Accessibility statement

The technical basis used

Accessibility has been assessed against EN 301 549 and the functional requirements of Annex I to the Directive.

No harmonised standard has been cited in the Official Journal of the European Union in respect of this Directive, so this statement does not rely on the presumption of conformity under Article 15. Conformity with EN 301 549 is offered as evidence of how the Annex I requirements are met rather than as a presumption that they are.

How the requirements are met

Described rather than asserted, because Annex V(c) asks for a description and a declaration of commitment does not answer it.

• Every page declares its language, carries a title, and has a single first-level heading.
• The assessment is operable by keyboard alone. Answer buttons carry their pressed state, so a screen reader announces which option is selected rather than only that a button exists.
• Text is high contrast against the page throughout, and no interactive element falls below the 4.5:1 the standard requires.
• Zoom is not restricted: the viewport sets no maximum scale.
• The progress bar on the assessment is marked decorative, because the same information is given in the text beside it.
• Generated documents are real headings, lists and tables rather than styled paragraphs, so they can be navigated by structure and survive being printed.
• No autoplaying media and no motion beyond short transitions, which are disabled under prefers-reduced-motion.

Known limitations

The results page and the document pack are long. They are grouped under headings so they can be skipped through, but there is no summary view, and on a long pack that is a real cost to someone navigating by heading.

The print stylesheet has been checked by eye and not with assistive technology.

Nothing here has been tested with a screen reader by someone who uses one daily. That is the honest limit of this statement, and it is the gap we would most like closed.

How this is monitored

Article 13(3) makes accessibility a continuing duty rather than a one-off audit, and Annex V(3) expects this statement to describe the process that keeps it true.

This site is checked when its markup changes: any change to the assessment, the pack, or a shared component is checked for keyboard operation and heading structure before it ships. The statement is reviewed whenever such a change alters what it would have to say, and at least once a year. The date above is the date of that review, not of first publication.

Reporting a barrier, and where to complain

If any part of this site prevents you from completing what you came to do, write to the address above. Say which page and which step, and which assistive technology you were using if any. We will acknowledge it and say what we intend to do, including where we do not intend to act and why.

If our answer does not satisfy you, the enforcement authority is the one designated in your own member state: this Directive is enforced nationally rather than centrally, and no single European body takes these complaints.