Accessibility declaration

Important note

Compliance with accessibility requirements will be reviewed in April 2026. The reason for this is that the website has been redesigned.

As soon as we have received the results of this review, we will publish them on this page by mid-2026 at the latest.

The Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization (KAN) strives to make its website accessible in accordance with national legislation implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

We are working on the processes necessary for continual improvement of digital accessibility to the information provided by KAN.

Compliance with the requirements

The accessibility requirements arise from Sections 3 (1) to (4) and 4 of the German BITV 2.0 regulation governing eAccessibility to information technology, which was adopted pursuant to Section 12d of the German Disability Discrimination and General Equal Treatment Act (BGG).

What accessibility issues exist?

Accessibility issues:

PDF files uploaded before 23 September 2018. These are denoted "not eAccessible".
Links to external PDF files are not denoted with respect to their accessibility, as we have no influence over such files.
Abbreviations and words in other languages cannot be marked in the calendar of events.
To play our podcasts with subtitles, please switch to the KAN YouTube channel.

Report accessibility issues/Feedback on accessibility

Have you noticed any accessibility issues in the content of www.kan.de? If so, please please use the contact form:

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Personal information

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Suggestions for correction/improvement

By clicking on the button below to submit the data entered in the form, you agree that we may use your details to respond to your enquiry. Your data will not be passed on to third parties unless applicable data protection regulations justify such a transfer or the Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardisation (KAN) is legally obliged to do so. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect.

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Should digital barriers prevent you from accessing the information you require, you can also contact us by post or telephone:

Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization (KAN) - Secretariat
Alte Heerstraße 111
53757 Sankt Augustin
Germany
Tel. +49 2241 231-3471
Fax +49 30 13 001 86 82 37

We will be happy to provide support.

Dispute arbitration

Germany's Federal Government Commissioner for Matters relating to Persons with Disabilities has an arbitration service pursuant to Section 16 of the BGG. The arbitration service has the task of resolving conflicts between persons with disabilities and federal public bodies.

You can call upon the arbitration service if you are dissatisfied with the answers you receive from the above contact facility.
The arbitration procedure is free of charge, and does not require you to have legal representation.

The arbitration service's website provides comprehensive information (in German) on the service. It describes the procedure and how to request arbitration. You can also submit the application in German easy language (LS) or in German sign language.

You can reach the arbitration service at the following address:

Schlichtungsstelle nach dem Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz bei dem Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für die Belange von Menschen mit Behinderungen
Mauerstrasse 53
10117 Berlin
Germany

Tel.: +49 30 18 527-2805
info@schlichtungsstelle-bgg.de
Internet: www.schlichtungsstelle-bgg.de (in German)