Accessibility

This statement applies to content published on the domain: ‘https://rea.ec.europa.eu’

It does not apply to other content or websites published on any of its subdomains. These websites and their content will have their own specific accessibility statement.

This website is managed by the European Research Executive Agency. 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.

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 July 2023.

This statement was reviewed on 05 September 2023.

We carried out a self-accessibility compliance check. Then we fixed all the critical issues found.  

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the European Research Executive Agency website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:

• E-mail: REA-EXTERNAL-COMMUNICATIONec [dot] europa [dot] eu (REA-EXTERNAL-COMMUNICATION[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)
• Feedback form: https://rea.ec.europa.eu/contact-rea_en

We try to respond to feedback within 15 business days from the date of receipt of the enquiry by the responsible Commission department.

The ‘European Research Executive Agency’ website is designed to be compatible with the following most used assistive technologies:

• the latest version of Google Chrome and Apple Safari browsers;
• in combination with the latest versions of JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver and TalkBack.

The accessibility of the ‘European Research Executive Agency’ 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

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the ‘European Research Executive Agency’ 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.

Known limitations for the ‘European Research Executive Agency’ website:

1. Some images do not have alt text descriptions.
2. Some documents are in PDF format and are not accessible.
3. Videos on this website do not have audio description.