Submit Exemption Request

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You can download the Exemption form by clicking on the below link:

Exemption form [PDF 78 KB]

Or you can fill the below form.

Guidance on Completing This Form

Lebanese government entities are asked to complete the form below should they wish to apply for a temporary exemption from applying the Standards and Guidelines.

Note:
- This Form is to be completed by the officially appointed website coordinator at the Lebanese government entity requesting the exemption. The appointment letter should be attached if not previously shared with the Standards and Guidelines Management Unit.
- The Standards Management Unit will consider the request and make a decision upon the review and validation of its content with a period not exceeding 15 working days.

Contact Details

Entity Name*

Contact Name*

Entity Type*

Title*

Mailing Address*

Office Phone*

Email*

Cell Phone*

Fax

Website Information

Url*

Proposed Exemption Start Date:*

Proposed Exemption End Date:*

Exemption Activity Information

Description of the website requiring exemption:*

Description of how the website is not compliant to the Website Standards for the Government of Lebanon:*

Description of temporary actions taken to minimize/mitigate non-compliance impacts if applicable:*

Impact on the government entity should it make its website comply with the Website Standards for the Government of Lebanon:*

Grounds for applying for exemption of compliance:*

Please check the condition that applies:

Negative Audience Impact
A government entity has just revamped its website and launched it within a full-fledged campaign including offline activities, above-the-line and below-the-line.
A social marketing campaign targeting the Youth sector and imposing visuals which are not compliant with some of the guidelines specified in the policy.

Technical Limitations
A government entity does not own the source code of its developed website(s).
A government website originally developed in a very complex and tangled control structure, might obstruct the webmasters to conveniently access and amend CSS files, resulting in non-compliance on the "Separation of Presentation and Content" point within the Web Standards and Guidelines.

Lack of Immediate Funds or Resources
The government website needs major re-development prior the application of the Web Standards and Guidelines.
The government entity does not have qualified internal resources to implement the Web Standards and Guidelines.

Agreements with Suppliers
A government entity had already signed a website design or development contract according to some original specifications that contradict or do not match with the website standards and guidelines specifications.
A government entity has an ongoing non-refundable maintenance agreement for updates to regular Web pages with the agency that implemented the website.
The contract terms makes the supplier the sole provider of maintenance services for the website in question, disallowing any other party from having access to or rights to change the website during the duration of the contract, at the expense of terminating the agreement.

Attachment

(example: The appointment letter, allowed extensions: .doc, .docx,.pdf)

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