Re: WCAG 2.1 questions

> Actually, we’d like to know the list of country where WCAG standards are
mandatory by law or policy

I have not found a comprehensive up-to-date single source to answer this,
but you can get a pretty good picture by combining sources. The Twitter
thread <https://twitter.com/mgifford/status/1308405556667875330?s=19> that
I mentioned links to these sources:

   - Web Accessibility Laws & Policies <https://www.w3.org/WAI/policies/> —
    W3C
   - Digital Accessibility Laws Around the Globe
   <https://www.lflegal.com/2013/05/gaad-legal/> — Lainey Feingold
   - ICT A11y by Region
   <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hsl9iKoS77nVFt5_udyCxahkqnpTpbzu4sPO_zuZeRw/edit?usp=sharing>
    — my research

Cheers,
Mitchell

Mitchell Evan, CPWA
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On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 10:47 AM Pierre CHMIELEWSKI <
pierre.chmielewski@bureauveritas.com> wrote:

> Hi Mitchell,
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> Thank you for your message and the very useful information.
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> Actually, we’d like to know the list of country where WCAG standards are
> mandatory by law or policy, and for each of them, what would be the
> deadline to apply these standards to avoid penalties ? So that we can
> present that to our board management and start the compliance plan.
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> Hopefully you can provide me this list with effective deadlines,
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> Thank you in advance,
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> Best regards,
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> Pierre
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> *De :* Mitchell Evan [mailto:mtchllvn@gmail.com]
> *Envoyé :* jeudi 24 septembre 2020 09:13
> *À :* Pierre CHMIELEWSKI <pierre.chmielewski@bureauveritas.com>
> *Cc :* w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> *Objet :* Re: WCAG 2.1 questions
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> Hi Pierre,
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> I see that Bureau Veritas does business in every continent
> <https://group.bureauveritas.com/place-locator>, which probably motivates
> your question about deadline dates in different countries. To
> over-simplify: The public sector in Europe requires WCAG 2.1, while most of
> the rest of the world is using WCAG 2.0 moving at different speeds toward
> 2.1. I recommend you target 2.1 now for all regions and sectors, because it
> is better for users and fully back-compatible with 2.0.
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> For a more detailed discussion of 2.0/2.1, regions, and sectors, see this
> recent Twitter thread:
> https://twitter.com/mgifford/status/1308405556667875330?s=19
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> Update: An earlier email gave a link to RGAA version 3 2017, which was
> based on WCAG 2.0. France has moved to RGAA version 4 2019, now based on
> WCAG 2.1. https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/publications/rgaa-accessibilite/
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> Cheers,
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> Mitchell
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> Mitchell Evan, CPWA
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> On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 11:06 PM Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@levelaccess.com>
> wrote:
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> Perhaps you are looking for the RGAA standards?
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> http://references.modernisation.gouv.fr/rgaa/
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> Jonathan
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> *From:* Pierre CHMIELEWSKI <pierre.chmielewski@bureauveritas.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 23, 2020 9:46 AM
> *To:* w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> *Subject:* WCAG 2.1 questions
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> Hi,
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> I’m Pierre Chmielewksi, working as a webmaster assistant at Bureau Veritas
> corporate department.
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> We heard about the WCAG 2.1 standards and wish to comply with them, but we
> have some questions that are unclear for us, could you help answering
> theses questions:
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>    - What is the list of concerned by the WCAG2.1 standards?
>    - What are the deadline dates to be compliant with them for each
>    country concerned ?
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> If you could reply to me as soon as you can so that we can start applying
> our web accessibility strategy on our websites park all over the world.
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> Thank you in advance,
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> Regards
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