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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1828/article-8",
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  "legislation": "eur/2006/1828",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006 of 8 December 2006 setting out rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1828",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Responsibilities of beneficiaries relating to information and publicity measures for the public",
  "text": "1. The beneficiary shall be responsible for informing the public, by means of the measures laid down in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, about the assistance obtained from the Funds.\n2. The beneficiary shall put up a permanent explanatory plaque that is visible and of significant size no later than six months after completion of an operation that fulfils the following conditions:\n(a) the total public contribution to the operation exceeds EUR 500 000 ;\n(b) the operation consists in the purchase of a physical object or in the financing of infrastructure or of construction operations.\nThe plaque shall state the type and name of the operation, in addition to the information referred to in Article 9. The information referred to in Article 9 shall take up at least 25 % of the plaque.\nWhere it is not possible to place a permanent explanatory plaque on a physical object as referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph, other appropriate measures shall be taken in order to publicise the Community contribution.\n3. The beneficiary shall, during the implementation of the operation, put up a billboard at the site of each operation which fulfils the following conditions:\n(a) the total public contribution to the operation exceeds EUR 500 000 ;\n(b) the operation consists in the financing of infrastructure or of construction operations.\nThe information referred to in Article 9 shall take up at least 25 % of the billboard.\nWhen the operation is completed, the billboard shall be replaced by the permanent explanatory plaque referred to in paragraph 2.\n4. Where an operation receives funding under an operational programme co-financed by the ESF and, in appropriate cases, where an operation receives funding under the ERDF or the Cohesion Fund, the beneficiary shall ensure that those taking part in the operation have been informed of that funding.\nThe beneficiary shall provide clear notice to the effect that the operation being implemented has been selected under an operational programme co-financed by the ESF, the ERDF or the Cohesion Fund.\nAny document, including any attendance or other certificate, concerning such an operation shall include a statement to the effect that the operational programme was co-financed by the ESF or, where appropriate, the ERDF or the Cohesion Fund.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 846/2009 of 1 September 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006 setting out rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 846/2009 of 1 September 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006 setting out rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006 of 8 December 2006 setting out rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund (Official Journal of the European Union L 371 of 27 December 2006)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1828/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:16.990513+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}