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Accessibility statement of the www.idescat.cat website

The Statistical Institute of Catalonia (Idescat) is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with Royal Decree 1112/2018, of 7 September, on accessibility of public sector websites and mobile applications (hereinafter, Royal Decree 1112/2018), and with Decree 216/2023, of 5 December, on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of the Administration of the Generalitat de Catalunya and its public sector (hereinafter, Decree 216/2023).

This accessibility statement applies to the website https://www.idescat.cat.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with Royal Decree 1112/2018, of 7 September 2018, due to the lack of conformity of the aspects that are set out below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons:

  1. Lack of compliance with Royal Decree 1112/2018, of 7 September 2018:

    There may be several accessibility issues in the section of the website named Foreign trade.

    There may be data tables with a complex functionality with various accessibility problems in the Statistics on Foreign Tourism Expenditure, the Statistics on Foreign Tourism, the Tourism of Residents in Catalonia and the Tourism in Catalonia of Residents in the Rest of Spain.

    There may be automated office files in PDF or other formats published after 20 September 2018 that do not meet all of the accessibility requirements.

    There is content in different languages from that of the web page that is not suitably tagged.

    There may be occasional errors in the publishing in some web pages or documents.

  2. Disproportionate load:

    Not applicable.

  3. The content is not within the scope of the applicable law:

    There may be automated office files in PDF or other formats published before 20 September 2018 that do not meet all of the accessibility requirements.

    There may be maps that do not meet all of the accessibility requirements.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 18 June 2020.

The method used to prepare the statement was a self-assessment conducted by Idescat.

The statement was last reviewed on: 31 July 2024.

Observations and contact information

Communications

Communications on accessibility requirements (Article 16.2 of Decree 216/2023) can be made through this contact mailbox.

For example, to:

  • Report any possible non-compliance by this website.
  • Report any difficulty in accessing content.
  • Make any other suggestions or queries for improving accessibility to the website.

Communications shall be received by the Web Accessibility Unit of the Generalitat de Catalunya and its public sector and passed on to the delegated units responsible for web accessibility.

Requests for accessible information and complaints

To make requests for accessible information and complaints (Article 16.3 of Decree 216/2023), please go to the Accessible content procedure and then select Request accessible information or make a complaint.

Any natural or legal person can make complaints about compliance with accessibility requirements, and request information about content that is exempt from complying with them.

Requests and complaints are registered in accordance with the requirements of Law 39/2015, of 1 October, on the common administrative procedure of public administrations, and are resolved within twenty working days.

Claims

If, once a request for accessible information or a complaint has been made, it has been rejected, has not been dealt with or has not been answered within the established period of twenty working days (Article 16.4 of Decree 216/2023), a complaint may be lodged with the Web Accessibility Unit of the Administration of the Generalitat de Catalunya and its public sector to:

  • Be informed of the reasons for the rejection and oppose them.
  • Urge that appropriate action be taken in case of disagreement with the decision.
  • Give the reasons why you consider that the response does not meet the requirements.

The complaint can be submitted through Accessible content, using the form Claim a request.

The web accessibility unit must resolve the complaint within a maximum of two months.

Idescat's commitment to accessibility

Idescat has constructed its website in order to facilitate universal access to everyone who visits it, regardless of their physical, sensory and intellectual abilities and the technical features of the equipment used (type of device, software, connection speed, environmental conditions, etc.).

Idescat strives to adapt its website to the recommendations of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and remove any barriers that hinder access to information and communication, in accordance with the accessibility guidelines established in version 2.1 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), achieving a compliance level of AA.

Idescat wishes to provide an eminently practical and useful tool to guarantee and promote equality in the provision and management of online information. To this effect, it will progressively incorporate the advances and new systems facilitating accessibility in communication into the information and communication technology it uses, in accordance with EN 301 549 v3.2.1 (PDF) on accessibility requirements for ICT products and services (websites, software, native applications, documents, hardware, etc.).