Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/162 of 25 November 2024 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/40 as regards the monitoring of the implementation of the Union aid scheme for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in educational establishments

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2025/162 28.1.2025 COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2025/162 of 25 November 2024 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/40 as regards the monitoring of the implementation of the Union aid scheme for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in educational establishments THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common 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(1), and in particular Article 24(2), point (b), and Article 223(2), point (a), thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 9 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/40(2), Member States are required to monitor the implementation of the Union aid scheme for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in educational establishments (‘school scheme’) and to include in their annual monitoring reports specific information.

(2) Certain information, such as the average price of the portions, or the information on the authorities and stakeholders involved, is not essential for the proper monitoring of the school scheme. To alleviate the administrative burden, that information should no longer be provided. Other information, such as the frequency of delivery of the products, should be simplified.

(3) Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/40 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 In Article 9 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/40, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘3. The annual monitoring reports by Member States shall include information about the funds used for the supply and distribution of each of the product groups listed in Article 23(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and for the accompanying educational measures, the number of educational establishments and of children participating in the school scheme, the average portion size and the number of delivered portions, the quantities of products supplied broken down by product groups and, if applicable, of products other than those listed in Article 23(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 that are included under the accompanying educational measures according to Article 23(7) of that Regulation, and the types of communication and accompanying measures implemented.’.

(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1308/oj.

(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/40 of 3 November 2016 supplementing 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 and amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 (OJ L 5, 10.1.2017, p. 11, ELI: http:// data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2017/40/oj).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/162/oj 1/2EN OJ L, 28.1.2025 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.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 November 2024.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN 2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/162/oj