Commission Regulation (EC) No 288/2009 (repealed)Show full title

Article 12 Monitoring and evaluation

1. Member States shall monitor the implementation of their School Fruit Scheme on an annual basis. Monitoring shall draw upon the data originating from management and control obligations, including those set out in Articles 10 and 11. Member States shall provide for adequate structures and forms to ensure regular monitoring of programme implementation.

2. Member States shall evaluate the implementation of their School Fruit Scheme and assess its effectiveness. For the period running from 1 August 2010 to 31 July 2011, Member States shall notify the results of their evaluation exercise to the Commission by 29 February 2012. For subsequent periods, Member States shall evaluate the implementation of their scheme at least every five years and notify their results every five years following that date.

3. Where a Member State does not notify the results of its evaluation exercise by the date referred to in paragraph 2, or every five years following that date, the amount of the next allocation will be reduced as follows:

(a) by 5 % if the delay is one month or less;

(b) by 10 % if the delay is more than one month but less than two months.

Once the time limit referred to in subparagraph 1 is delayed by two months, the aid shall be reduced by 1 % per additional day.