The Axe Platform now supports testing, remediation, and monitoring aligned to the Référentiel Général d’Amélioration de l’Accessibilité (RGAA), France’s official accessibility framework.
With the European Accessibility Act (EAA) now in effect, digital accessibility requirements across the EU have matured, bringing new urgency and complexity. RGAA predates the EAA, and is now being used to measure and demonstrate EAA conformance. Under the EAA, private-sector industries such as banking, e-commerce, and transportation are expected to meet accessibility requirements alongside the public sector.
The RGAA is a highly detailed standard with many requirements and some criteria that go beyond EAA and WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Fortunately, organizations can navigate RGAA effectively with Deque tools and services, as well as our local accessibility partner in France, Ipedis.
Want to learn more? Contact the Deque team.
First steps
If you believe your organization may be subject to the RGAA, Deque can help. To begin, we’ll assess your current accessibility status and help you understand how the RGAA standard applies in practice to your products, services, and experiences.
From there, we can recommend the best path forward. Deque tools now offer 100% coverage of all RGAA criteria, and Ipedis, our accessibility partner in France, can offer local support and guidance.
Your path to conformance may include:
- Conducting structured accessibility audits against RGAA criteria.
- Testing against RGAA criteria and implementing remediation plans.
- Documenting accessibility efforts and demonstrating progress, including accessibility statements, multi-year plans, and defensible evidence for external validation.
A comprehensive solution for RGAA conformance
Based on your team’s needs, we’ll work with you to develop strategies and processes and determine the right combination of tools and audits to meet your accessibility goals.
Tools
The following Deque products all support RGAA conformance:
- Axe DevTools for Web: Efficiently test against RGAA criteria via APIs and CLI, get RGAA remediation guidance using your preferred AI coding agent via Axe MCP Server, and use the browser extension to automate testing and get actionable issue details.
- Axe Auditor: Conduct guided manual testing aligned with 100% of RGAA criteria to accurately fix and validate complex accessibility issues and produce audit-ready results.
- Axe Monitor: Scan for RGAA accessibility issues in production across your entire digital portfolio. Get actionable reports to help your teams improve accessibility across websites and digital content.
Audits
For organizations based in France or those that need French-language support, our partner Ipedis can provide RGAA-aligned audits. Ipedis can also augment your team with on-site accessibility consultants and support the development of multi-year accessibility strategies and action plans.
For organizations outside of France that don’t need local support, Deque’s services team can provide RGAA-aligned audits and guidance.
Next steps
Whether you’re just getting started or looking to scale an existing program, Deque meets you where you are with the tools, services, and expertise needed to navigate RGAA and beyond.
Accessibility requirements are complex, but with Deque, you can turn complexity into a clear, actionable path to achieving conformance and building a scalable program.
