing service contracts can run until they expire, but no later than June 28, 2030
- 20 years maxSelf-service terminals have a separate allowance: a member state can let terminals lawfully in use before June 28, 2025 serve out their economic life, up to a maximum of 20 years after entry into use
What accessibility testing in Lower Saxony covers
Start with the honest part. The audit is the same in Lower Saxony as it is anywhere, because WCAG does not change at a border. What changes is which law is watching and what it costs to fail, and the section above settles that.
The work itself runs in three passes. A machine finds the failures a machine can prove. A human works every one of the 55 A and AA rules by hand. Then a professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, the way your customers would. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it, drawn from our free library of 432 guides.
None of the reference sits behind a form, either. Every number below counts pages you can go and read right now, free, whether you ever buy an audit or not.
- A and AA rules we check
- 55
- Techniques and failures
- 432
- ACT test rules
- 90
- ARIA roles documented
- 94
- Terms in the glossary
- 131
- Checklists to work from
- 9
- A free 10-page scan that finds what a machine can prove, before you spend anything
- Paid audits at fixed prices on the pricing page, $499 for 10 pages in 5 business days, $1,499 for 25 in 10
- The exact deliverable, free to read, as the sample report
The honest limit
And an audit is evidence, not a legal opinion. We tell you what fails, who it stops, and what closes it. Whether that satisfies a regulator or a court in Lower Saxony is a question for your lawyer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.
Questions owners in Lower Saxony ask us
Does the audit change because my site is in Lower Saxony?
No. WCAG is the same standard everywhere, so the testing is identical wherever you are. What changes is which law is watching and what failing it costs, and that is what the law section on this page settles.
Which law applies to my site in Lower Saxony?
Germany BFSG and EAA are the ones that reach Lower Saxony first, and each has its own page here covering what it asks for, who it lands on, and how it gets enforced. Sell into more than one market and more than one of them can reach you at the same time.
Do I have to publish an accessibility statement in Lower Saxony?
At least one of the laws that reaches Lower Saxony names an accessibility statement, so plan on publishing one. Our free generator writes it from what the audit found, so the page says what actually works today rather than what you hope works.
What does the audit cost, and how fast is the report?
A Rapid Audit is $499 for 10 pages, with the report in 5 business days. A Standard Audit is $1,499 for 25 pages in 10 business days. Once your team has fixed things, the re-audit is half price within 3 months.
Do you actually test with a blind user?
Yes, on every audit. A professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, and we write down where they stop. That is the pass no scanner can run.
Related on this site
The reading behind the law that reaches you in Lower Saxony, and the guides that turn it into work your team can do.
- LawWhich laws apply to you
- LawThe directive behind it
- LawThe public sector directive behind it
- GuideWhich WCAG version it names
- GuideWhat each version added
- GuideWhere to start
- GuideThe accessibility statement
- GuideWhat a conformance claim covers
- GuideIf you also have a mobile app
- GuideIf you publish e-books
Other Länder and cities in Germany
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Accessibility testing in other countries
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- Cyprus
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- Finland
- Greece
- Hungary
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sweden
- Argentina
- Colombia
- China
- Hong Kong
- Taiwan
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar
- United Arab Emirates
- Iceland
- Liechtenstein
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Japan
- South Korea
- India
- Israel
- Brazil
Find out where your site stands in Lower Saxony
Run the free scan. Read the sample report. Order the audit when you want the humans on it, and what lands is a report your developers, your lawyer or a regulator in Lower Saxony can act on.