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This statement applies to content published on the domain: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/tracesnt

Tested for the released version 6.8.0.

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 SANTE. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including people with disabilities.

You should be able to:

• [e.g. 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.

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 25.09-11.10.2023.

This statement was reviewed on 11.10.2023.

By our accessibility team who did a self-asesment through manual and automated test. The automated tool used is Wave, and W3C validator.

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

• [Phone]: 00800 6 7 8 9 10 11
• [Feedback form]: Write to us

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

• the latest version of Google Chrome and Microsoft Edgebrowsers;
• in combination with the latest versions of JAWS, NVDA.

The accessibility of the ‘TRACES’ 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

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the ‘TRACES’ 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 ‘Traces’ website:

1. most pages have poor colour contrast;
2. some functionality is not accessible using only a keyboard;
3. most heading elements are not used consistently;
4. some labels are not correctly connected with their corresponding form fields;
5. most buttons and/or links don’t have readable text.

Our team will work to provide updates to TRACES to address all known critical and blocking issues by March 2024.