Accessibility

1) Introduction

We are delighted 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 will inform you about:

• what services and functions you can expect on this website,
• how you can use these services and functions,
• what options are available to you for barrier-free use, and
• which authority is responsible for monitoring accessibility on this website.

2) Services and features of this website

This website is an online shop for the sale of goods.

Goods are defined here as physical objects.

The goods presented here can be added to an electronic shopping basket and then ordered and paid for in a binding manner.

This website has a header and footer menu.

The header menu lists the goods we sell by category and can be accessed individually from there.

Each product is described on a separate detail page with further information about its essential characteristics, the scope of delivery and the total price. From there, it can be added to the electronic shopping basket.

In addition, you can access the electronic shopping basket via the header menu as soon as you have added at least one product to it. The electronic ordering process can be initiated and completed from this shopping basket.

In the footer menu, you will find links to our legal notice with our contact information, as well as information on the legal basis of our online offer, shipping and payment options, and links to other helpful service pages.

3) Explanations on the use of the offer and functions

3.1 Virtual buttons

This website can be operated using virtual buttons.

3.2 Start, overview and detail pages

On the start page, you will find a selection of products in the central area of the page. By interacting with a product presentation, you will be taken to the product detail page.

In the header menu, you can navigate between the different product categories. After selecting a category, you will be taken to an overview page where all products in this category are displayed.

By interacting with a product presentation on the overview page, you will be taken to the product detail page.

In addition to all essential information about the product and the total price, the product detail pages contain a quantity selection element and a shopping cart button, if applicable.

If available, the desired order quantity can be specified using the quantity selection.

3.3 Electronic shopping basket

By clicking on 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 check the products you have added. Using the corresponding buttons, products can be removed or, if applicable, the order quantity can be changed.

After checking, you can complete the electronic ordering process by interacting with the corresponding buttons.

To do this, you will first be asked to enter your contact details (at least your name, email address and delivery or billing address) in the input mask.

In the next step, you can then choose between the available delivery or service options.

Finally, you can choose one of the available payment methods, enter the necessary payment details and complete your order.

The order is only binding once the button provided for this purpose on the final order page has been clicked. It is labelled ‘Buy’, ‘Buy now’, ‘Order with obligation to pay’ or another unambiguous phrase.

Before clicking on this order button, you can use the ‘Back’ button of your browser to return to the previous steps at any time and/or cancel the order process at any time.

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 complete the payment.

4) Legal requirements for accessibility

As an online shop, this website is classified as a ‘service in electronic business’ and features an electronic ordering and payment system. It is subject to special legal requirements regarding accessibility.

In general, this website must provide functions and procedures that are tailored to the needs of people with disabilities and enable usability with digital aids.

The online shop functions of this website must therefore be

• perceptible
• operable
• understandable and
• robust

designed.

Perceptibility means that the information and components of the online shop are presented in such a way that they can be easily perceived by all users.

Operability requires that the functions of the online shop 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 recognisable and unambiguously labelled.

Finally, robustness requires that the content and functions of the online shop can be used reliably and without restrictions, even when users employ digital aids.

If products are offered for sale in the online shop that are subject to your own accessibility requirements, information on accessible use must be provided for such products, where available.

5) Available aids for accessible use

This website meets accessibility requirements through the following measures:

• Alt texts for images: Images in the online shop are provided with alternative texts that give a brief description of the image and can be processed by screen readers (screen reading aids).
• Font size can be adjusted: The font size of the page content can be adjusted using the settings to make it as easy as possible for every user to see.
• Operability via mouse and keyboard: The online shop functions can be operated using both a mouse and a keyboard. The mouse pointer can be moved and activated in the online shop using the control keys on the keyboard.
• Browser-independent page output: The content and functions of this website are available in the same layout, orientation and resolution regardless of the browser used.
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS): A programming language is used that separates the presentation of the page content in terms of layout, colour and design from its content structure. This enables digital aids to use their own visibility schemes to display the page content.
• Verified correctness of HTML codes: All HTML codes are permanently checked for functionality to rule out malfunctions and prevent them from being detected by digital aids.
• Sufficient spacing between characters: Characters are displayed with sufficient spacing between them so as not to impair readability.
• Compatibility with screen readers: The content of the online shop is 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.
• Strong colour contrast: A strong contrast between font colours and backgrounds is preset to ensure optimal visibility of page elements.
• Text prompts for incomplete input fields: If mandatory input fields are not filled in, a colour highlight is accompanied by a text prompt. This prompt indicates which information is missing in the input field.
• Subtitles in videos: Embedded videos are subtitled to enable unrestricted playback for deaf users.