{"id":1141,"date":"2023-02-25T19:48:56","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T18:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cerovac.com\/a11y\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2023-06-27T20:10:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T19:10:28","slug":"web-accessibility-directive-in-norway-is-a-bit-simpler-than-in-the-countries-of-european-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cerovac.com\/a11y\/2023\/02\/web-accessibility-directive-in-norway-is-a-bit-simpler-than-in-the-countries-of-european-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Accessibility Directive in Norway is a bit simpler than in the countries of European Union"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I got some questions to my last post, where I wrote about accessibility legislation in Norway<\/a>, and decided to make a separate post to answer the question, hoping that it will help others as well. The question was: “Does WAD in Norway require whole EN 301 549?” And the answer is no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Web Accessibility Directive in Norway doesn’t require whole EN 301 549!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WAD in Norway isn’t like WAD in European Union, to simplify it. EU uses whole Harmonised European Standard EN 301 549 (<\/a>v<\/a>e<\/a>r<\/a>s<\/a>i<\/a>o<\/a>n<\/a> <\/a>3<\/a>.<\/a>2<\/a>.<\/a>1<\/a>,<\/a> <\/a>PDF opens in new window)<\/a>, that includes WCAG 2.1 on levels A and AA, but it also includes criteria beyond WCAG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is no the case in Norway! In Norway only WCAG 2.1 on levels A and AA are required for web, native mobile apps and documents. EN 301 549 does go beyond that and covers also non-web software (like desktop applications) and also electronic devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norwegian legislation therefore focuses on chapters 9, 10 and parts from 11 of the EN 301 549, that are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n