The Belgian Foreign Trade Agency is committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the law of 19 July 2018 regarding the European Directive (EU) 2016/2102 on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public authorities.

This accessibility statement concerns the following website:  https://www.abh-ace.be.

COMPLIANCE status

This website was considered partially compliant, due to the non-conformities and exemptions listed below.

PREPARE YOUR STATEMENT

An external accessibility audit was conducted on 31/01/2022. This audit was a simplified analysis. Read the French report. Read the Dutch report.

Non-accessible content

According to the aforementioned audit report, some pages contained a number of technical and 1 content accessibility deficiencies.

The following substantive point needed to be revised:

  • Use h1-h6 to identify section headings.

The following technical points needed to be revised:

  • The failure of the success criteria 1.3.1 and 4.1.2 was related to the fact that the association between the label and the UI component cannot be determined programmatically.
  • Make sure there is a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 between the text (and text in image form) and the text background.
  • Provide a send button.
  • Use of form elements and links.
     

SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVES

No alternatives, see section Improvement plan.

Contact details

If you have any questions or comments about the accessibility of our website/application, please contact: nancy.willems@abh-ace.be.

If aforementioned person does not respond to your enquiry you are invited to contact the following service for complaints:
F
ederal Ombudsman
Rue de Louvain 48 letter box 6
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Email: contact@federalombudsman.be
Website federal Ombudsman
:
https://www.mediateurfederal.be/en/homepage  

PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT

The technical deficiencies cited were passed to the supplier of this website, who addressed and revised them on 21/03/2022.
The substantive deficiency was also reviewed by the Belgian Foreign Trade Agency at the same time.


This statement was drawn up on 02/02/2022.
 

The last revision of the statement took place on 14/03/2024.