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Grant of national aid

3.—(1) Where an applicant is in receipt of Union aid, the Welsh Ministers may pay that applicant national aid in addition to that Union aid.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) the Welsh Ministers may determine the type or class of qualifying educational establishments or qualifying milk products in relation to which national aid may be paid, by reference to any set of circumstances the Welsh Ministers think fit.

(3) Subject to paragraph (2), the following specified provisions apply in relation to national aid as if it were Union aid—

(a)of the Council Regulation; Article 22 (Target Group), Article 23 (Aid for the supply of school fruit and vegetables and of school milk, accompanying educational measures and related cost) and Annex V (eligible milk products);

(b)of the Commission Implementing Regulation; Article 4 (Aid application submitted by aid applicant), Article 5 (Payment of the aid); Article 9 (Administrative checks), Article 10 (On-the-spot checks) and Article 11 (Recovery of undue payments), and

(c)of the Commission Delegated Regulation; Article 6 (Conditions for approval of aid applicants) paragraphs (1) and (2) only, Article 7 (Suspension and withdrawal of approval); and Article 11 (Distribution of products in conjunction with regular school meals) paragraph (b) of the second paragraph only.