EU Web Accessibility Directive (Directive 2016/2102)
WAD: Accessibility Requirements (POUR Principles)

EU Web Accessibility Directive (Directive 2016/2102) WAD-Art.4: Accessibility requirements - POUR principles (WAD Article 4)

Article 4 imposes the substantive accessibility obligation: Member States shall ensure that public sector bodies take the necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable + operable + understandable + robust (the POUR principles). The POUR principles are operationalised through compliance with the W3C WCAG 2.x Conformance Level AA (currently WCAG 2.1 + transitioning to WCAG 2.2 as EN 301 549 v4.x is finalised). PERCEIVABLE - information + UI components must be presentable in ways users can perceive (text alternatives + captions + adaptable + distinguishable). OPERABLE - UI + navigation must be operable (keyboard accessible + enough time + seizures + navigable + input modalities). UNDERSTANDABLE - information + UI operation must be understandable (readable + predictable + input assistance). ROBUST - content must be robust enough to be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents including assistive technologies (compatible). Compliance is presumed under Article 6 where the website / mobile app complies with the harmonised standard EN 301 549.

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  • EN301549-11.1 11.1 Perceivable
  • EN301549-11.2 11.2 Operable
  • EN301549-11.3 11.3 Understandable
  • EN301549-11.4 11.4 Robust
  • EN301549-9.1 9.1 Perceivable
  • EN301549-9.2 9.2 Operable
  • EN301549-9.3 9.3 Understandable
  • EN301549-9.4 9.4 Robust

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