CELEX: 32014R0221
Language: en
Date: 2014-03-07 00:00:00
Title: 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

8.3.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 69/102
            
         
      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 1
   Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 288/2009
   Annex II is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   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
         
      
   
   
      (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).
   
      ANNEX
      
         
            ‘ANNEX II
            
               Indicative allocation of Union aid per Member State
            
            
                        Member 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’