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Accessibility and Usability Statement

Portugal Textile is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with Decree-Law No. 83/2018, of 19 October, which transposes Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies.

I. Compliance Status

The Portugal Textile website is fully compliant with Decree-Law No. 83/2018, of 19 October.

II. Preparation of this Accessibility and Usability Statement

This statement was last updated on 2025-10-23.

In accordance with Article 9 of Decree-Law No. 83/2018, entities must follow the monitoring procedures outlined below. Procedures A) and B) are mandatory, while C) is recommended.

  • A. Automated Evaluations Conducted

    (2025-10-10)
    Report: Automated Accessibility Report
    Tool used: Access Monitor
    Sample: 26 pages
    Main results (summary): All 26 pages scored above 9 (on a scale of 0 to 10), indicating a positive AA compliance level.

  • B. Manual Evaluations Conducted

    (2025-10-15) Report: Evidence Collection for the 10 Critical Aspects Checklist
    Report: Summary – 10 Aspects
    Sample: 12 pages
    Main results (heuristics satisfied / total heuristics applied): 18/22

    (2025-10-15) Report: Evidence Collection for the Content Checklist
    Report: Summary – Content
    Sample: 10 pages
    Main results (heuristics satisfied / total heuristics applied): 13/16

  • C. Usability Testing with Users with Disabilities

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

III. Contact and Requests for Information about the Website

To contact us, send suggestions, make complaints, or request additional information about the contents and/or functionalities available on the Portugal Textile website, please use the following means:

IV. Other Evidence

At the time of completing this statement, Portugal Textile had not provided additional evidence or efforts demonstrating further actions to make its website compliant with the accessibility requirements established by Decree-Law No. 83/2018, of 19 October.

V. Reporting Discriminatory Situations

In accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 13 of Decree-Law No. 83/2018, of 19 October, whenever a person with a disability is treated less favorably than another person in a comparable situation—constituting a discriminatory practice against persons with disabilities, as provided and punished under Article 4 of Law No. 46/2006, of 28 August—that person may file a complaint in accordance with Decree-Law No. 34/2007, of 15 February.

The National Institute for Rehabilitation (INR, I.P.) provides a form to report cases of discrimination and forwards such complaints to the competent authorities. Each year, the INR, I.P. prepares an annual report on the application of the law prohibiting and punishing discrimination on the grounds of disability and aggravated health risk (Law No. 46/2006, of 28 August).

This Accessibility and Usability Statement was created with the help of the WAI-Tools PT Generator v1.5, developed under the WAI-Tools project, of which AMA is a consortium member. The statement was prepared in accordance with Decree-Law No. 83/2018, of 19 October.