ECIR – European Cancer Inequalities Registry
This statement applies to content published on the domain:
https://cancer-inequalities.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 15.12.2023.
Preparation of this statement
This statement was reviewed on 15.12.2023.
The statement is based on a review done by an automated tool https://wave.webaim.org, using a combination of manual and automated testing.
Feedback
We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the European Cancer Inequalities Registry (ECIR) website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:
- Contact form: EC-ECIR@ec.europa.eu
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 ECIR 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 JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver and TalkBack. We could not test the website with these tools, but the website is “designed to be compatible” with them.
Technical specifications
The accessibility of the ECIR 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 ECIR website, we are aware of some limitations, which we are working on 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 ECIR website:
- some functionalities are not accessible using only a keyboard;
- some pages do not present content in a hierarchical heading organisation;
- some elements have not well defined alternative text;
- some documents are in PDF or office format, their accessibility depends on the application used to open and read them.
We will fix the errors in 2025.