Accessibility statement · EAA · BFSG · BITV 2.0 · WCAG 2.2

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Every company covered by the European Accessibility Act – in Germany the BFSG – needs an accessibility statement. Many templates online provide a text, but no findings. Access Declare® creates your statement from a scan of your website – based on the BFSG, BITV 2.0 and WCAG 2.2, as HTML, PDF and DOCX. For sole traders and SMEs in the private sector, it is free of charge.

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No template and no project needed. A website address is all it takes. We & Access Declare® do the rest

Most templates for accessibility statements are fill-in-the-blank texts. They don’t ask how your website is actually doing – they let you enter the status yourself. Yet the statement is meant to describe how your service meets the accessibility requirements – and that requires findings.

That is why Access Declare® checks first and writes second. What you receive is a statement that fits your website and that you can renew at any time.
Create statement
Step 01 –
Enter the URL

Share your website address with us. That’s all you need to get started.

Step 02 –
Website scan in progress

Access Declare® checks your website against WCAG 2.2, free of charge for up to 150 pages of one domain. The result forms the findings on which your statement is based.

Step 03 –
Receive your statement

You receive your accessibility statement with a reference number – as HTML, PDF and DOCX. You can publish it directly, have us host it or embed it on your website via a snippet.

Step 04 –
Keep it up to date

A statement is only as good as its status. With the upgrade, Access Guard Lite keeps your statement up to date automatically, adds the information required for public bodies under BITV 2.0 and re-checks it every year.

Why a statement needs findings

A statement that
stands up to scrutiny

The accessibility statement is the most visible part of your obligations under the BFSG. According to Annex 3, it must include, among other things, how your service meets the accessibility requirements and which market surveillance authority is responsible. A statement that consists only of a text template cannot answer these questions honestly.

Access Declare® therefore takes the opposite route. First we check your website, then the text is created. The statement describes the status the scan revealed and receives a reference number.

Honesty matters here. Naming known barriers openly is not a flaw but part of a correct statement. Anyone who names gaps and shows how they will close them is in a better position than someone who claims full conformance without being able to prove it.

A statement does not replace proof, however. An automated scan covers only part of the requirements. Reliable proof comes from the Access Ready® in-depth audit with real users of assistive technologies.

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A statement is mandatory. An honest statement is an advantage.

From statement to reliable proof.

The statement shows the outside world where your service stands. It is the right first step, but not the last – because a considerable part of real accessibility is decided where human judgement counts: comprehensibility, context and actual user experience.

That is exactly why Access Declare® is the beginning of a well-thought-out path that you can follow seamlessly as soon as you are ready.

Access Ready®

carries out the in-depth audit – with real users of assistive technologies. The result is the ifdb certificate: reliable proof of due diligence and the strongest argument at management level.

Access Ready

Access Guard®

keeps your website and your statement up to date. Every website update can introduce new barriers – our monitoring detects them before they become a problem.

Access Guard

Access Protect®

assumes liability. A contractual assumption of liability for warning letters, based on a passed audit – for companies based in Germany.

Access Protect

Made for everyone who wants to meet their obligation honestly

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises,
    that fall under the BFSG and need a statement without setting up a project. Access Declare® is free of charge for one domain with up to 150 pages.
  • Online retailers,
    whose shop is a service in electronic commerce. The statement belongs where consumers can find it – you receive it ready to publish.
  • Public bodies,
    that must keep their statement up to date under BITV 2.0. The upgrade adds the information required for public bodies and keeps the version current.
  • Digital agencies,
    that create and maintain statements for several client websites. With the upgrade, you manage up to ten domains.
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about
Access Declare®

Yes, for sole traders, SMEs and smaller private-sector websites: one domain with up to 150 pages remains free of charge permanently. You can add a new domain every 30 days, and the same domain can be rescanned every 14 days at the earliest.

2. Which formats do I receive?

Your statement is available as HTML, PDF and DOCX. You can publish it yourself, have us host it or embed it on your website via a snippet.

On the requirements of the BFSG, BITV 2.0 and WCAG 2.2. For private-sector companies, it follows Annex 3 of the BFSG; for public bodies, the upgrade adds the information required under BITV 2.0.

A template asks you about the status of your website. Access Declare® determines it: the statement is created from a scan of your website and describes what the scan found.

The statement fulfils an information obligation. It does not prove that your service actually meets the requirements. That proof comes from the Access Ready® in-depth audit with the ifdb certificate. Access Declare® does not replace legal advice.

€9 per month or €90 per year, net, excl. VAT, with a minimum term of 12 months. It covers up to 10 domains and up to 1,000 pages per scan.

It adds the information required for public bodies under BITV 2.0 and keeps the statement up to date automatically via Access Guard Lite. It also includes up to four manual rescans per year per statement and a verification page with an automatic annual check.

Public bodies must state under BITV 2.0 which content is not accessible. Under the BFSG, too, the statement describes how your service meets the requirements – an honest status includes known gaps.

Whenever your service changes significantly, and regularly beyond that. With the upgrade, Access Guard Lite takes care of updates automatically.

For groups and large domain portfolios, there is Enterprise with individual terms and a personal contact. Get in touch with us.

We process your data in compliance with the GDPR and exclusively to create your statement. Details can be found in our privacy policy.

Your statement in just a few minutes

You need neither WCAG knowledge nor a template. All you need is your website address. In just a few minutes, you will have an accessibility statement that fits your website – free of charge for the private sector.

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EAA, BFSG and BITV 2.0 – the basis of the accessibility statement

For private-sector providers in Germany, Annex 3 of the Accessibility Strengthening Act (BFSG) – the German implementation of the European Accessibility Act – sets out which information belongs to an accessible service: a description of the service, explanations of how it is provided, a description of how it meets the accessibility requirements and the responsible market surveillance authority. Public bodies publish their statement under BITV 2.0.

Access Declare® creates your statement on this basis from a scan of your website. Our guide to the mandatory content of an accessibility statement describes in detail what it must contain. For retailers on platforms, there is a separate guide on Shopify, Amazon, eBay and Etsy. And if you need reliable proof, you will find it in the ifdb in-depth audit.