Declaration on accessibility

We, ALPINE BRANDS GmbH & Co KG, are committed to making the website www.gasteiner.at accessible in accordance with the Austrian Accessibility Act (Barrierefreiheitsgesetz, BaFG), implementing Directive (EU) 2019/882.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with WCAG 2.2 Level AA. The content listed below is not accessible.

Non-accessible content

Non-compliance with the accessibility requirements

Colour contrast (success criterion 1.4.3): Our corporate brand colour achieves a contrast ratio of 2.53:1 against a white background, falling short of the required 4.5:1. This affects headings, buttons and interactive elements on nearly all pages. As the colour is a defining element of our brand identity, no change is planned at present. Body text is unaffected and achieves a contrast ratio of 7.3:1.

Text on image backgrounds (success criterion 1.4.3): In some places — particularly headings placed over background images and videos — the contrast depends on the individual image and may fall below the required value in specific cases.

Moving content (success criterion 2.2.2): Videos play automatically on the home page and on the “Origin” page. They are muted. For users who have enabled “reduce motion” in their operating system, the videos do not start. A control allowing all other users to pause them is not currently available.

Heading structure (success criterion 1.3.1): Within the legal texts (imprint, privacy policy), the order of heading levels is not consistently hierarchical in some places.

Disproportionate burden

The website offers PDF and Office documents for download that have not been made accessible. Retrospectively remediating these documents would constitute a disproportionate burden for economic and organisational reasons.

If you require content from any of these documents in an accessible format, please contact office [at] alpinebrands.at — we will provide the information in a suitable form.

Content outside the scope of the legislation

The website embeds third-party content that we neither develop, fund nor control — in particular embedded music playlists and videos. No statement can be made regarding the accessibility compliance of this content.

Documents and content published before 28 June 2025 are exempt from the scope of the Austrian Accessibility Act.

Preparation of this statement

This statement was prepared on 24 August 2026 and is based on an assessment of every page of the website in both German and English. The procedure comprised automated testing with multiple independent testing tools against WCAG 2.2 Levels A and AA, manual testing of keyboard operation and focus visibility, an evaluation of the accessibility tree, and a source code review.

In the course of this assessment, keyboard operability of the navigation and disclosure elements, keyboard focus visibility, a skip link to the main content, text alternatives for all images in both languages, and form error messages were established or revised.

The website is under continuous development; identified shortcomings are remedied on an ongoing basis.

Feedback and contact

Have you noticed shortcomings in the accessibility of this website, or do you require information in an accessible format? Please contact:

ALPINE BRANDS GmbH & Co KG
office [at] alpinebrands.at

Enforcement procedure

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the market surveillance authority under the Austrian Accessibility Act:

Sozialministeriumservice, Landesstelle Oberösterreich
bafg [at] sozialministeriumservice.gv.at

Independently of this, where discrimination is perceived, an arbitration procedure under the Austrian Disability Equality Act may be requested from the regional offices of the Sozialministeriumservice.