Accessibility statement
1) Introduction
We are pleased that you have visited our website and thank you for your interest. Below you will find information on the accessibility of our online offering.
We inform you about:
- what offer and functions you expect on this website,
- how you can use this offer and its functions,
- what options for barrier-free use are available to you and
- which authority is responsible for monitoring accessibility on this website.
2) Offer and functions of this website
This website is an online shop for the sale of goods. Goods are defined as physical objects. You will be presented with goods that can be added to an electronic shopping cart, which you can then order and pay for.
This website has a header and a footer menu. The header menu lists the products we sell by category, from which you can access individual items.
Each item is described on a separate detail page with further information about its essential features, scope of delivery, and total price. From there, it can be added to your shopping cart.
You can also access the electronic shopping cart via the header menu once you have added at least one item to it. From this shopping cart, you can initiate and complete the electronic ordering process.
In the footer menu, you will find links to our imprint with our contact information, as well as information on the legal basis of our online offering, shipping and payment options, and links to other helpful service pages.
3) Explanations on the use of the offer and the functions
3.1 Virtual buttons
This website can be operated via virtual buttons.
3.2 Home, overview and detail pages
On the homepage, you'll find a selection of available products in the central section. Interacting with a product presentation takes you to the product detail page. The header menu allows you to navigate between the various product categories.
After selecting a category, you'll be taken to an overview page displaying all the products in that category. Interacting with a product presentation on the overview page will take you to the product details page.
In addition to all essential information about the product and the total price, the product detail pages contain a quantity selector and a shopping cart button, if available. If available, the desired order quantity can be specified using the quantity selector.
3.3 Electronic shopping cart
By clicking the shopping cart button, you add the product (in the selected quantity, if applicable) to the electronic shopping cart. This electronic shopping cart can be accessed at any time via the header menu.
Here, you can first review the added products. Using the corresponding buttons, you can remove products or, if applicable, change the order quantity.
3.4 Electronic ordering process
After verification, you can complete the electronic ordering process by interacting with the corresponding buttons. To do so, you will first be asked to enter your contact details (at least your name, email address, and delivery or billing address) via an input mask. In the next step, you can then select from the available delivery or service options. Finally, you can choose one of the available payment methods, enter the necessary payment details, and complete the order.
The order is only bindingly submitted when the designated button on the final order page is clicked. It will be labeled "Buy," "Buy now," "Order with payment," or another clear phrase. Before clicking this order button, you can navigate back to the previous steps and/or cancel the order process at any time using your browser's "Back" button.
If you have chosen to pay using an online payment method, you will be redirected from the final order page to the payment provider's system to make the payment.
4) Legal requirements for accessibility
As an online shop, this website is classified as an "electronic commerce service" and features electronic ordering and payment options. Specific legal accessibility requirements apply to it.
In general, this website must provide features and procedures that are tailored to the needs of people with disabilities and enable usability with digital tools.
The online shop functions of this website must:
- perceptible
- operable
- understandable and
- robust
be designed.
Perceivability means that the information and components of the online shop are presented in a way that is easily perceivable for all users. Usability requires that the online shop's functions can also be used by users with limited mobility or mental capacity.
Comprehensibility requires that the information and functions of the online shop are logically structured, easily recognizable and unambiguously labeled.
Ultimately, robustness requires that the content and functions of the online shop can be used reliably and without restrictions, even when users use digital tools.
If products are for sale in the online shop that are subject to their own accessibility requirements, information on accessibility must be provided for such products - where available.
5) Available aids for barrier-free use
This website meets accessibility requirements through the following measures:
- Alt texts for images: Images in the online shop are equipped with alternative texts that provide a short description of the image and can be processed by screen readers.
- Mouse and keyboard usability: The online shop functions can be operated with both a mouse and keyboard. The mouse pointer can be moved and operated using the keyboard's control keys.
- Browser-independent page display: The content and functions of this website are available in identical layout, orientation and resolution regardless of the browser used.
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS): A programming language is used that separates the presentation of page content in terms of layout, color, and design from its content structure. This allows digital tools to use their own visibility schemes to display page content.
- Verified correctness of HTML codes: All HTML codes are continuously tested for functionality to prevent malfunctions and inability to read digitally.
- Sufficient spacing between characters: Characters are displayed with sufficient spacing between them so as not to impair readability.
- Compatibility with screen readers: The contents of the online shop are compatible with all common screen readers (screen reading aids) and can be read and processed by them.
- Responsive design (adaptation to different screen sizes): The dimensions of the content, elements and functions automatically adapt to the size of the screen used.
- Text prompts for missing input fields: If mandatory input fields are left blank, a text prompt will be displayed in addition to a color highlight. This prompt clarifies which information is missing from the input field.
6) Competent supervisory authority
The following authority is responsible for monitoring accessibility on this website:
Market Surveillance Authority of the German States for the Accessibility of Products and Services (MLBF)
c/o Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Equality Saxony-Anhalt
PO Box 39 11 55
39135 Magdeburg
Telephone: (+49) (0) 391 567 4530
Email: MLBF@ms.sachsen-anhalt.de