Accessibility and Usability Statement

AICEP undertakes to make the Buy From Portugal website available, in accordance with Decree-Law no. 83/2018, of October 19, which transposes Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council, on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications.

I. Compliance status

AICEP's Buy From Portugal website is fully compliant with Decree-Law No. 83/2018 of October 19th.

II. Preparation of this accessibility and usability statement

This statement was updated on 2024-07-01.

In accordance with article 9 of Decree-Law no. 83/2018, entities must adopt the monitoring procedures presented below. Procedures A) and B) are mandatory. Procedure C) is recommended.

A. Automatic evaluations carried out

(2024-07-01). Report: Web Accessibility Practices Public Area Report (WCAG 2.1 do W3C)

Tool used: AccessMonitor
Sample: 9 pages.
Main results (summary): A total of 6 pages obtained a score of 9,6 on the AccessMonitor scale (1 to 10), obtaining the following levels of compliance 75% of the pages pass the battery of tests to level A.

(2024-07-01). Report: Web Accessibility Practices Private Area Report (WCAG 2.1 do W3C)

Tool used: AccessMonitor
Sample: 19 pages.
Main results (summary): A total of 6 pages obtained a score of 9,47 on the AccessMonitor scale (1 to 10), obtaining the following levels of compliance 75% of the pages pass the battery of tests to level A.

B. Manual assessments carried out:

(2024-04-29). Report: Collection of evidence regarding the Checklist 10 critical aspects (xlsx; 52.1MB)

Sample: 8 pages.
Main results (heuristics satisfied/total heuristics applied): 18/22

(2024-04-29). Report: Collection of evidence regarding the Content Checklist (xlsx; 31.3MB)

Sample: 8 pages.
Main results (heuristics satisfied/total heuristics applied): 16/16

(2024-04-29). Report: Collection of evidence regarding the Transaction Checklist (xlsx; 21.4MB)

Sample: 4 pages.
Main results (heuristics satisfied/total heuristics applied): 9/12

C. Usability testing with people with disabilities:

The website has not yet been tested with users with disabilities.

III. Contact and request information regarding the website

To contact, send suggestions, make complaints or request additional information regarding the contents and/or features present on the AICEP website, please use the following means:

E-mail:

joao.cardoso.pinto@portugalglobal.pt

IV. Other evidence

AICEP did not present, when completing this Declaration, other evidence or efforts to make its website compliant with the accessibility requirements contained in Decree-Law no. 83/2018, of October 19.

V. Reporting situations of discrimination

In accordance with paragraph 1 of article 13 of Decree-Law no. 83/2018, of October 19, whenever a person with a disability is subject to less favorable treatment than they are, has been or is given to another person in a comparable situation, which constitutes a discriminatory practice against people with disabilities, foreseen and punished under the terms of article 4 of Law no. 46/2006, of 28 August, that person may , file a complaint, in accordance with the provisions of Decree-Law no. 34/2007, of 15 February.

The National Institute for Rehabilitation (INR, I.P.) provides a form to report situations of discrimination, forwarding the complaints presented to the competent authorities. Annually, the INR, I.P. prepares an annual report on the application of the law that prohibits and punishes discrimination based on disability and the existence of an aggravated health risk (Law no. 46/2006, of 28 August).

This Accessibility and Usability Declaration was created with the help of the WAI-Tools PT v1.5 Generator, developed within the scope of the WAI-Tools project, of which the AMA consortium is an integral part. The Declaration was designed in accordance with Decree-Law no. 83/2018, of October 19th.