Declaration on accessibility for Rathaus Galerie Essen

Prerequisites

This declaration on accessibility applies to the Rathaus Galerie Essen website published at https://rathaus-galerie-essen.de/.

As a company, we endeavor to make our websites and mobile applications accessible in accordance with the provisions of the Accessibility Improvement Act (BFSG) and the Ordinance to the Accessibility Improvement Act (BFSGV) implementing the European Accessibility Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/882 on the accessibility requirements for products and services).

Status of compatibility with the requirements

The accessibility requirements are set out in the Ordinance to the Accessibility Improvement Act (BFSGV).

The specific accessibility requirements have been implemented in accordance with Section 14 BFSG in conjunction with Section 3 para. § Section 3 (1) BFSG in the Ordinance to the Accessibility Improvement Act (BFSGV).

Information on services that meet accessibility requirements

Shopping center in Essen

Conformity status

The specific technical measures are based on WCAG 2.1 Level A, AA.

The verification of compliance with the requirements is based on an external assessment (the content was assessed by an external organization that is not involved in the design and development of the product) and was carried out on 27.06.2025. The assessment was carried out in accordance with legal requirements and global standards (EN 301 549, WCAG 2.1 Level A, AA).

The website ‘Rathaus Galerie Essen’ has the status: fully compliant: the entire content is compliant without exception compared to the conformance level represented by WCAG 2.1 Level A, AA.

We provide services and information on our website/app in accordance with Section 2 of the Accessibility Improvement Act (BFSG) and the Ordinance to the Accessibility Improvement Act (BFSGV). We endeavor to make our websites and mobile applications accessible in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Disability Equality Act (BGG) and the Accessibility Reinforcement Act implementing the European Accessibility Act (EAA). We have checked our website/app in accordance with the conformity criteria described below and optimized it for barrier-free use.

The content listed below is not completely barrier-free:
Our website/app is largely compatible with the requirements. There is only a small amount of content that makes it difficult for people with disabilities to access information or accessibility. The content listed below is not completely accessible: – Images and graphic functions do not always have clear alternative texts and alternative texts are sometimes missing – The labels cannot be determined programmatically for all form elements – In some cases, the focus sequence is not comprehensible and the keyboard focus is not clearly visible – The accessible name does not correspond to the visible name for all controls – Not all PDF documents are accessible We are constantly working to improve our website/app. Unfortunately, due to the volume of material, we have not yet been able to make all content and services digitally accessible. We are endeavoring to remove all identified obstacles for people with disabilities as soon as possible.

Technology dependency

The website relies on the following technologies for barrier-free use: HTML, WAI-ARIA, CSS, JavaScript

Feedback and contact details

If you would like to give us feedback on the accessibility of ‘Rathaus Galerie Essen’, please contact our accessibility contact person by phone, email or other specified method.

Name: Rathaus Galerie Essen
Street: Porscheplatz 2
Postcode / City: 45127 Essen
Phone: 0201 747670
Email: info@rathaus-galerie-essen.de

Market surveillance authority

The responsible market surveillance authority is:
Marktüberwachungsstelle der Länder für die Barrierefreiheit von Produkten und Dienstleistungen (MLBF)
c/o Ministerium für Arbeit, Soziales, Gesundheit und Gleichstellung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt
Postfach 39 11 55
39135 Magdeburg

Phone: +49 391 567 4530
Email: MLBF@ms.sachsen-anhalt.de

The Rathaus Galerie Essen is constantly working on improving its website.

We are endeavoring to remove all obstacles for people with disabilities identified in the audit report dated 27.06.2025 in a timely manner.

This declaration was created on 07.07.2025 with the media concept generator for accessibility.