
Article 1 

1. The strategy for the implementation of the school milk scheme to be drawn up by Member States as referred to in Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall be submitted to the Commission by 1 July of each year.
2. The strategy shall include at least the following elements:
(a) the administrative level at which the school milk scheme will be administered;
(b) a list of milk and milk products identified by their CN codes, selected under the scheme and an explanation of the process for determining the products to be supplied;
(c) the arrangements for the supply of products under the scheme, including frequency and timing of distribution and the beneficiaries covered by the scheme;
(d) the provisional expenditure under the scheme, including information on whether a national payment will be made in accordance with Article 217 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, indicating the means of financing of any such payments;
(e) the arrangements put in place for assessing the effectiveness of the scheme.
3. Where Member States decide to introduce accompanying measures for their school milk scheme in accordance with Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, they shall describe such measures in their strategy, including the aims and expected benefits of the measures and how they will be funded.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply as from 2015.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 29 July 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO