Declaration on Accessibility
The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology as part of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science e.V. and operator of this website endeavors to design the website in accordance with the relevant accessibility regulations. We are guided by the following legal provisions:
Disability Equality Act (BGG) and Barrier-Free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV 2.0).
This declaration on accessibility applies to the website www.mpimet.mpg.de.
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with accessibility requirements due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.
No full accessibility
- Plain language: not available.
- Sign language: not available.
- PDF documents not checked for accessibility.
- Audio and video files only partially subtitled.
- Non-text content does not always have alternative texts: Not all images contain the correct alternative texts.
Disproportionate burden
The following content will not be made available barrier-free because this would result in a disproportionate burden for us:
- Texts in plain language. However, we are checking which areas of the website can be made available in plain or simple language.
Exceptions to the scope of application of the accessibility regulations
The following non-accessible content on this website does not fall within the scope of our accessibility requirements:
- Embedded (third-party) content (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo, LinkedIn, Mastodon)
Evaluation method
Simplified monitoring for BITV 2
Further measures to improve the accessibility of our website
We are constantly striving to improve the accessibility of our website. We strive to remove all barriers for people with disabilities in a timely manner. We are currently doing the following:
- Continued recurring testing of selected pages and adjustments to make pages more accessible.
- Non-textual content does not always have alternative texts: We endeavor to supplement and adapt alternative texts.
- We are checking which areas of the website can be made available in plain or simple language.
Feedback and contact details
If you have noticed any accessibility barriers on our website, or if you have any comments or questions about accessibility, please feel free to contact us at the following address:
Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie
Bundesstr. 53
20146 Hamburg – Germany
+49 (0) 40 41173 – 0
communication@mpimet.mpg.de
Enforcement procedure
If you believe that you are being discriminated against because of an inadequate accessible design of our website, you have the option of contacting the competent enforcement body:
Landesamt für Digitalisierung, Breitband und Vermessung
IT-Dienstleistungszentrum des Freistaats Bayern
Durchsetzungs- und Überwachungsstelle für barrierefreie Informationstechnik
St.-Martin-Straße 47
81541 München
Deutschland
bitv@bayern.de
https://www.ldbv.bayern.de/digitalisierung/bitv/
Preparation of this Accessibility Statement
This declaration was prepared on 21.08.2025.