7.8.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 211/1 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 756/2013 of 6 August 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 657/2008 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards Community aid for supplying milk and certain milk products to pupils in educational establishments THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European months of the school year period concerned. Deadlines for the completion of on-the-spot checks and of the control reports should also be fixed. Union, 4)  In order to take account of the deadlines concerning on- the-spot checks established in the present Regulation, the Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of deafihne for notifying .1nf0rmat10n provided for in 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri- Article 17(1) of Reg.u-latlor.l (_EC) No 657/2008 .should cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri- be amepded: In addition, it 15 necessary to clarify that cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular the notlﬁca.tm.ns refe.rred to in tha.t Article relate to j[he Article 102 in conjunction with Article 4 thereof, prodgcts distributed in the respective school year period running from 1 August to 31 July. Whereas: (5)  In order to assess the proportion of children participating in the school milk scheme, it is appropriate to provide for additional information to be submitted in accordance (1)~ Commission Regulation (EC) No 6572008 (?) lays down with Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 657/2008. rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards Union aid for supplying certain milk products to pupils in educational establishments under Article 102 (6)  Regulation (EC) No 657/2008 should therefore be of that Regulation. In order to improve the administrative amended accordingly. and financial management of the school milk scheme, certain rules should be clarified. (7) Tt is necessary to make the new rules applicable as from the beginning of the new school year period which starts () Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 657/2008 provides on 1 August 2013. that payment applications may cover periods of one to seven months. It is appropriate to specify that each such (8)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in () ) 0] 0] period should be within one single school year period running from 1 August to 31 July. Article 15(4) of Regulation (EC) No 657/2008 provides that on-the-spot checks shall be conducted throughout the period from 1 August to 31 July and shall cover a period of at least the previous 12 months. In order to make controls more effective, the time span for carrying out the on-the-spot checks should encompass the school year period running from 1 August to 31 July to which they relate and the following 12 months, leaving to Member States to decide on the timing of the on-the- spot checks within that time span. The on-the-spot checks should however cover a period of at least four L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. L 183, 11.7.2008, p. 17. accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 657/2008 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 11, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: 2. Member States shall specify the frequency of appli- cations. These may cover periods of one to seven months within one single school year period running from 1 August to 31 July.;