Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (c. 508)

ANNEX V U.K. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ON SUPPORT FROM THE EMFF

1. List of operations U.K.

The list of operations referred to in Article 119 shall contain, in at least one of the official languages of the Member State, the following data fields:

• beneficiary name (only legal entities and natural persons in accordance with national law);

• Community fleet register (CFR) identification number as referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 (to be completed only where the operation is linked to a fishing vessel);

• operation name;

• operation summary;

• operation start date;

• operation end date (expected date for physical completion or full implementation of the operation);

• total eligible expenditure;

• amount of Union contribution;

• operation postcode;

• country;

• name of Union priority;

• date of the last update of the list of operations.

2. Information and publicity measures for the public U.K.

1. The Member State shall ensure that the information and publicity measures aim at the widest possible media coverage using various forms and methods of communication at the appropriate level. U.K.

2. The Member State shall be responsible for organising at least the following information and publicity measures: U.K.

(a)

a major information activity publicising the launch of the operational programme;

(b)

at least twice during the programming period major information activity which promotes the funding opportunities and the strategies pursued and presents the achievements of the operational programme;

(c)

displaying the flag or emblem, as appropriate, of the Union in front of, or at a place visible to the public, at the premises of each managing authority;

(d)

publishing electronically the list of operations in accordance with section 1;

(e)

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;

(f)

ensuring that a specific section of the single website is dedicated to give a short summary of innovation and eco-innovation operations;

(g)

updating information about the operational programme’s implementation, including its main achievements, on the single website or on the operational programme’s website that is accessible through the single website portal;

(h)

ensuring that a summary of measures designed to ensure compliance with the CFP rules, including cases of non-compliance by Member States or beneficiaries, as well as of remedy actions such as financial corrections taken, is made publicly available.

3. The managing authority shall involve in information and publicity measures, in accordance with national laws and practices, the following bodies: U.K.

(a)

the partners referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013;

(b)

information centres on Europe, as well as Commission representation offices in Member States;

(c)

educational and research institutions.

Those bodies shall widely disseminate the information referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 119(1).

3. Information measures for potential beneficiaries and beneficiaries U.K.

3.1. Information measures for potential beneficiaries U.K.

1. The managing authority shall ensure that the operational programme’s objectives and funding opportunities offered by the EMFF are disseminated widely to potential beneficiaries and all interested parties. U.K.

2. The managing authority shall ensure that potential beneficiaries are informed of at least the following: U.K.

(a)

the conditions of eligibility of expenditure to be met in order to qualify for support under an operational programme;

(b)

a description of the admissibility conditions for applications, procedures for examining applications for funding and of the time periods involved;

(c)

the criteria for selecting the operations to be supported;

(d)

the contacts at national, regional or local level that are able to provide information on the operational programmes;

(e)

that applications should propose communication activities, proportionate to the size of the operation, in order to inform the public about the operation’s aims and the Union support to the operation.

3.2. Information measures for beneficiaries U.K.

The managing authority shall inform beneficiaries that acceptance of funding constitutes an acceptance of their inclusion in the list of operations published in accordance with Article 119(2).