Monitoring and evaluation
Article 9
1. Member States shall provide for appropriate structures and forms to ensure an annual monitoring of the implementation of the school scheme. 2. Member States shall evaluate the implementation of the school scheme in order to assess its effectiveness against its objectives. 3. The annual monitoring reports by Member States shall include information about the funds used for the supply and distribution of each of the product groups listed in Article 23(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and for the accompanying educational measures, the number of educational establishments and children participating in the school scheme, the average portion size and the average price per portion, the frequency of delivery of products, the quantities of products supplied broken down by product groups and, if applicable, of products other than those listed in Article 23(3), (4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 that are included under the accompanying educational measures according to Article 23(7) of that Regulation, the types of communication and accompanying measures implemented, and the authorities and stakeholders involved in the design and implementation of the school scheme. 4. The annual control reports by Member States on the on-the-spot checks carried out and the related findings shall include information on the amount of aid claimed, paid and subject to on-the-spot checks, the reduction of aid after administrative checks, the reduction of aid due to late submission of applications, the amount of aid recovered following on-the-spot checks, and the administrative penalties applied. 5. Where a Member State does not submit to the Commission an evaluation report containing the results of the evaluation provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article 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: (a) by 5 % if the time limit is exceeded by 1 to 30 days; (b) by 10 % if the time limit is exceeded by 31 to 60 days. Once the time limit is exceeded by more than 60 days, the definitive allocation shall be reduced by 1 % per additional day, calculated over the remaining balance.