Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations provide that, in the making of any national “top-up” aid payments as permitted by Article 14(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products, as amended, for the supply of milk and milk products to pupils in educational establishments, such payments shall be subject to the same rules, requirements and conditions as apply to Community aid under Article 14(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/1999, and which are contained in Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2707/2000 laying down rules for supplying milk and certain milk products to pupils in educational establishments (regulation 3).
The Regulations also provide for the withholding or recovery of any Community aid or any national payments made under regulation 3 of the Regulations pursuant to Article 14 of Council Regulation 1255/1999 to which an applicant is not entitled or where the applicant is in breach of any commitments given as a condition of such Community aid or payment (regulations 4 and 5).