Article 20 VisibilityF1

The EIF shall take all appropriate measures provided in this Funding Agreement to publicise the fact that the Dedicated Window[s] are co-funded by the [ERDF] OR [EAFRD], and, include the provisions requiring that the requirements under this Article are passed through to Financial Intermediaries and to Final Recipients in the relevant contracts. [Further conditions shall be contractually specified]

The EIF shall require that the information given to the press, the stakeholders, the Financial Intermediaries and the Final Recipients of the Dedicated Window[s acknowledge that the Dedicated Window[s] were deployed ‘with funding by the European Union’ (in the relevant Union language) and shall display in an appropriate way the Union emblem (twelve yellow stars on a blue background) in accordance with the requirements of the Delegation Agreement(s).

The EIF shall require that the Financial Intermediary carry out information, marketing and publicity campaigns set out in this Funding Agreement [Further conditions shall be contractually specified] within the territory of [NAME OF MEMBER STATE], aimed at making the Dedicated Window[s] known within such territory ensuring that any documents concerning the support given through the Dedicated Window[s] will contain a statement mentioning that the Transaction benefits from support from the European Union pursuant to the‘[SME Initiative], a Dedicated Window[s] with funding by the European Union under [ERDF] OR [EAFRD], [COSME] AND/OR [Horizon 2020]’.

The size and prominence of the acknowledgement and Union emblem shall be clearly visible in a manner that shall not create any confusion regarding the identification of the EIF's activity, and the application to the Dedicated Window[s] of the EIF's privileges and immunities.

All publications by the EIF specifically relating to the Dedicated Window[s], in whatever form and whatever medium, shall carry the following or a similar disclaimer in the relevant Union language: ‘This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.’

The Managing Authority shall take all appropriate measures to publicise the fact that the Dedicated Window[s] are co-financed by the EIF and, as the case may be, the EIB. Information given to the press, the stakeholders, the Financial Intermediaries and the Final Recipients, all related publicity material, official notices, reports, publications and internet-based information shall acknowledge that the Dedicated Window[s] was carried out ‘with co-funding by the European Investment Fund [and the European Investment Bank]’ (in the relevant Union language) and shall display in an appropriate way the EIF's logo and, and as the case may be, the EIB's logo.

Subject to applicable confidentiality requirements, upon the first signature of an Operational Agreement, the EIF shall produce without undue delay after the signature, a press release in English, which shall be posted on the EIF's website. The EIF shall decide on the contents of the press releases.

The Parties shall consult each other on progress and situation reports, publications, press releases and updates relevant to this Funding Agreement before they are issued or published and shall communicate such documents to each other when they are issued.

The EIF shall include in each Operational Agreement the requirements of the relevant Delegation Agreements on the awareness of the Financial Intermediaries for the support provided by the European Union.