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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- 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: 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 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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