Website Accessibility Testing in Valletta, Malta

Audits for Valletta against the standard that actually binds you in Malta.

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The short answer for Valletta

Roughly 466,000 people live in Valletta. Which accessibility rule reaches your website here is not decided by the city, though, and no council in Malta sets its own web standard. The European Accessibility Act reached consumer-facing services in Malta on June 28, 2025, and it is the rule most businesses here are behind. It points at EN 301 549, which carries WCAG 2.1 AA inside it, and it does not vary from one part of the country to the next.

Public bodies got there first. The Web Accessibility Directive has bound them since June 23, 2021, against the same standard, so a regional or municipal administration in Malta has been carrying this duty for years while the businesses around it were not.

So here is what we do about it. We work your Valletta 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 Valletta

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

Read the full EAA page

Web Accessibility Directive (EU) 2016/2102

Standard: EN 301 549 V3.2.1, which carries WCAG 2.1 AA
Where it stands: Fully in force since Jun 23, 2021
Who it binds: The public sector
Reaches sellers based abroad: Not by itself
What non-compliance costs: National enforcement body, annual monitoring, published results

Through EN 301 549 V3.2.1: 2.1 AA
Mandatory statement blocks: 7
Monitoring by your member state: Annual
Last application date, now passed: 2021

The Web Accessibility Directive dates, 5 of them

Sep 23, 2018Transposition deadline: member states had to have the directive in national law, and had to name their monitoring and enforcement bodies
Sep 23, 2019Applies to websites published on or after September 23, 2018. Intranet and extranet content published on or after September 23, 2019 is in scope too
Sep 23, 2020Applies to every other public sector website
Jun 23, 2021Applies to mobile applications. The last of the three application dates
Feb 12, 2022EN 301 549 V3.2.1 becomes the harmonised standard behind the presumption of conformity, which puts WCAG 2.1 AA at the center of it

Read the full Web Accessibility Directive page

Inside an audit for a site in Valletta

Start with the honest part. The audit is the same in Valletta 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 Valletta is a question for your lawyer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.

Straight answers for Valletta

My site is in Valletta. 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 Valletta?

EAA and Web Accessibility Directive are the ones that reach Valletta 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 Valletta 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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