(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 that 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 2024, Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/845 (3) fixed the definitive allocation of Union aid for the school scheme among the Member States that submitted requests for the period from 1 August 2024 to 31 July 2025 (‘the school year concerned’).

(3)

Member States are required to notify any transfers of definitive allocations made after January 31st of the school year to the Commission by August 31st of the same year pursuant to Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/39.

(4)

France and Portugal submitted notifications of transfers between the definitive allocations for school fruit and vegetables and for school milk for the school year concerned.

(5)

Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/845 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6)

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