
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 657/2008 is amended as follows:

((1)) in Article 11, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
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2. Member States shall specify the frequency of applications. These may cover periods of one to seven months within one single school year period running from 1 August to 31 July.';
((2)) Article 15 is amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
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4. On-the-spot checks shall be carried out during the school year period running from 1 August to 31 July to which they relate (period N) or during the following 12 months (period N+1), or during both.On-the-spot checks shall cover a period of at least four months of the school year period to which they relate (period N).Each on-the-spot check shall be considered completed once the corresponding control report, as referred to in paragraph 8, is available.';
((b)) in paragraph 8, the following subparagraph is added:
'All control reports shall be completed no later than 12 months after the end of the school year period running from 1 August to 31 July to which the respective on-the-spot checks relate (period N+1).';
((3)) Article 17 is amended as follows:

((a)) in paragraph 1 the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:
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1. By 31 October each year, Member States shall provide the Commission with the following information as regards products distributed during the school year period running from 1 August to 31 July which has ended in the previous calendar year, broken down by applicant as defined in Article 6 of this Regulation:';
((b)) in paragraph 2, the following points are added:
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((f)) the approximate number of children in regular attendance in all educational establishments participating in the school milk scheme;
((g)) the approximate number of children eligible under the school milk scheme.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply as from the school year period running from 1 August 2013 to 31 July 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 6 August 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO