Accessibility statement for Commission-owned websites on the Europa domain

Annex B Accessibility statement

This statement applies to content published on the domain: https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate

It does not apply to other content or websites published on any of its subdomains. These websites and their content will have their own specific accessibility statement.

This website is managed by DG Justice and Consumers. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including people with disabilities.

You should be able to:

  • zoom up to 200% without problems
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • navigate most of the website using a modern screen reader and speech recognition software (on your computer or phone)]

This website is designed to comply with the technical standard for websites and mobile apps, EN 301 549, v.3.2.1. This closely follows level ‘AA’ of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with technical standard EN 301 549 v.3.2.1 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. See ‘Non-accessible content’ for more details.

The website was last tested on 06.08.2026

Preparation of this statement

This statement was reviewed on 06 August 2026.

Compliance with the requirements set out in Directive (EU) 2016/2102 are accurate and based on an actual evaluation of the website's compliance with the requirements of Directive (EU) 2016/2102, by European Commission internal services and implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1523 (2) )].

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the Safety Gate website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:

We try to respond to feedback within 15 business days from the date of receipt of the enquiry by the responsible Commission department.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

The Safety Gate’ website is designed to be compatible with the following most used assistive technologies:

  • the latest version of Google Chrome, Edge and Apple Safari browsers;
  • in combination with the latest versions of NVDA.

Technical specifications

The accessibility of the Safety Gate’ website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

Non-accessible content

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the ‘Safety Gate’ website, we are aware of some limitations, which we are working to fix. Below is a description of known limitations and potential solutions. Please contact us if you encounter an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for the ‘Safety Gate’ website:

  1. most pages have poor colour contrast
  2. some functionality is not accessible using only a keyboard
  3. some heading elements are not used consistently
  4. some labels are not correctly connected with their corresponding form fields
  5. most images do not have alt text descriptions
  6. some/buttons and/or links don’t have readable text
  7. some/error messages are not clearly associated with form controls
  8. most documents are in PDF format