Accessibility statement

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Accessibility statement - European Commission

European Commission website

This statement applies to content published on the domain: ‘https://commission.europa.eu’

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 the Directorate-General for Communication, European Commission. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including persons 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 25 October 2024.

Preparation of this statement

This statement was prepared on 22 July 2025.

The statement is based on a review of a representative sample of web pages by an IAAP-qualified accessibility expert, using a combination of manual and automated testing.

Feedback

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

Phone: 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11
Contact form: Write to us (please refrain from providing sensitive information in the form, e.g. any information that would reveal personal financial information, information related to your health, or any other sensitive topic).

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 European Commission website is designed to be compatible with the following most used assistive technologies:

the latest version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari browsers;
in combination with the latest versions of NVDA, VoiceOver and TalkBack.

Technical specifications

The accessibility of the European Commission 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 the accessibility of the European Commission 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 European Commission website:

Video player – keyboard accessibility: We are aware of some issues with the keyboard accessibility of our video player (when selecting the caption language from the menu, it is not possible to use the arrow keys to move between languages, this can only be done with the TAB key).
Captions: Some videos have open captions in which the speakers are not clearly identified.
Audio description: Videos on this website do not have audio description.
Graphs and charts – use of colour: Some graphs and charts on the website rely on colour alone to communicate information, which is confusing for people with colour vision deficiency. In charts where labels are not visually associated with the corresponding-coloured section, clicking on the labels in the legends toggles the corresponding line, bar or section on or off, which allows users to check which label belongs to which part of the chart. We plan to fix this issue over the course of 2025.
Heading Hierarchy: Some headings do not follow the correct heading hierarchy, which can cause problems for screen reader users. We plan to fix this by end of 2025.
Organisation chart: The current version of visual organisation chart published is not accessible to people using a screen reader or users who rely on keyboard navigation. The Whoiswho is an accessible alternative for most of its content.
Animations: Some pages contain animations, such as animated graphs, that cannot be paused, stopped or hidden. We plan to fix this issue over the course of 2025.
Parallax effect: Some pages contain parallax effects that may cause dizziness, nausea, and imbalance in persons with motion sensitivity.

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