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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         

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# 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(1), 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(2) (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(3) 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:

## Article 1U.K.Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 288/2009

Annex II is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

## Article 2U.K.Entry into force and application

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                            

## ANNEXU.K.

### “ANNEX II

#### **Indicative allocation of Union aid per Member State**

1

OJ L 346, 20.12.2013, p. 12.                           

2

Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common market                              organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC)                              No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671).                           

3

Commission Regulation (EC) No 288/2009 of 7 April 2009 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No                              1234/2007 as regards Community aid for supplying fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables and banana products                              to children in educational establishments, in the framework of a School Fruit Scheme (OJ L 94, 8.4.2009, p. 38).