Short answer: Article 11a of Directive (EU) 2023/2673 names the wording for two buttons. In English, the withdrawal function reads "withdraw from contract here" and the confirmation step reads "confirm withdrawal", or in each case an unambiguous corresponding formulation. Every official language version of the directive prints its own wording, and it isn't always a word-for-word translation of the English. The table below gives both phrases in all 24 official EU languages, copied from each language version on EUR-Lex and checked on 25 September 2026.
This page is our reading of the source texts, not legal advice. The wording that applies to your store comes from your own country's law, which can phrase it differently; see "What this table doesn't tell you" below.
What Article 11a asks for
In summary (the full context is in our guide to the EU withdrawal button for guest orders):
- A withdrawal function, legibly labelled "withdraw from contract here" or an unambiguous corresponding formulation, continuously available for the whole withdrawal period, prominently displayed and easily accessible.
- A separate confirmation step, labelled only with the words "confirm withdrawal" or an unambiguous corresponding formulation.
All 24 language versions give the same dates: member states had to transpose the rule by 19 December 2025 and apply it from 19 June 2026.
The wording in all 24 languages
The rows follow EUR-Lex's language codes. We removed the quotation marks; spelling and capital letters are exactly as printed in each language's Official Journal text. Most versions print the phrase in lowercase inside a sentence, so starting a button with a capital letter is a typographic choice, not a change of wording.
| Language | Withdrawal function, Art. 11a(1) | Confirmation function, Art. 11a(3) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian (BG) | откажете се от договора тук | потвърждавам отказа | EUR-Lex BG |
| Czech (CS) | zde odstoupit od smlouvy | potvrdit odstoupení od smlouvy | EUR-Lex CS |
| Danish (DA) | Fortryd aftale | Bekræft fortrydelse | EUR-Lex DA |
| German (DE) | Vertrag widerrufen | Widerruf bestätigen | EUR-Lex DE |
| Greek (EL) | Πατήστε εδώ για υπαναχώρηση | επιβεβαίωση υπαναχώρησης | EUR-Lex EL |
| English (EN) | withdraw from contract here | confirm withdrawal | EUR-Lex EN |
| Spanish (ES) | desistir del contrato aquí | confirmar desistimiento | EUR-Lex ES |
| Estonian (ET) | Taganen lepingust | Kinnitan taganemise | EUR-Lex ET |
| Finnish (FI) | Peruuta sopimus tästä | Vahvista peruuttaminen | EUR-Lex FI |
| French (FR) | renoncer au contrat ici | confirmer la rétractation | EUR-Lex FR |
| Irish (GA) | tarraing siar ón gconradh anseo | dearbhaigh an tarraingt siar | EUR-Lex GA |
| Croatian (HR) | odustati od ugovora | potvrditi odustajanje | EUR-Lex HR |
| Hungarian (HU) | elállás a szerződéstől | elállás megerősítése | EUR-Lex HU |
| Italian (IT) | recedere dal contratto qui | conferma recesso | EUR-Lex IT |
| Lithuanian (LT) | atsisakyti sutarties čia | patvirtinti sutarties atsisakymą | EUR-Lex LT |
| Latvian (LV) | Atteikties no līguma | Apstiprināt atteikumu | EUR-Lex LV |
| Maltese (MT) | irtira mill-kuntratt hawnhekk | ikkonferma r-reċess | EUR-Lex MT |
| Dutch (NL) | hier de overeenkomst herroepen | herroeping bevestigen | EUR-Lex NL |
| Polish (PL) | odstąp od umowy tutaj | potwierdź odstąpienie od umowy | EUR-Lex PL |
| Portuguese (PT) | retrate-se do contrato aqui | confirmar retratação | EUR-Lex PT |
| Romanian (RO) | retrageți-vă din contract aici | confirmați retragerea | EUR-Lex RO |
| Slovak (SK) | odstúpiť od zmluvy tu | potvrdiť odstúpenie od zmluvy | EUR-Lex SK |
| Slovenian (SL) | kliknite tukaj za odstop od pogodbe | potrdi odstop od pogodbe | EUR-Lex SL |
| Swedish (SV) | ångra avtalet här | bekräfta frånträde | EUR-Lex SV |
You're welcome to copy this table. Please name this page as your source, and check the linked EUR-Lex text before you rely on a phrase.
Differences worth knowing before you translate your buttons
- Not every version says "here". Six leave it out: Danish, German, Estonian, Croatian, Hungarian and Latvian. Hungarian is a noun rather than an instruction: "elállás a szerződéstől" means "withdrawal from the contract".
- Two versions describe the click itself. Greek reads "press here to withdraw" and Slovenian "click here to withdraw from the contract".
- Estonian speaks as the buyer in both buttons: "Taganen lepingust" means "I withdraw from the contract" and "Kinnitan taganemise" "I confirm the withdrawal". Bulgarian mixes the two styles: its withdrawal wording is an instruction ("withdraw from the contract here"), its confirmation wording is "I confirm the withdrawal".
- The Polish confirmation text has no "only". In Article 11a(3), every other version we checked says the confirmation button is labelled only with the quoted words (German "ausschließlich", French "les seuls mots", Spanish "únicamente"). The Polish text has no equivalent word. Whether that changes anything in practice is a question for a Polish lawyer.
What this table doesn't tell you
- Your country's own law. A directive binds the member states, and each one passes its own law. Germany's § 356a BGB uses the directive's German wording exactly: "Vertrag widerrufen" and "Widerruf bestätigen". For France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Poland, we couldn't confirm on 25 September 2026 which national provision covers ordinary goods, or whether it keeps the directive's wording; our guest-orders guide has the detail. We haven't checked the other EU countries' laws.
- How a phrase reads on a button. We checked every phrase against the official text. Native speakers haven't reviewed how each one reads as button text.
- Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. As of our check on 25 September 2026, the directive hadn't been incorporated into the EEA Agreement for those three countries, per EFTA's EEA-Lex tracker. Norwegian and Icelandic aren't official EU languages, so the directive has no wording in them.
How we checked
For each of the 24 languages, we opened the directive's language version on EUR-Lex (CELEX 32023L2673), pulled the raw text of the page and searched it for the quoted phrases in Article 11a(1) and (3). We did this twice on 25 September 2026, and both passes agreed for all 24 languages. The source column links to each language version. If you find a mistake, tell us at support@tansolutions.org and we'll correct it.
Where Comeback fits
We make Comeback, a Shopify app that adds a no-login withdrawal form to a store's footer for visitors in the EEA. At launch, the form shows the English and German wording from this table; the other languages aren't in the app yet. Comeback isn't on the Shopify App Store yet. See how the withdrawal form works.