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WCAG Audits and Accessibility Testing in Toulouse, France

Audits for Toulouse against the standard that actually binds you in France.

The short answer for Toulouse

Roughly 775,000 people live in Toulouse. Which accessibility rule reaches your website here is not decided by the city, though, and no council in France sets its own web standard. France runs the RGAA nationally alongside the European Accessibility Act, and neither one changes from one region to the next. A shop in Lille answers to what a shop in Marseille answers to.

The regional council is a different matter, because public bodies have carried the duty far longer than business has, and a missing or false accessibility declaration is its own violation in French law.

So here is what we do about it. We work your Toulouse 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 the standard above asks for and more, so one audit answers it with room to spare. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it.

Which law lands on you in Toulouse

France: RGAA & EAA Enforcement

Standard
RGAA (WCAG-based) / EN 301 549
Where it stands
RGAA in force, EAA since Jun 2025
Who it binds
Public and private sectors
Reaches sellers based abroad
Yes, wherever you are established
What non-compliance costs
€50,000 public non-conformity, daily penalties on the private side
Cap on the daily penalty alone
€300k
Public non-conformity fine
€50k
Turnover for statement duty
€250M
French WCAG methodology
RGAA
The France RGAA dates, 3 of them
  1. 2005Article 47 accessibility duty created
  2. 2019 to 2020Declarations, plans, and sanctions framework in force
  3. Jun 28, 2025EAA track applies to private consumer services

Read the full France RGAA page

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
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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

Read the full EAA page

Inside an audit for a site in Toulouse

Start with the honest part. The audit is the same in Toulouse 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

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 Toulouse is a question for your lawyer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.

Straight answers for Toulouse

My site is in Toulouse. Does that change what you test?

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.

What law am I actually answering to in Toulouse?

France RGAA and EAA are the ones that reach Toulouse 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.

Should I be publishing an accessibility statement here?

At least one of the laws that reaches Toulouse 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 am I paying, and what turnaround do I get?

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.

Who does the human half of the testing?

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.

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Find out where your site stands in Toulouse

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 Toulouse can act on.

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