Introductory text

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^f1, and in particular Article 24(2)(b) and Article 223(2)(a) thereof,

Whereas:

Pursuant to Article 9(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/40^f2 Member States are required to evaluate the implementation of their school scheme in order to assess its effectiveness against the objectives of the school scheme of increasing the consumption of selected agricultural products by children and educating them about healthy eating habits. In order to foster transparency and accountability on the use of Union aid, the nature and type of information that the Member States are to notify to the Commission in their evaluation reports should be specified.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: