Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2596 of 4 October 2024 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/655 as regards the definitive allocation of Union aid to Member States for school fruit and vegetables and for school milk for the period from 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024 (notified under document C(2024) 6784)
Date: 2024-10-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, EU programme, Portugal, Romania, drinking milk, eating habits, educational institution, eligibility criteria, fruit, vegetable








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2024/2596


7.10.2024







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2024/2596
of 4 October 2024
         
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/655 as regards the definitive allocation of Union aid to Member States for school fruit and vegetables and for school milk for the period from 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024
         


(notified under document C(2024) 6784)




THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 of 16 December 2013 determining measures on fixing certain aids and refunds related to the common organisations of the markets in agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to Article 3 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/39 (2), Member States wishing to participate in the Union aid scheme for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in educational establishments (‘the school scheme’) are to submit to the Commission by 31 January each year their request for Union aid relating to the next school year and, if applicable, update the request for Union aid relating to the ongoing school year.












(2)


Based on the information Member States notified by 31 January 2023, Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/655 (3) fixed the definitive allocation of Union aid for school fruit and vegetables and for school milk among Member States wishing to participate in the school scheme for the period from 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024.












(3)


In the notifications submitted by 31 August 2024 pursuant to Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/39, Portugal and Romania notified transfers between the definitive allocation for school fruit and vegetables and the definitive allocation for school milk.












(4)


Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/655 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(5)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/655 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.




Done at Brussels, 4 October 2024.


For the Commission

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 346, 20.12.2013, p. 12, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1370/oj.

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/39 of 3 November 2016 on rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to Union aid for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in educational establishments (OJ L 5, 10.1.2017, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2017/39/oj).

(3)  Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/655 of 10 March 2023 fixing the definitive allocation of Union aid to Member States for school fruit and vegetables and for school milk for the period from 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024 and amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/493 (OJ L 81, 21.3.2023, p. 37, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2023/655/oj).




ANNEX



‘ANNEX I
School year 2023/2024







Member State


Definitive allocation for school fruit and vegetables
in EUR


Definitive allocation for school milk
in EUR




Belgium


3 815 785 


1 433 417 




Bulgaria


2 185 256 


1 800 090 




Czechia


3 507 158 


3 124 223 




Denmark


1 739 147 


1 632 431 




Germany


20 984 737 


9 628 111 




Estonia


416 641 


764 787 




Ireland


1 986 571 


873 414 




Greece


3 149 503 


1 464 086 




Spain


13 751 007 


5 736 134 




France


18 176 401 


14 523 309 




Croatia


1 322 043 


610 533 




Italy


15 293 816 


6 910 347 




Cyprus


300 828 


252 652 




Latvia


677 025 


882 003 




Lithuania


932 083 


1 256 256 




Luxembourg


299 593 


197 646 




Hungary


3 588 755 


2 376 098 




Malta


314 320 


170 050 




Netherlands


5 776 465 


932 699 




Austria


2 439 606 


1 072 595 




Poland


12 565 488 


12 791 591 




Portugal


2 244 412 


1 861 261 




Romania


4 942 588,80 


12 669 381,20 




Slovenia


689 729 


305 638 




Slovakia


1 932 221 


1 698 579 




Finland


1 672 943 


2 731 455 




Sweden


0 


8 401 227 





Total




124 704 121,80 




96 100 013,20 







            ’
         



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2596/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)