European Platform on Rare Disease Registration (EU RD Platform)
This statement applies to content published on the domain:
https://eu-rd-platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.
This website is managed by the Joint Research Centre (DG JRC). 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 7.2.2024.
Preparation of this statement
This statement was reviewed on 7.2.2024.
The statement is based on a review done by an automated tool Axe Monitor, using a combination of manual and automated testing.
Feedback
We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the European Platform on Rare Disease Registration (EU RD Platform) 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 ‘European Platform on Rare Disease Registration (EU RD Platform)’ website is designed to be compatible with the following most used assistive technologies:
- the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Brave browsers;
- in combination with the latest versions of JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver and TalkBack.
Technical specifications
The accessibility of the ‘European Platform on Rare Disease Registration (EU RD Platform)’ 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 ‘European Platform on Rare Disease Registration (EU RD Platform)’ 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:
- in the data explorer some functionalities are not easily accessible using only a keyboard;
- video captions: the ERDRI video does not have captions;
- MDR pages have non-accessible tooltip elements;
- the captcha in the feedback form is not accessible;
- some documents are in PDF or office format, their accessibility depends on the application used to open and read them.
We plan to fix this by June 2024.