Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council in accordance with Article 184(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 on the implementation of the European School Fruit Scheme

In accordance with Article 184(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 ("the Single Common Market Organisation (CMO) Regulation"), this report concerns the implementation of the European School Fruit Scheme over the first three years of its functioning in the period running from 1 August 2009 to 31 July 2012. The Single CMO Regulation requires that the report address two main issues in particular, namely the extent to which the Scheme has promoted the establishment of well-functioning School Fruit Schemes in Member States and the impact of the Scheme on the improvement of children’s eating habits.

The report is based primarily on an analysis of the information provided by Member States on the application of school fruit schemes in their countries, and more specifically on the information from annual monitoring reports and evaluation reports, as well as on the findings of an external evaluation. Those sources are based on data for school years 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 only, since school year 2011/2012 has not yet been evaluated.

EUR-Lex: COM(2012)768: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2012:768:FIN

European Commission: SWD(2012)435: Commission staff working document http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SWD:2012:0435:FIN:EN:PDF

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