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 partially meets compliance level requirements. Non-compliances and exemptions have been identified, as described below.

Preparation of the accessibility statement

An external accessibility audit was carried out on 19/03/2024. This audit was a simplified analysis. Read the report here:

Non-accessible content

A number of pages contain some accessibility deficiencies:

  • incorrect use of h1-h6 to identify section headings (WCAG 1.3.1)
  • give a title using the title element (WCAG 2.4.2)
  • use language attributes in the html element (WCAG 3.1.1)
  • provide a submit button (WCAG 3.2.2)
  • use form elements and links (WCAG 4.1.2).
     

Suggested alternatives

  • incorrect use of h1-h6 to identify section headings (WCAG 1.3.1): these errors have been corrected
  • give a title using the title element (WCAG 2.4.2): positive information after manual verification
  • use language attributes in the html element (WCAG 3.1.1):  positive information after manual verification + 1 issue under treatment at ICT Service Desk BOSA
  • provide a submit button (WCAG 3.2.2): this error has been corrected
  • use form elements and links (WCAG 4.1.2): these errors have been corrected.
     

Contact details

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

Belgian Foreign Trade Agency

Via e-mail with the person in charge of the website: nancy.willems@abh-ace.be

Complaints procedure - Belgian Foreign Trade Agency
If you are not satisfied with the response given by the person in charge of the website, please contact the DPO, Prevention Advisor at the Belgian Foreign Trade Agency by e-mail: sammy.sioen@abh-ace.be

Federal Ombudsman (if the response from both Belgian Foreign Trade Agency contacts is unsatisfactory)
Postal address: Rue de Louvain 48 letter box 6, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Email:
contact@federalombudsman.be
Website: https://www.federaalombudsman.be/en/homepage

Plan for improvement

The detected problems resulting from errors in content management have been corrected. The known problems will be taken into account when adding new content.


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

The last revision of the statement took place on 4/03/2025.