Commitment of Restaurant La Panthère.
Digital accessibility means designing a website so that it can be consulted and used by everyone, including people with disabilities — whether visual, auditory, motor, cognitive or neurological.
Although the company BAVI SASU, as a private hospitality business, is not legally required to comply with the Référentiel Général d'Amélioration de l'Accessibilité (RGAA — the obligation applying mainly to public bodies, companies with revenue above 250 million euros and regulated operators), we have made the deliberate choice to make accessibility one of the core principles in the design of our website.
This approach reflects our conviction that a restaurant open 7 days a week must also be open to all, online as much as at the table.
State of compliance.
The website restaurantlapanthere.com is in a state of partial compliance with RGAA 4.1, owing to the non-conformities and exemptions listed below.
Simplified self-assessment. The present state of compliance is based on an internal self-assessment carried out by the agency Darkin Production according to the known best practices of RGAA 4.1, and not on an official RGAA audit conducted by a certified provider. A professional audit will be considered as part of a later maturity step for the website.
Test results.
The internal self-assessment, carried out on 24 May 2026 by the technical team at Darkin Production, focused on the fundamental principles of the RGAA and of the international standard WCAG 2.1 level AA. The following elements were verified across all the public pages of the website:
Compliant points
— Semantic structure: correct use of HTML5 tags (header, main, section, article, nav, footer) and a consistent heading hierarchy (a single h1 per page, logical h2/h3 order);
— Declared language: the lang="en" attribute is present on the html tag of every page;
— Colour contrasts: text/background contrasts meet the WCAG AA minimum ratio (4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large text) in both themes — ivory light and midnight-blue dark;
— Keyboard navigation: all links, buttons and interactive elements are reachable via tabbing, with a visible focus indicator (2-pixel gold outline);
— Explicit links: link labels are understandable out of context (no isolated "click here");
— Forms: each form field is associated with an explicit label via the label for attribute;
— Dark / light mode: a dual theme respecting system preferences and storing the user's preference, without compromising readability;
— Responsive design: adaptation to different screen sizes (mobile, tablet, desktop) without loss of functionality;
— Reduced animations: the website does not use aggressive animations liable to cause discomfort or to disturb sensitive individuals;
— Native components: preferred use of native HTML elements (details/summary for accordions, button for actions) ensuring accessibility by default.
Points to improve
See the section Non-accessible content below.
Non-accessible content.
Despite the attention given to accessibility, some content remains partially inaccessible or in need of improvement. We list it here in full transparency:
Identified non-conformities
— Alternative text for photographs: the photographs of dishes, of the restaurant and of the chef may not all have a sufficiently descriptive alternative text (alt). Enrichment work is planned.
— Wine list as a PDF: the wine list is made available as a downloadable PDF document. This document has not been optimised for reading by assistive technologies (screen readers). An accessible HTML version is under consideration.
— Photo gallery: where an interactive image gallery is used, its navigation controls may not be fully operable by keyboard on certain pages.
— Colour alone: on certain decorative elements, information may rely solely on the gold colour — though never on critical navigation or action elements.
— Possible videos: no video is currently published on the website. Should a video be added in the future (chef presentation, atmosphere), it will systematically be accompanied by captions and a text transcript.
Exemptions for disproportionate burden
No exemption is claimed at this stage.
Content not subject to the accessibility obligation
— Third-party content (external widgets for Google reviews where integrated, embedded Google Maps) that is neither funded, nor developed, nor under the direct control of the restaurant;
— Reproductions of works of art or photographs of heritage value.
Preparation of the statement.
This accessibility statement was prepared on 24 May 2026.
Technologies used to build the website
— HTML5 / CSS3 / native JavaScript (ES6+);
— Fraunces and Inter web fonts, self-hosted (served from our own domain, no request to Google);
— Hosting on Cloudflare Pages (static infrastructure);
— No heavy JavaScript framework and no automatic page-generation tool.
Test environment
The checks were carried out with the following combinations:
— Browsers: Chrome 130, Firefox 132, Safari 18, Edge 130;
— Operating systems: macOS Sequoia, Windows 11, iOS 18, Android 14;
— Screen reader tested occasionally: VoiceOver (macOS / iOS);
— Automated tests: Lighthouse (Google), axe DevTools (Deque Systems).
Tools used for the assessment
— Accessibility inspectors built into the Chrome and Firefox browsers;
— The axe DevTools extension for the automatic detection of common issues;
— Manual verification of keyboard navigation across all pages;
— Contrast checking via the WebAIM Contrast Checker tool.
Pages of the website that underwent the compliance check
The self-assessment covered all the public pages of the website, namely: the home page, the "The restaurant" page, the menu and food offering, the reservation page, reservation tracking, the Reichstett operation, the gallery, the allergens page, the contact page, as well as the 404 and 500 error pages and the legal pages (legal notice, privacy policy, cookie policy, the present accessibility statement).
Feedback and contact.
If you are unable to access content or a service on our website, you can let us know — your feedback is valuable and helps us improve the experience for everyone.
Several channels are available to you:
— By email to the restaurant: contact@restaurantlapanthere.com
— By email to the agency in charge of the website: hello@darkinproduction.com
— By telephone: 03 88 83 50 34
— By post: Restaurant La Panthère — 11 Rue de la Paix, 67300 Schiltigheim
To help us handle your request, please specify where possible: the page concerned (URL), the browser and assistive technology used, and the precise nature of the difficulty encountered.
We undertake to reply to you within a reasonable time and to implement the necessary corrections where this is technically possible.
Means of redress.
If you find an accessibility shortcoming preventing you from accessing content or a service on the website, and you report it to us without obtaining a satisfactory response, you are entitled to submit a complaint to the Défenseur des droits (the French ombudsman).
- Institution
- Défenseur des droits
- Postal address
- Défenseur des droits — Libre réponse 71120 — 75342 Paris CEDEX 07 (free of charge, no stamp required)
- Website
- www.defenseurdesdroits.fr
- Online complaint form
- formulaire.defenseurdesdroits.fr
- Territorial delegate
- To meet a delegate near you: defenseurdesdroits.fr/saisir/delegues
Planned improvements.
As this website is regularly expanded (new blog articles, menu updates, added photos), we undertake to maintain and improve its level of accessibility over time. The priority workstreams identified to date are as follows:
— Systematic enrichment of the alternative text (alt) of photographs already published and future ones;
— Study of making an accessible HTML version of the wine list available (in addition to the PDF);
— Introduction of automated accessibility tests within the publishing flow for new content;
— Ongoing training of the editorial team in accessibility writing best practices (clear titles, short paragraphs, structured lists);
— Reassessment of this statement at least annually, and after every major evolution of the website.
In the medium term, an official RGAA audit by a certified provider may be considered if traffic and usage feedback justify it.
Legal framework and references.
This statement is drafted with reference to the following texts:
— French Law No. 2005-102 of 11 February 2005 on equal rights and opportunities, the participation and citizenship of people with disabilities (Article 47);
— French Decree No. 2019-768 of 24 July 2019 on the accessibility of online public communication services for people with disabilities;
— French Order of 20 September 2022 establishing the general accessibility improvement framework RGAA version 4.1;
— Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
— International standard WCAG 2.1 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) level AA.