Article 9 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/40 is amended as follows:
(1)
paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. Member States shall evaluate the implementation of the school scheme in order to assess its effectiveness against its objectives of increasing the consumption of fruit, vegetables, milk and milk products by children and educating them about healthy eating habits. The results of that evaluation shall be submitted to the Commission by way of an evaluation report. A Member State that implements the school scheme at regional level may choose to submit a corresponding number of evaluation reports.’;
(2)
in the first subparagraph of paragraph 5, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:
‘Where a Member State does not submit its evaluation report or evaluation reports containing the results of the evaluation provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article to the Commission by the time limits referred to in Article 8(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/39, the amount of the next definitive allocation shall be reduced as follows:’.