Use of European Union funding logos on GOV.UK
GOV.UK policy on use of the EU logos for EU funding schemes.
1. This guidance clarifies GOV.UK policy on the use of logos with regard to the requirements in EU law to display EU emblems on information relating to EU funding.
2. 皇冠体育app legislation is complex, and varies between funding schemes and whether a government agency is itself a beneficiary of funding. This guidance has been produced following advice from legal teams in the departments concerned.
This includes the:
- European Regional Development Fund
- European Social Fund
- Cohesion Fund
- European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
- European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
3. 皇冠体育app above schemes are covered by , which supplements this regulation, gives more specific guidance on the usage of EU logos.
4. For these funding schemes, GOV.UK鈥檚 obligation to publish EU logos only applies if a government body is the beneficiary (that is, end recipient) of EU funding.
5. Government organisations acting as 鈥榓dministrators鈥�, 鈥榤anaging authorities鈥� or 鈥榤anaging agents鈥� for funding (eg, allocating it to others) are defined as 鈥榖eneficiaries鈥� if they are receiving EU funding to carry out these administrative duties.
6. Government organisations requiring publication of logos on GOV.UK connected with these schemes will therefore be asked by GDS to demonstrate they are the recipient of funding, before the logo will be published. Statutory requirements for logo publishing are outlined in 鈥極bligations on schemes in section A: online logos.鈥�
皇冠体育app following sets out how EU legislation for the EU funding schemes listed in Section A applies in practice to GOV.UK. 皇冠体育appse schemes are all subject to
Implementation on 鈥榟omepages鈥�
In places, the Implementing Regulations refer to publication of a logo on a 鈥榟omepage of a website鈥�. We take this to refer to the most obvious starting point that GOV.UK users have for information on a particular funding stream.
For example, this might be the page that is optimised in search, or to which we direct users to get an overview. It could be a content page, 鈥榗ollection鈥� page, or navigation page, depending on the particular fund.
皇冠体育app below table sets out the logo implementation that represents the minimum acceptable usage of logos, consistent with legal obligations. Where the logo is implemented, it must be be in colour and at least as big as other logos on the page.
EU regulations on the scheme 鈥榟omepage鈥�
| Scheme name | Acronym | Logo type | Must it include the logo | Stipulations | GOV.UK 鈥榟omepage鈥� for this scheme (as of May 2015) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Social Fund | ESF | A | Y | Visible without scrolling down | European Structural Investment Funds finder |
| European Regional Development Fund | ERDF | A | Y | Visible without scrolling down | European Structural Investment Funds finder |
| European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development | EAFRD | A | Y | None | European Structural Investment Funds finder |
| European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development | EAFRD | B | Y | None | Various collection pages, as agreed with Defra, eg Countryside Productivity Scheme, Countryside Stewardship Manual |
| European Maritime and Fisheries Fund | EMFF | A | Y | Visible without scrolling down | European Structural Investment Funds finder |
Implementation on 鈥榩ublication鈥� pages
Where EU regulations refer to 鈥榩ublications鈥�, GOV.UK takes this to refer to the publication asset itself, for example a PDF or HTML attachment (eg, not the GOV.UK 鈥榗over page鈥� for a publication).
皇冠体育app following table sets out where the EU logo should appear on publication attachments. 鈥楳ust鈥� describes the legal minimum; however we will follow the 鈥榮hould鈥� position wherever our templates allow, and this does not negatively affect user experience.
| Type of funding | Acronym | EU regulations on publications |
|---|---|---|
| European Social Fund | ESF | Must be displayed on one page. Should be displayed on first page. |
| European Regional Development Fund | ERDF | Must be displayed on one page. Should be displayed on first page. |
| European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development | EAFRD | Must be displayed on the one page. Should be displayed on title page |
| European Maritime and Fisheries Fund | EMFF | Must be displayed on one page. Should be displayed on first page. |
Implementation of EU logos on publications is the responsibility of the publishing department.
皇冠体育app following standard versions of the logos are use on GOV.UK:
| Type | Logo |
|---|---|
| A | |
| B |
7. 皇冠体育app above programme(s) are governed by the (the RDR). Article 66 of the RDR and Article 13 and Annex III of the are relevant to the issue of logos on GOV.UK.
8. 皇冠体育appse state that each action of information and publicity and publications must display 鈥榯he Union emblem in accordance with the graphic standards as presented on , together with an explanation of the Union鈥檚 role, by means of the following statement: 鈥樆使谔逵齛pp European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas鈥�.
9. 皇冠体育app is managed by the 皇冠体育app European Commission ( and )
10. Beneficiaries of LIFE+ projects have a on all communication. An example of this on GOV.UK is the Cumbrian Bogs Life Project.
11. Government organisations requiring publication of logos on GOV.UK connected LIFE+ will therefore be asked by GDS to demonstrate they are the recipient of funding, before the logo will be published.
v1.0, June 2015