The Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment is committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the law of 19 July 2018 on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector organisations(link is external) .
This statement on accessibility applies to the website : https://biocide.be/
STATE OF CONFORMITY
This website is in partial compliance to the standards described in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 niveau AA. Not all requirements are met.
A simplified, external audit of the accessibility was performed on August 17, 2026. The report is available via this link : https://reports.accessibility.belgium.be/ac/2026/be/simplified/biocide.be-c1a1e9d2/2026-08-17.fr.html. The report is available in French, Dutch or German, not in English.
NON-ACCESSIBLE CONTENT
A number of accessibility issues have been identified regarding:
- the lack of alternative text for some images;
- the contrast between the foreground and background colours does not always meet the minimum contrast requirements;
- some ARIA attributes are not permitted for an element’s role;
- not all <iframe> and <frame> elements have an accessible name;
- not all elements with an ARIA attribute support its role.
PROPOSED ALTERNATIVES
If you need information that is not currently accessible on our website, please contact us via e-mail info.biocides@health.fgov.be. We will try, if possible, to provide you with the information in an accessible way. However, for non-accessible elements, an alternative is not always available.
CONTACT DETAILS
If you have questions or remarks on the accessibility of this website, you can contact the service Biocides of the Federal Public Service of Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment at :
Federal Public Service of Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment - service Biocides
Galileelaan 5/2
1210 Brussel
+32 2 524 97 97 (contact center can be reached on week days between 8am and 1pm.)
info.biocides@health.fgov.be
If a problem persists, you can follow the procedure for complaints of our federal public service.
If you do not agree with the answer given by our complaints department, you can contact the federal mediator:
Leuvenseweg 48 bus 6
1000 Brussel
Contact details
PREPARATION OF THIS STATEMENT ON ACCESSIBILITY
This statement was prepared on 19/04/2022.
This statement was last reviewed on 15/07/2026 and was updated on 18/08/2026.