Accessibility statement

The Parliament of the German-speaking Community is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the national legislation on the implementation of the Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies. This accessibility statement applies to the website www.pdg.be.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the national legislation on the implementation of the Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies due to the exemptions listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons:

• Background images or images with external references may generate warnings: contrast values layers cannot always be identified. All colors used on the website have been checked according to WCAG2AA regulations.
• Differences exist between the content offered on this website depending on the selected language.
• Content from this website is currently unavailable in sign or plain language.
• The inclusion of widgets and modules at various levels may result in a difference in the headline structure.
• Existing video content and livestreams do not have subtitles. Spoken texts are not displayed.
• Control elements for dynamic content are labeled according to WCAG2AA, but do not have visual replication.
• Content or documents provided by third parties are not necessarily made accessible.
• Content or documents for everyday office use (Word documents, PDF documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, etc.) are not accessible.
• Not all images have alternative texts that describe the image.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on the 3rd March 2021.

The following methodes were deemed appropriate to prepare the statement of this Agreement (see Article 3(1) of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1523):

• This website is being cross-checked and optimized towards the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA.
• The evaluation of the website against the BOSA Accessbility Check. This tool is recommended by the federal digital accessibility service.
• The control of colors by the a11y Color Contrast Accessibility Validator. This tool is part of the recommended list of web accessibility evaluation tools towards the Web Content Accessibility (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA standard.

The statement was last reviewed on the 3rd March 2021.

Feedback and contact information

If you have any questions or comments about the accessibility of this website, please contact:

The public relations service

Tel.: +32 (0)87 31 84 00
Email: [email protected]

Enforcement procedure

If you have any questions or comments regarding the enforcement process of this website towards the the implementation of the Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies, please contact:

The Parliament's secretary general

Stephan Thomas
Email: [email protected]