The statutory withdrawal-button wording, in all 24 EU languages

Name: The statutory withdrawal-button wording, in all 24 EU languages
Creator: Cooloff
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Read from the official language versions, not translated. Last machine-checked on 10 September 2026: 24 of 24.

Article 11a of the Consumer Rights Directive (2011/83/EU, inserted by Directive (EU) 2023/2673) prescribes not only that an online withdrawal function must exist, but how its buttons are labelled. The wording is in the directive itself — and it differs in every official language, because each language version is equally authentic.

Anyone running a shop in more than one EU language needs this table. Assembling it otherwise means opening 24 EUR-Lex pages and copying by hand, and copying by hand is precisely where the errors come from.

Provenance and checking. The source is CELEX:32023L2673 on EUR-Lex — Art. 11a(1)(a) and (3) for the buttons, (2)(b) and (c) for the field labels. The rows were read from the official versions on 2 September 2026. A script refetches all 24 language versions and asserts that each label appears verbatim in its own version; the run on 10 September 2026 returned 24 of 24.

The two buttons

On the left the button that opens the withdrawal (paragraph 1(a)); on the right the confirmation button at the end of the form (paragraph 3).

Language	Withdrawal button	Confirmation button
Bulgarian `bg`	Откажете се от договора тук	Потвърждавам отказа
Croatian `hr`	Odustati od ugovora	Potvrditi odustajanje
Czech `cs`	Zde odstoupit od smlouvy	Potvrdit odstoupení od smlouvy
Danish `da`	Fortryd aftale	Bekræft fortrydelse
Dutch `nl`	Hier de overeenkomst herroepen	Herroeping bevestigen
English `en`	Withdraw from contract here	Confirm withdrawal
Estonian `et`	Taganen lepingust	Kinnitan taganemise
Finnish `fi`	Peruuta sopimus tästä	Vahvista peruuttaminen
French `fr`	Renoncer au contrat ici	Confirmer la rétractation
German `de`	Vertrag widerrufen	Widerruf bestätigen
Greek `el`	Πατήστε εδώ για υπαναχώρηση	Επιβεβαίωση υπαναχώρησης
Hungarian `hu`	Elállás a szerződéstől	Elállás megerősítése
Irish `ga`	Tarraing siar ón gconradh anseo	Dearbhaigh an tarraingt siar
Italian `it`	Recedere dal contratto qui	Conferma recesso
Latvian `lv`	Atteikties no līguma	Apstiprināt atteikumu
Lithuanian `lt`	Atsisakyti sutarties čia	Patvirtinti sutarties atsisakymą
Maltese `mt`	Irtira mill-kuntratt hawnhekk	Ikkonferma r-reċess
Polish `pl`	Odstąp od umowy tutaj	Potwierdź odstąpienie od umowy
Portuguese `pt`	Retrate-se do contrato aqui	Confirmar retratação
Romanian `ro`	Retrageți-vă din contract aici	Confirmați retragerea
Slovak `sk`	Odstúpiť od zmluvy tu	Potvrdiť odstúpenie od zmluvy
Slovenian `sl`	Kliknite tukaj za odstop od pogodbe	Potrdi odstop od pogodbe
Spanish `es`	Desistir del contrato aquí	Confirmar desistimiento
Swedish `sv`	Ångra avtalet här	Bekräfta frånträde

The three field labels

Paragraph 2 names the information the form has to collect. The wording below is the directive's own.

