European Commission website
This statement applies to all the pages published on the domain: ‘https://commission.europa.eu'
It does not apply to other content or websites published on any of its subdomains. Those websites and their content have their own specific accessibility statements.
This website is managed by Directorate-General for Communication, European Commission. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including people with disabilities.
You should be able to:
- e.g. zoom in up to 200% without problems
- navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
- navigate most of the website using a screen reader and speech recognition software (on your computer or phone)
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 and review of this statement
This statement was last reviewed on 28 July 2026.
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 this website's accessibility. If you experience any accessibility issues, please contact us:
- 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 aim to reply within 15 business days.
Non-accessible content
We do our best to ensure this website is accessible. However, we know some parts of the website are not yet fully accessible, and we are working to improve them. Below is the list of the main accessibility issues we are aware of, and, where possible, our plans to fix them.
Known issues:
- 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.
- Heading Hierarchy: Some headings do not follow the correct heading hierarchy, which can cause problems for screen reader users.
- 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.
- Parallax effect: Some pages contain parallax effects that may cause dizziness, nausea, and imbalance in persons with motion sensitivity.
- The editing system does not allow website owners to identify language changes inside a page or mark abbreviations.