{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1303/annex-I/division-5/division-5.3/division-1",
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  "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/5.3/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In accordance with Article 7, the relevant authority shall pursue the objective of equality between men and women and shall take appropriate steps to prevent any discrimination during the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of operations in the programmes co-financed by support for rural development. When pursuing the objectives of Article 7, the relevant authority shall describe actions to be taken, in particular with regard to selection of operations, setting of objectives for interventions, and arrangements for monitoring and reporting. The relevant authority shall also carry out gender analyses where appropriate. In particular, specific targeted actions shall be supported through the ESF.",
  "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 para. 5.3(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(8)(c)(i)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "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": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Annex 1 para. 5.3(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(8)(c)(i)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Annex 1 para. 5.3(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(8)(c)(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/5.3/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."
}