Accessibility
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is committed to ensuring accessibility of its website to all people, including those with cognitive or physical impairments.
Corporate
This website follows the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, AA level.
Our approach to accessibility
On this website, you should be able to:
- change colours, contrast levels and fonts
- zoom in up to 400% without text spilling off the screen
- navigate the website using just a keyboard
- listen to content using a screen reader
Improving accessibility
EMA will keep on improving the accessibility of this website and will update this page regularly to reflect improvements made.
Accessibility compliance status
This website is partially compliant with WCAG 2.2, AA level.
Despite our best efforts to ensure the accessibility of this website, we are aware of some limitations, which we are working to fix. Below is a description of known limitations. Please contact us if you encounter an issue not listed below:
- Colour contrast: low colour contrast on some elements such as graphics, focus indicator
- Keyboard operability: some features not usable with a keyboard such as some search input fields
- Screen reader support:
- some functionalities not announced correctly by screen readers, such as carousel navigation
- some fields have missing or incorrect descriptions (for example, in search fields)
- some links and buttons lack clear or accessible names
- some images lack meaningful alternative (alt) text
- Heading structure: inconsistent heading structure on some pages across the website
- Links opening in a new window: some links open without an advance notification
- Tables: incorrectly structured tables, such as missing links between headers and columns
- Tooltips: tooltips not accessible via keyboard, screen reader or mobile
- Target size: some interactive elements have a small target size, such as closing (x) icons
- Zoom: when zooming to 400%, some elements such as the cookie banner and carousel overlap with page content
- Documents:
- documents (PDF, Excel, Word) not fully accessible
- links for translated versions of documents are missing the language attribute
- Videos: some videos lack captions or transcripts
- Mobile devices:
- carousel cannot be paused on mobile
- when using the TalkBack screen reader on Android devices, autocomplete suggestions in the search bar only appear if a space is added after typing
We are actively addressing these issues through ongoing monthly improvements. You can track improvements made on our Website outages and upgrades page.
Browser and screen reader support
This website is tested and works with the latest versions of web browsers and the following most used assistive technologies:
Browsers, screen readers, viewports
- Browsers
- Chrome
- Edge
- Safari
- Screen readers including
- JAWS and NVDA (on desktop)
- VoiceOver (iOs) and TalkBack (Android) (on mobile)
- Viewport sizes desktop
- 1920×1080
- 1536×864
- 1280×1024
- Viewport sizes mobile
- 390×844
- 414×896
How to provide feedback on accessibility issues
We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the this website and invite you to let us know if you encounter any accessibility barriers. You can contact us via:
You can also provide your feedback by using the ‘Help us improve our website’ section at the bottom of each page on this website and completing the brief form. Please do not include any personal data, such as your name, contact details, any information related to your health, or any other sensitive topic.