Web accessibility calendar and mobile applications
On December 22, 2016, the European Union Directive 2016/2102 on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies that establishes the obligation for all public websites to be accessible from 23 September 2020. The regulations establish minimum accessibility requirements and adopt rules applicable to the design, construction, maintenance and updating of websites and mobile applications, which should provide universal access to all people who consult it regardless of their abilities, physical, sensory or intellectual, and the technical context of use with which they do so (type of device, software , connection speed, environmental conditions, etc.).
The regulations also require the preparation, periodic updating and publication of a accessibility statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the minimum accessibility requirements that are established.
Accessibility calendar
The accessibility regulations set different deadlines:
Therefore, all websites published from 23 September 2018 have one year to adapt to the accessibility criteria and the rest of the websites must be accessible from 23 September 2020. in applications, the directive extends the deadline until June 23, 2021.
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