{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1303/annex-I/division-5/division-5.2/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1303/annex-I/division-5/division-5.2/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/1303",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1303",
  "path": "annex/I/division/5/division/5.2/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Member States and managing authorities shall, in all phases of implementation, ensure the full mainstreaming of sustainable development into support for rural development, respecting the principle of sustainable development ..., as well as complying with the obligation to integrate environmental protection requirements ... and the polluter pays principle ....",
  "text": "Managing authorities shall undertake actions throughout the programme lifecycle, to avoid or reduce environmentally harmful effects of interventions and ensure results in net social, environmental and climate benefits. Actions to be undertaken may include the following:\n(a)directing investments towards the most resource-efficient and sustainable options;\n(b)avoiding investments that may have a significant negative environmental or climate impact, and supporting actions to mitigate any remaining impacts;\n(c)taking a long-term perspective when 'life-cycle' costs of alternative options for investment are compared;\n(d)increasing the use of green public procurement.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Annex 1 omitted (W.) in so far as it relates to domestic support for rural development (26.3.2021) by virtue of The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 6(35)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 18(2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1542, regs. 1(2), 13(11)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 1 para. 5.2(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 18(8)(b)(i)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Annex 1 para. 5.2(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 18(8)(b)(i)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Annex 1 para. 5.2(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 18(8)(b)(i)(cc); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1303/annex/I/division/5/division/5.2/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:08.647663+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."
}