2.1. Responsibilities of the Member State and the managing authority

Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 · European Union

The Member State and the managing authority shall ensure that the information and communication measures are implemented in accordance with the communication strategy and that those measures aim for the widest possible media coverage using various forms and methods of communication at the appropriate level. The Member State or the managing authority shall be responsible for at least the following information and communication measures: organising a major information activity publicising the launch of the operational programme or programmes, even prior to the approval of the relevant communication strategies; organising one major information activity a year which promotes the funding opportunities and the strategies pursued and presents the achievements of the operational programme or programmes, including, where relevant, major projects, joint action plans and other project examples; displaying the Union emblem at the premises of each managing authority; publishing electronically the list of operations in accordance with Section 1 of this Annex; giving examples of operations, by operational programme, on the single website or on the operational programme's website that is accessible through the single website portal; the examples should be in a widely spoken official language of the Union other than the official language or languages of the Member State concerned; updating information about the operational programme's implementation, including, when appropriate, its main achievements, on the single website or on the operational programme's website that is accessible through the single website portal. The managing authority shall involve in information and communication measures, in accordance with national laws and practices, the following bodies where appropriate: the partners referred to in Article 5; information centres on Europe, as well as Commission representation offices, and information offices of the European Parliament in the Member States; educational and research institutions. These bodies shall widely disseminate the information described in Article 115(1).

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-29 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.