Romania will receive EUR 10 million from the EU for School Fruit Scheme

Newsroom 07/03/2012 | 14:49

Romanian pupils aged between 6 and 10 will continue to be provided with fruit and vegetables in the 2012/2013 school year part of the European Union’s School Fruit Scheme. The program aims to encourage good eating habits in young people. Romania’s fund allocation will be EUR 10 million. The EU funds need to be co-financed at rates between 50 percent and 75 percent and must be matched by national and/or private contributions.

The entire EU allocation will be EUR 90 million which will be divided between the 24 participating member states based on the population of 6-10 year old children and the needs expressed by each participating member state.

The main beneficiaries of the scheme in 2012/2013 will be Italy, who is set to receive over EUR 20.5 million, followed by Germany (EUR 11.6 million), Romania (EUR 9.8 million), Poland (EUR 9.2 million), France (EUR 5.6 million) and Spain (EUR 4.8 million). Sweden, Finland and UK have opted not to participate.

The allocation of EU aid under the School Fruit Scheme for the 2012/2013 school year has been backed by member states in the Management Committee this Tuesday and will be formally adopted by the Commission (EC) in the coming weeks, the EC has announced.

Simona Bazavan