Policy
Non-functional Application Requirements: Accessibility
DEV · By Oluwasegun Adedigba ·
The Brief
- On 4 June 2026, a court in Caen, France, ordered Carrefour to make its website and app fully accessible to disabled customers.
- Carrefour has six months to comply, and a penalty applies for every day it runs late.
- Two disability associations, apiDV and Droit Pluriel, brought the case under French law.
Why it matters
It shows that French courts can enforce accessibility requirements on commercial websites and apps, with daily penalties for delay, so teams building customer-facing digital products in France face concrete legal exposure for accessibility gaps.
Who’s affected
- Teams building customer-facing websites and apps in France
- #accessibility
- #legal
- #compliance
- #france
- #web
On 4 June 2026, a court in Caen, France, ordered Carrefour to make its website and app fully accessible to disabled customers within six months, with a penalty for every day it runs late. Two disability associations, apiDV and Droit Pluriel, brought the case under the French law…
Timeline
Court in Caen orders Carrefour to make its website and app fully accessible within six months
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Non-functional Application Requirements: Accessibility