1.The Union aid for the supply of fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables and banana products to children referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall neither:
(a)exceed any of the following limits:
EUR 150 million per school year;
75 % of the costs of supply and related costs referred to in Article 23(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, or 90 % of such costs in less developed regions and in the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty; nor
(b)cover costs other than the costs of supply and related costs referred to in Article 23(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
For the purposes of point (a)(ii) of the first subparagraph, ‘less developed regions’ means those regions defined as such in point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 90(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1).
2.Member States participating in the school fruit and vegetables scheme shall each receive at least EUR 290 000 of Union aid.
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts fixing the indicative allocation of the aid referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article to each Member State on the basis of the criteria referred to in Article 23(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
The Commission shall assess at least every three years whether the indicative allocation remains consistent with criteria referred to in Article 23(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. Where necessary, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts fixing a new indicative allocation.
Following the requests of the Member States in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 23(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the Commission shall each year adopt implementing acts fixing the definitive allocation of the aid referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article between participating Member States in accordance with the conditions laid down in that paragraph.
The implementing acts referred to in this paragraph shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2) of this Regulation.
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320).