2014 Opening Conference of the Hungarian

School Fruit Scheme – Budapest - 28/02/2014

European Commission - DG Agriculture Vincent Lariviere - Unit C2

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Outline

1. CAP "School schemes": general goals

2. Key figures for 12/13 school year

a) in Hungary

b) at EU level

3. Accompanying measures

4. The future2

CAP "School schemes": general goals

• Currently there are 2 "school schemes":

• School Fruit Scheme (SFS), co-financing the distribution of F&V products (including bananas) to children in schools since 2009/2010 school year

• School Milk Scheme (SMS) with EU support for the distribution of milk and milk products (over 3 decades old)

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Specific objectives of School Schemes

• Agricultural "market" objectives

• Nutrition and health objectives (designed to promote healthy eating habits at an early age)

• To reinforce links between the farming community and children, theirs parents and teachers, especially in urban areas

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SFS State of Play

• Present: current SFS implementation before CAP 2020 changes

• As of 2014/2015: CAP 2020 implementation with higher budget, accompanying measures

• Future: new proposal adopted on January 30th

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SFS implementation - at EU level

• Implemented since 2009/2010 school year. Currently, in 2012/2013: in 25 MS (all except UK, SE and FI)

• Over 8,6 million children in more than 61 000 schools (2012/2013 school year)

• € 90 million of EU funding available annually (MS co-finance either at 50% or 25% rates) but set to increase as from 2014/2015 to € 150 million and 75% - 90% rates (in the context of CAP 2020)

• In most MS, main target group children is 6-10 years but can cover children ranging from nurseries to secondary schools

• In addition to the portions of F&V, children are offered also accompanying measures (farm visits, gardening sessions …) to be cofinanced as from 2014/2015

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The SFS in Hungary- main figures

• More than 340 000 pupils in 1 880 schools for an overall budget of almost 5 Mio€ (EU: 69% - National + private: 31%)

• Target group: pupils from 6 to 10 (1st-4th year of primary schools)

• Frequency of distribution: from twice to four times a week (in 2011/2012 twice: 14%; three times: 54%; four times: 32%)

• Duration of distribution: 22 -29 weeks

• Proportion: fresh:80%, processed: 20%

• Products: apple, peach, tomato, carrot, pear, plum, pepper, kohlrabi (processed: fruit juices)

• Community origin: 100%7

The SFS in Hungary- participating pupils: +23% in 4 years

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The SFS in Hungary- participating schools: +17% in 4 years

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The SFS in Hungary- EU budget

• Basic EU indicative envelope for Hungary is around € 2 million annually (31% come from the national co-financing)

• Hungary is one of the best user of SFS budget (use more than 90% of its budget)

• For 2013/2014 school year, in the context of the CAP 2020, the EU indicative allocation for Hungary is increased from € 2 million to € 3 million

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The SFS at EU level: annual envelopes

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The global use of the EU budget (all MS together, in %)

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The use of the EU budget per MS in %

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The SFS at EU level: target group 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

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2012 - 2013: Target group

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Specifications of distributed portions (UE average)

• Consumption: about 45 portions per child per year

• Cost of a distribution of a portion of fruits and vegetables: estimated at € 0.30 per pupil

• Average weight of a distributed portion: estimated about 133 grams

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The SFS – mainly fresh products distributed

Nombre d'Etats Membres %

Distribution de produits frais à 100% (ou très proche)

14 58%

Distribution de produits frais > 70% 7 29%

Autres 3 13%

Total 24 100%

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Accompanying measures (examples of measures currently notified by Member States)

• Directly linked to agriculture: farm visits, market visits, school gardens, cooking, tasting sessions

• Educational: pedagogical kits for teachers and pupils, leaflets, seminars, training sessions for teachers

• Others: interactive games on health and nutrition, photo competitions, exhibitions, school magazines, rewarding gadgets, cartoons

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The SFS in Hungary– accompanying measures

TitlePromoting

organisation

Local / Regional /

NationalTarget group Budget

1. school fruit scheme websites suppliers nationalpupils from 6 to 10

16.000,0 €

2. field trip to PGs, POs and producers in fruit & vegetable sector

suppliers & schools

nationalpupils from 6 to 10

30.000,0 €

3. drawing up and use of teaching materials related to healthy eating

suppliers localpupils from 6 to 10

23.000,0 €

4. education related to healthy eating habits or fruit & vegetable sector

suppliers localpupils from 6 to 10

5.000,0 €

5. rewards promoting the consumption of fruit & vegetables

suppliers localpupils from 6 to 10

59.000,0 €

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The SFS – accompanying measures

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The SFS in the CAP 2020 proposal

• EU funding: 150 Mio€ instead of 90 Mio€

• Co-financing rates 75-90% instead of 50-75% (max % in less developed regions)

• Accompanying measures eligible to the EU aid

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Planning: the SFS in 2014/2015

• National strategies and aid requests to be submitted by 30 April 2014

• Commission's decision on final allocations by 30 June 2014

• Delegated act on accompanying measures (eligible costs and the maximum financing limit): already discussed with MS, now in internal Commission procedure

• New indicative allocations: based on €150 mio budget and higher co-financing rates - favourable opinion in ManCom on 18/2, adoption procedure under way (scheduled for 11/3)

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New proposal: key elements (1)•It is a joint framework

•Major points emphasised in the public consultation: simplification, reduction of administrative burden, stronger educational measures for SMS, separate budgets for F&V and milk

•Focused on fresh fruit and vegetables (including bananas) and drinking milk

•New educational measures: could occasionally include in thematic activities a wider variety of agricultural products, such as for example yoghurts, honey or olive oil.

•Two separate EU envelopes of € 150 million for fruit and vegetables and € 80 million for milk, with a possibility of limited transfers between them. 22

New proposal: key elements (2)

•The new legislative proposal has been adopted on 30 January 2014

•All documents are available on the website:

http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/school-scheme/legislative-proposal/index_en.htm

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The SFS stakeholders' meeting

• Scheduled for May 2014

• Will focus on the implementation: logistics,

distribution, difficulties encountered by MS/

schools/ suppliers…

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Thank you for your attention!

http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/index_en.htm

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