
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 221/2014 of 7 March 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 288/2009 in respect of fixing the indicative allocation of the aid under the School Fruit and Vegetables Scheme 

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to the Council Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 of 16 December 2013 determining measures on fixing certain aids and refunds related to the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products, and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 sets the overall amount of the Union aid for the supply of fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables and banana products to children as referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of European Parliament and of the Council (hereinafter ‘school fruit and vegetables scheme’). Furthermore, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 fixes the maximum co-financing rates and a minimum amount of that aid per Member State.

(2) The Commission should fix the indicative allocation of the aid for the school fruit and vegetables scheme to each Member State on the basis of criteria referred to in Article 23(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. The Commission should furthermore periodically assess whether the indicative allocation remains consistent with those criteria.

(3) Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No 288/2009 sets the amount of the indicative allocation of Union aid per Member State based on the overall Union budget of EUR 90 million. Since Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 increases the overall budget for the school fruit and vegetables scheme to EUR 150 million and it fixes new co-financing rates, a new indicative allocation should be fixed.

(4) The new indicative allocation should also take into account the criteria referred to in Article 23(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 based on the latest available data from 2012 as regards the number of children in the age group of six- to ten-year olds as a proportion of the population in Member State's regions.

(5) Regulation (EC) No 288/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly. To take into account the periodicity of the school year, the new indicative allocation should therefore become applicable as from 1 August 2014.

(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 288/2009
Article 1 
Annex II is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Entry into force and application
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 August 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 7 March 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX


ANNEX II 

Indicative allocation of Union aid per Member StateMember State Co-financing rate (in %) Children 6-10 abs. numbers EUR
Austria 75 % 406 322 2 239 273
Belgium 75 % 611 450 3 369 750
Bulgaria 90 % 316 744 2 094 722
Croatia 90 % 205 774 1 360 845
Cyprus 75 % 44 823 290 000
Czech Republic 88 % 480 495 3 124 660
Denmark 75 % 328 182 1 808 638
Estonia 90 % 66 436 439 361
Finland 75 % 290 308 1 599 911
France 76 % 4 051 279 22 500 145
Germany 75 % 3 575 991 19 707 575
Greece 81 % 529 648 3 143 600
Hungary 86 % 482 160 3 031 022
Ireland 75 % 319 126 1 758 729
Italy 80 % 2 853 098 16 719 794
Latvia 90 % 95 861 633 957
Lithuania 90 % 136 285 901 293
Luxembourg 75 % 29 473 290 000
Malta 75 % 19 511 290 000
Netherlands 75 % 986 118 5 434 576
Poland 88 % 1 802 733 11 645 350
Portugal 85 % 527 379 3 284 967
Romania 89 % 1 054 185 6 869 985
Slovakia 89 % 262 703 1 709 502
Slovenia 83 % 91 095 554 291
Spain 75 % 2 337 457 12 939 604
Sweden 75 % 518 322 2 856 514
United Kingdom 76 % 3 494 635 19 401 935
EU 28 79 % 25 917 593 150 000 000
