Declaration of accessibility

Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH strives to make its website accessible in accordance with the Accessibility Strengthening Act (BFSG) and the Regulation on the Accessibility Strengthening Act (BFSGV). This statement applies to www.smm-hamburg.com.

 

Status of compatibility with the requirements

 

This website is partially compliant with the BFSG and the BFSGV due to the following incompatibilities or exceptions.

Our products and services can be found, accessed and used by people with disabilities in the usual way, without particular difficulty and generally without outside help.

 

Non-accessible content

The following content is not accessible because it is not compatible with the underlying harmonized standard EN 301 549:

  • On single pages there are images without captions. It is difficult to navigate to the images with screen readers. | WCAG: 1.1.1
  • There are links without link text on almost all pages. | WCAG: 4.1.2
  • On several pages, the contrast between text and background is too low. | WCAG: 1.4.3
  • On single pages there are 'iframe' elements without labelling. Navigation with screen readers to the iframes is difficult. | WCAG: 4.1.2
  • No language is stored in the HTML on single pages. | WCAG: 3.1.1
  • There are buttons without labelling on a page. It is difficult to navigate to the buttons with screen readers. | WCAG: 4.1.2
  • There are headings on a page that have no caption or contain the aria-hidden attribute and are therefore not accessible to screen readers. | WCAG: 1.3.1
  • There is an 'iframe' element on a page whose label has already been assigned. If the elements cannot be clearly assigned, screen reader users may confuse the elements. | WCAG: 4.1.2
  • On single pages there are elements with the Aria-hidden attribute that can be focused at the same time. This makes these elements accessible to assistive technologies, even though they should be hidden. | WCAG: 4.1.2
  • There are elements on a page whose Aria ID occurs several times. This makes it difficult to navigate the website with screen readers. | WCAG: 4.1.2


This declaration was created on 23.06.2025.

 

Feedback and contact details

You can report any difficulties accessing the content of the website to us: 

Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH
- DBU: Accessibility -
Messeplatz 1
20357 Hamburg

 accessibility(at)hamburg-messe(dot)de

 

Arbitration

Schlichtungsstelle HmbBGG
Dammtorstraße 14
20354 Hamburg

 +49 40 428 43 3056
 schlichtungsstelle-hmbbgg(at)soziales.hamburg(dot)de

www.hamburg.de/politik-und-verwaltung/behoerden/sozialbehoerde/themen/behinderung/schlichtungsstelle-behinderung

 

Note on § 36 VSBG: We do not participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board and are not obliged to do so.