Filling in the statement’s mandatory details

You enter the mandatory details on the publishing page: in the website’s “Overview” tab under “Statement” → “Prepare publication”, section “Mandatory information”. Save with “Save details”.

Declared for

The top shows who declares and whether it is a public body or the private sector. You don’t change this here but in the website’s “Settings”. If the website takes over your organization’s name, the page says so. For client projects, the client’s name belongs there: Managing websites for clients.

Contact for reporting barriers

Required. An email address, a form or a phone number for people who come across a barrier.

If there is an email address, the service forwards reports from the form below the published statement to the first email address in the field. Without an email address, reports stay in your account under “Reported barriers” and are not forwarded. What it looks like for people reporting: Reporting a barrier.

Accessible alternatives

How can people reach content that is not yet accessible? For example a phone number, a document on request or a simpler version of the page. Concrete ways help more than a general note that people can get in touch.

The field is not required. If it stays empty and the statement lists defects, the text shows a placeholder in square brackets at this point – enter something then, or state expressly that there is no other way. If a public body’s statement lists no defect, the section is left out as long as the field is empty.

Description of the service

Only for information under § 14 BFSG. What is offered, and what do people need to know to use it? Annex 3 of the BFSG requires both: a general description and explanations of how to use it.

Explanations in sign language and Easy Language

Only for public bodies whose law requires these explanations: federal bodies, and bodies in the states that prescribe them as well. The field follows the choice under “Federal or state level” and names the provision it rests on; as long as the choice is missing, it is shown. If the law of your state does not require the explanations, there is neither the field nor the section in the statement.

Enter the address of the page with the explanations. The explanations themselves belong on your website’s home page – the statement only links to them.

Responsible enforcement body

For public bodies, the enforcement or conciliation body; for information under § 14 BFSG, the market surveillance authority. It is pre-filled from the jurisdiction: “Name of the body”, “Postal address” and “Website”.

The responsible body and – where the law names one – the reply deadline come from the choice under “Federal or state level”: From scan to published statement. You can overwrite the body; what you enter by hand is never replaced by the service.

The voluntary statement names no responsible body – there is none for it.

What the service adds itself

The conformance status, the list of known defects, the testing method, the date of the last review and – for public bodies – the reference to the enforcement or conciliation procedure and, where the law names one, the reply deadline are generated from the scan and the jurisdiction. The statement is still your declaration: read the draft before approving it.