MESSE ESSEN GmbH endeavours to make its website accessible in accordance with the North Rhine-Westphalia Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Act (BGG NRW) and the Ordinance on the Enforcement of the Act (BITV NRW). This accessibility statement applies to the domain: https://www.messe-essen.de/messeplatz-essen/.

Status of compliance with the requirements

Our products and services are generally easy to find, access and use for people with disabilities, without particular difficulty and, in principle, without the need for external assistance.

This website is partially compliant with the BGG NRW and BITV NRW due to the following incompatibilities or exemptions.

Non-accessible content

The following content is not accessible because it does not comply with the underlying harmonised standard EN 301 549:

On all pages, the contrast between text and background is insufficient.

We are currently relaunching the website and will optimise the new website accordingly.

On individual pages, the language defined in the HTML does not match the page language.

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On all pages, there are form fields without labels. Navigation to the form fields using screen readers is impaired.

We are currently relaunching the website and will optimise the new website accordingly.

On all pages, the meta viewport prevents zooming. Disabling zoom makes it more difficult for people with visual impairments to read page content.

We are currently relaunching the website and will optimise the new website accordingly.

The following content is not accessible because it constitutes a disproportionate burden in accordance with Section 12a (6) BGG:

On almost all pages, there are links without link text.

We are currently relaunching the website and will optimise the new website accordingly.

The following content is not accessible because it does not fall within the scope of the applicable legal provisions:

On one page, there are headings that have no labels or contain the aria-hidden attribute and are therefore not accessible to screen readers.

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On several pages, there are tables that are not correctly structured. Not all table headers are associated with table data. It is not always clear which table content belongs to which table header.

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On individual pages, there are tables that are not correctly structured. Not all table data is associated with table headers. It is not always clear which table content belongs to which table header.

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On individual pages, appropriate subordinate elements are missing for a parent element. This may confuse screen reader users, as content is expected but not present.

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On individual pages, there are elements with the aria-hidden attribute that are simultaneously focusable. As a result, these elements are accessible to assistive technologies even though they should be hidden.

We are currently relaunching the website and will optimise the new website accordingly.

On several pages, links are not distinguishable from the surrounding text.

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On individual pages, there are elements whose ARIA IDs occur more than once. This makes navigation of the website with screen readers more difficult.

We are currently relaunching the website and will optimise the new website accordingly.

On individual pages, there are lists that contain elements which do not belong in lists. As a result, these lists may not be correctly output by assistive technologies.

We are currently relaunching the website and will optimise the new website accordingly.

This statement was created on 23 December 2025. The statement was generated using Eye-Able® technology by Web Inclusion GmbH. Eye-Able Report® – a product of Web Inclusion GmbH – has passed all machine-checkable test steps.

This statement was last reviewed on 23 December 2025.

Feedback and contact details

Do you have any comments or suggestions regarding accessibility barriers on this website? Please contact us. We will explain which barriers exist and inform you about any exemptions we have made. We will answer your enquiries as quickly as possible, but no later than within the statutory period of one month. Thank you for your feedback. You can contact us at the following address:

Team Digitale Medien

Messeplatz 1

45131 Essen

digitalmedia@messe-essen.de

Conciliation procedure

If no satisfactory solution is found in response to your enquiry regarding the accessibility of our websites, you may contact a conciliation body. Its task is to resolve conflicts between people with disabilities and federal public bodies. The aim is not to identify winners or losers, but rather to find a joint, out-of-court solution with the help of the conciliation body. The conciliation procedure is free of charge. You do not need legal representation. You can contact the conciliation body at the following address:

The Commissioner of the State Government for People with Disabilities and for Patients in North Rhine-Westphalia

Fürstenwall 25

40219 Düsseldorf

kontakt@lbbp.nrw.de

https://www.lbbp.nrw.de/ombudsstelle

Disclaimer

The automated review of the web content was carried out on: 23 December 2025. Google Chrome version 136.0.7103.92 was used as the browser for accessing the web content via Eye-Able. We guarantee the accuracy of the information provided for the tested application version under the specified browser and operating system parameters. The use of different versions or environments may result in deviations in display that differ from the results presented here. For a complete review, manual testing by the website operator is also recommended.