RGAA (Référentiel Général d'Amélioration de l'Accessibilité)
The RGAA is France's official digital-accessibility assessment framework, maintained through the French government accessibility program and expressed as criteria and test methods related to WCAG.
Detailed explanation
RGAA provides a French-language methodology, criteria, and test procedures for evaluating digital accessibility. It is used for obligations under French law, but organization scope, current version, declaration format, and assessment requirements should be verified against official guidance.
A formal RGAA audit requires evaluating applicable criteria with the prescribed method and documenting the scope and results. An automated storefront scan covers only machine-testable patterns and cannot supply a formal score or declaration by itself.
Publication and placement duties for a déclaration d'accessibilité depend on the organization and applicable French rules. Merchants should not publish a formal status without evidence supporting the required assessment.
How this applies to Shopify stores
French accessibility duties depend on the merchant's scope under French law. AccessComply can publish a general merchant-reviewed accessibility statement, but it does not currently generate or certify a formal RGAA audit or French declaration; use a qualified evaluator for those deliverables.
What merchants should check next
Treat this term as a practical audit prompt, not just a definition. Check the storefront pages where the concept shows up in real customer journeys: product discovery, add-to-cart, cart drawer, checkout handoff, account login, and support contact flows. If the issue affects code, verify the rendered HTML and computed browser output after the theme change. If it affects copy or media, keep the merchant-facing wording accurate and easy to maintain.
Primary source: accessibilite.numerique.gouv.fr