6 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2008/0146(CNS)
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure orderly implementation of the School Fruit Scheme, Member States, at national or regional level, wishing to make use of it should draw up a prior strategy, including in the area of education for the target groups. They should also provide for accompanying measures required to make the scheme effective. Member States may incorporate these measures in an educational manner into teaching packages at schools on health and nutrition.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) So as not to restrict the overall impact of similar national measures, Member States should also be permittencouraged to grant additional national aid for the supply of products and related costs and accompanying measures and the Community School Fruit Scheme should be without prejudice to any separate national school fruit schemes which respect Community law. However, in order to ensure a practical effect for the Community Scheme, it shouldmust not replace current national funding for existing national School Fruit Schemes or other school distribution schemes that include fruit. Community financing should be supplementary in nature and is reserved for new schemes or the extension of existing schemes.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to ensure sound budgetary management, a fixed ceiling of Community aid and maximum co-financing rates should be provided for and the Community financial contribution to the scheme should be added to the list of measures eligible for EAFG financing set out in Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy. Any Community funding persistently unused by one or more Member States may be transferred to other Member States and spent there.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – point 1 – subpoint a
Article 2 – point 1 – subpoint a
Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Part II – Title I – Chapter IV – Section IV a – Subsection II a – Article 103g a – Point 1
Part II – Title I – Chapter IV – Section IV a – Subsection II a – Article 103g a – Point 1
Under conditions to be determined by the Commission, from the 2009/10 school year, Community aid shall be granted for supplying to pupils in educational establishments certainCommission-selected products of the fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables and bananas sectors to be idetermined by the Commissionntified in greater detail by the Member States and may also be granted for certain related costs of logistics, distribution, equipment, communication, monitoring and evaluation. The Commission and the member States shall select processed vegetables and fruit on the basis of health criteria, such as the fewest possible unnatural and unhealthy additives in processed products.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – point 1 – subpoint a
Article 2 – point 1 – subpoint a
Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Part II – Title I – Chapter IV – Section IV a – Subsection II a – Article 103g a – Point 2
Part II – Title I – Chapter IV – Section IV a – Subsection II a – Article 103g a – Point 2
2. Member States, at national or regional level, wishing to participate in the scheme shall draw up a prior strategy for its implementation. They shall also provide for accompanying measures necessary to make the scheme effective. As with the school milk scheme, Member States may require parents to pay the national cofinancing share in the scheme. Member States may also encourage health insurers and local authorities to contribute to the national cofinancing share.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – point 3
Article 2 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Article 184 – Point 6
Article 184 – Point 6
(6) before 31 August 2012 to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of the School Fruit Scheme provided for in Article 103ga, accompanied, if necessary, by appropriate proposals. The report shall in particular address the issues of: - 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 extent to which opting for national cofinancing, by means of a parental contribution, has or has not influenced the outreach and effectiveness of the scheme; - the relevance and impact of national accompanying measures, in particular the way in which the school fruit scheme and accompanying information on a healthy diet are incorporated into the national curriculum;