1. Overview

Clause 9 is where most people first meet EN 301 549. It is the shortest route from a WCAG audit to a European requirement. It applies wherever ICT "is, or includes, a web page". Clause 9.0 NOTE 1 makes two things clear. Web applications, including mobile web applications, count as web pages. And you evaluate a website page by page.

The clause does not restate WCAG. Each requirement in clauses 9.1 to 9.4 is a single sentence. It says that where ICT is, or includes, a web page, "the web page shall satisfy WCAG 2.2 Success Criterion" followed by the number. There are 55 such requirements, one for every Level A and AA criterion in WCAG 2.2. Clause 9.6 adds WCAG's five conformance requirements. Clause 9.7 covers user preferences. Table A.1 lists all 57 as the requirements for any web page under the European Accessibility Act (EAA).

This lesson gives you the mapping in both directions. It explains the gaps in the numbering. It shows what clauses 9.5, 9.6 and 9.7 add on top of the success criteria. The exercise at the end takes a real audit report. You map every finding to its clause 9 number. Then you use the report's coverage list to work out which clause 9 requirements still need a human.

Standards covered: WCAG 2.2 Levels A and AA, all 55 success criteria and the five conformance requirements · EN 301 549 V4.1.1 clauses 9.0 to 9.7 and Table A.1 · European Accessibility Act Annex I Section III(c), websites and online applications, which Table ZB.4 maps to clause 9.

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