Accessibility

The web French Reference Centre for ,animal welfare (FRCAW), is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with Article 47 of Law No. 2005-102 of February 11, 2005.

This accessibility statement applies to the website www.cnr-bea.fr.

Compliance Status

The website www.cnr-bea.fr is partially compliant with the General Framework for Improving Accessibility (RGAA), version 4.1.2, due to the non-conformities listed below.

Test Results

The compliance audit conducted from October 27 to November 3, 2026, by Numéria Communication reveals that 82.35% of the criteria in RGAA version 4.1.2 are met.

Of the 106 criteria in the framework, 56 are in compliance, 12 are noncompliant, and 38 do not apply to the site. The compliance rate is calculated based on the 68 applicable criteria.

Inaccessible content

The content listed below is not available for the following reasons.

Nonconformities

  • Colors: Some text does not provide sufficient contrast with its background. This includes section headings in white on a light blue background, links within the body of the text, and the “Subscribe to the newsletter” bar at the top of the pages (Criterion 3.2).
  • Newsletter sign-up window: It opens automatically a few seconds after you arrive on each page and takes focus without any action on your part (Criterion 7.4).
  • Pop-up windows that appear over the page, such as those for requesting an expert opinion or subscribing to the newsletter: their names are not announced by screen readers (Criterion 7.1).
  • Content Language: Many reference materials and news articles—particularly their titles and summaries—are written in English without any indication of this language change. As a result, screen readers read them with a French pronunciation (Criterion 8.7).
  • Page structure: The main content area is identified by a role attribute, rather than by the HTML element intended for that purpose (Criterion 9.2).
  • Forms to request an expert opinion, suggest a resource, or subscribe to the newsletter:
    • In the expert assessment request form, most fields do not have labels: they are identified only by sample text placed within the field, which disappears when text is entered. On the newsletter sign-up page, the language selection option does not have a label (criteria 11.1 and 11.2);
    • the coordinate blocks in the request for expertise and the groups of checkboxes in the resource proposal are not grouped under a heading (criterion 11.5);
    • In both of these forms, the mandatory nature of the fields is indicated only in the sample text, and the required formats are not specified before submission: file types and maximum size of attachments, format of the link to be provided (Criterion 11.10);
    • The error messages do not specify the expected format: example of a valid email address, accepted file formats, maximum file size (Criterion 11.11);
    • The form fields (name, address, phone number, email) cannot be filled in automatically by the browser (Criterion 11.13).
  • PDF Documents: The documents available for download (expert opinions, reports, newsletters, etc.) do not include the information and markup required by assistive technologies—starting with the document title—and no accessible version is provided (Criterion 13.3). To obtain the content of a document in another format, please write to us, specifying the document you would like (see “Feedback and Contact” below).

Preparation of This Accessibility Statement

This statement was prepared on November 4, 2026.

Technologies Used to Build the Website

  • HTML5
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • WAI-ARIA

Test Environment

The tests were conducted on a computer using the Chromium browser—the engine behind Google Chrome—by recording the roles, states, and names passed to assistive technologies. The display and touch interactions were tested on a smartphone.

Tools for Assessing Accessibility

  • W3C HTML Validator, for checking the validity of page code
  • Script-driven Chromium browser: logging of information sent to assistive technologies, keyboard navigation, contrast measurement, 320-pixel-wide display, without style sheets and without JavaScript
  • Manual checks: grayscale display, reviewing instructions, submitting incomplete forms, use on a smartphone
  • Analysis of PDF Document Properties and Markup

Web pages that were subject to compliance verification

These pages include the elements common to the entire site: header and menu, search bar, cookie management banner, pop-up windows that appear over the page, and footer.

Feedback and contact

If you are unable to access a piece of content or a service, you can contact the site administrator to be directed to an accessible alternative or to obtain the content in another format.