Language	Name	Contract details	Email for the confirmation
Bulgarian `bg`	Име	Данни, идентифициращи договора, от който желаете да се откажете (напр. номер на поръчка)	Електронна поща, на която ще бъде изпратено потвърждението за отказа
Croatian `hr`	Ime	Pojedinosti o ugovoru od kojeg želite odustati (npr. broj narudžbe)	E-adresa na koju se šalje potvrda o odustajanju
Czech `cs`	Jméno	Údaje o smlouvě, od níž chcete odstoupit (např. číslo objednávky)	E-mail, na který bude zasláno potvrzení o přijetí odstoupení od smlouvy
Danish `da`	Navn	Oplysninger, der identificerer den aftale, du ønsker at fortryde (f.eks. ordrenummer)	E-mailadresse, som bekræftelsen af fortrydelsen sendes til
Dutch `nl`	Naam	Gegevens ter identificatie van de overeenkomst die u wenst te herroepen (bv. bestelnummer)	E-mailadres waarnaar de bevestiging van de herroeping wordt verstuurd
English `en`	Your name	Order number or other details identifying the contract	Email address for the acknowledgement of receipt
Estonian `et`	Nimi	Andmed selle lepingu tuvastamiseks, millest soovite taganeda (nt tellimuse number)	E-posti aadress, kuhu saadetakse taganemisteate kättesaamise kinnitus
Finnish `fi`	Nimi	Tiedot sopimuksesta, jonka haluat peruuttaa (esim. tilausnumero)	Sähköpostiosoite, johon peruuttamisvahvistus lähetetään
French `fr`	Votre nom	Numéro de commande ou autres indications permettant d'identifier le contrat	Adresse e-mail pour l'accusé de réception
German `de`	Ihr Name	Bestellnummer oder andere Angaben zur Identifizierung des Vertrags	E-Mail-Adresse für die Eingangsbestätigung
Greek `el`	Ονοματεπώνυμο	Στοιχεία που ταυτοποιούν τη σύμβαση από την οποία επιθυμείτε να υπαναχωρήσετε (π.χ. αριθμός παραγγελίας)	Ηλεκτρονική διεύθυνση στην οποία θα αποσταλεί η επιβεβαίωση της υπαναχώρησης
Hungarian `hu`	Név	A szerződést azonosító adatok, amelytől el kíván állni (pl. rendelésszám)	E-mail-cím, amelyre az elállás megerősítését küldjük
Irish `ga`	Ainm	Mionsonraí lena sainaithnítear an conradh ar mian leat tarraingt siar uaidh (m.sh. uimhir an ordaithe)	Seoladh ríomhphoist chuig a seolfar admháil go bhfuarthas an tarraingt siar
Italian `it`	Nome	Informazioni che identificano il contratto dal quale intende recedere (es. numero d'ordine)	E-mail a cui sarà inviata la conferma del recesso
Latvian `lv`	Vārds, uzvārds	Informācija, kas ļauj identificēt līgumu, no kura vēlaties atteikties (piem., pasūtījuma numurs)	E-pasta adrese, uz kuru tiks nosūtīts apstiprinājums par atteikuma saņemšanu
Lithuanian `lt`	Vardas, pavardė	Sutarties, kurios norite atsisakyti, identifikavimo duomenys (pvz., užsakymo numeris)	El. pašto adresas, kuriuo bus išsiųstas sutarties atsisakymo gavimo patvirtinimas
Maltese `mt`	Isem	Dettalji li jidentifikaw il-kuntratt li minnu tixtieq tirtira (eż. numru tal-ordni)	Indirizz tal-email fejn tintbagħat il-konferma tar-reċess
Polish `pl`	Imię i nazwisko	Dane identyfikujące umowę, od której chcesz odstąpić (np. numer zamówienia)	Adres e-mail, na który zostanie przesłane potwierdzenie odstąpienia od umowy
Portuguese `pt`	Nome	Informações que identifiquem o contrato do qual pretende retratar-se (p. ex. número da encomenda)	E-mail para o qual será enviada a confirmação da retratação
Romanian `ro`	Nume	Detalii de identificare a contractului din care doriți să vă retrageți (de ex. numărul comenzii)	Adresa de e-mail la care va fi trimisă confirmarea retragerii
Slovak `sk`	Meno	Údaje identifikujúce zmluvu, od ktorej chcete odstúpiť (napr. číslo objednávky)	E-mail, na ktorý sa zašle potvrdenie o prijatí odstúpenia od zmluvy
Slovenian `sl`	Ime	Podatki o pogodbi, od katere želite odstopiti (npr. številka naročila)	E-naslov, na katerega bo poslano potrdilo o prejemu odstopa od pogodbe
Spanish `es`	Nombre	Datos que identifiquen el contrato del que desea desistir (p. ej. número de pedido)	Correo electrónico al que se enviará la confirmación del desistimiento
Swedish `sv`	Namn	Uppgifter som identifierar det avtal du önskar frånträda (t.ex. ordernummer)	E-postadress dit bekräftelsen av frånträdet skickas

Germany and Austria

Germany — § 356a BGB, in force since 19 June 2026. Paragraph 1 requires the withdrawal function to be labelled „legibly with ‚Vertrag widerrufen‘ or another equivalent unambiguous formulation“; paragraph 3 does the same for the confirmation function with ‚Widerruf bestätigen‘. Paragraph 4 requires the acknowledgement without undue delay on a durable medium, carrying the content of the declaration and the date and time it arrived.

Austria — § 13a FAGG, inserted by BGBl. I Nr. 59/2026, in force from 1 October 2026 (RIS NOR40279256; Anlage 1 zum FAGG at NOR40279264). Paragraphs 2 and 4 carry the same two labels; paragraph 5 the same acknowledgement.

Both allow a different formulation — but not the same one. Germany says „or another equivalent in meaning unambiguous formulation“; Austria says „or a corresponding unambiguous formulation“. And only the Austrian text puts „ausschließlich“ — exclusively — in front of the confirmation label in paragraph 4; the German paragraph 3 has no such word. Departing from the words in the table leaves the safe wording in both countries, and Austria draws the line tighter.

The detail that gets lost in transcription

The English reads “Withdraw from contract here”, the French “Renoncer au contrat ici”, so the deictic is easy to assume everywhere. Six language versions do not have it: Danish, German, Estonian, Croatian, Latvian and Hungarian. That is not a transcription slip — it is what the official texts say. Eighteen versions carry a “here”, six do not. “Completing” one of those six departs from the statutory text.

Reuse

Take this table freely — including for client letters, blog posts and documentation. We ask only for a source note linking back to this page, so that corrections find their way home. If you spot an error, tell us: we will fix it and say what was wrong.

For developers: the same rows are published as machine-readable eu-withdrawal-button-wording.json — 24 languages, both buttons, the three field labels, plus a per-language flag for whether the official version carries a deictic (“here”). Free to use on the same terms: credit with a link.

This page reproduces and situates the wording of official texts. It is not legal advice and does not replace it. Whether a particular contract carries a right of withdrawal depends, among other things, on § 312g(2) BGB in Germany.

Who publishes this

The table came out of building Cooloff, a free app on the Wix App Market that puts the withdrawal function into a Wix store. The app uses these exact rows. The table stands on its own — it is just as useful if your shop is not on Wix and you are building the function yourself.