Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 657/2008 is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   in Article 11, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

   ‘2.

   Member States shall specify the frequency of applications. These may cover periods of one to seven months within one single school year period running from 1 August to 31 July.’;

2. (2)

   Article 15 is amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

      ‘4.

      On-the-spot checks shall be carried out during the school year period running from 1 August to 31 July to which they relate (period N) or during the following 12 months (period N+1), or during both.

      On-the-spot checks shall cover a period of at least four months of the school year period to which they relate (period N).

      Each on-the-spot check shall be considered completed once the corresponding control report, as referred to in paragraph 8, is available.’;

   2. (b)

      in paragraph 8, the following subparagraph is added:

      ‘All control reports shall be completed no later than 12 months after the end of the school year period running from 1 August to 31 July to which the respective on-the-spot checks relate (period N+1).’;

3. (3)

   Article 17 is amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      in paragraph 1 the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:

      ‘1.

      By 31 October each year, Member States shall provide the Commission with the following information as regards products distributed during the school year period running from 1 August to 31 July which has ended in the previous calendar year, broken down by applicant as defined in Article 6 of this Regulation:’;

   2. (b)

      in paragraph 2, the following points are added:

      1. (f)

         ‘the approximate number of children in regular attendance in all educational establishments participating in the school milk scheme;

      2. (g)

         the approximate number of children eligible under the school milk scheme.’