We (Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS) / Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) as the website operator strive to design the website in accordance with the relevant accessibility regulations. We are subject to the following legal provisions:

Law of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia on Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities (Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz Nordrhein-Westfalen - BGG NRW) and Barrier-Free Information Technology Ordinance of North Rhine-Westphalia (BITVNRW)

Website

This accessibility statement applies to the website https://www.ceplas.eu.

Feedback and contact details

Have you noticed any deficiencies in the accessibility of content on our website, or do you have any comments or questions about accessibility? Please feel free to contact us at:

CEPLAS Office
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Universitätsstraße 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Phone: +49 211 81-11996
E-Mail: office[at]ceplas.eu

Status of compliance with requirements

This website is not fully compliant with the accessibility regulations applicable to us. In detail:

Non-compliance with accessibility regulations

The content listed below is not compliant with the relevant legal requirements for accessibility:

• Images sometimes do not have alternative text
• Linked PDFs are not fully accessible
• Some graphics with type and some imagemaps are not fully accessible

Evaluation method

BITV self-test, run in October 2025

Further measures to improve barrier-free access to our website

We are constantly striving to improve barrier-free access to our website. We are currently doing the following:

To further improve accessibility, there is a contrast switch in the navigation bar that further optimizes the accessibility of the website.
We are constantly striving to make our offering as fully accessible as possible.

Enforcement

If you believe that you are disadvantaged by the insufficient accessibility of our website, you can contact the responsible enforcement body. You can reach them at:

Ombudsstelle für barrierefreie Informationstechnik des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (Ombuds Office for Accessible Information Technology of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia) at the State Commissioner for People with Disabilities

Fürstenwall 25

40219 Düsseldorf

Email: ombudsstelle-barrierefreie-it[at]mags.nrw.de

Creation of this accessibility statement

This statement was created on October 2, 2025.

The statement was last reviewed on October 2, 2025.