COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2026/873

| Official Journal of the European Union | EN L series ---|---|--- * * * | 2026/873 | 23.4.2026 ---|---|--- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2026/873 of 21 April 2026 fixing the definitive allocation of Union aid to Member States for school fruit and vegetables and for school milk for the period from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2027 and amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/680 (notified under document C(2026) 2543) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 1370/2013 of 16 December 2013 determining measures on fixing certain aids and refunds related to the common organisations of the markets in agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof, Whereas: (1) | Pursuant to Article 3 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/39 (2), Member States wishing to participate in the Union aid scheme for the supply of school fruit and vegetables, and school milk in educational establishments (‘the school scheme’) are to submit to the Commission by 31 January each year their request for Union aid relating to the next school year and, if applicable, update the request for Union aid relating to the ongoing school year. ---|--- (2) | In order to ensure the effective implementation of the school scheme, the allocation of Union aid for school fruit and vegetables and for school milk among participating Member States should be fixed on the basis of the amounts indicated in the request for Union aid by those Member States and taking into account the transfers between Member States’ indicative allocations referred to in Article 23a(4), point (a), of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). ---|--- (3) | All Member States notified the Commission of their request for Union aid for the period from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2027, specifying the amount of aid requested for school fruit and vegetables and for school milk. In the case of Belgium, Malta and the Netherlands, the amounts requested took account of the transfers between the indicative allocations. ---|--- (4) | In order to maximise the full potential of available funds, the unrequested Union aid should be reallocated to those Member States participating in the school scheme that indicate, in their request for Union aid, their willingness to use more than their indicative allocation, should additional resources be available. ---|--- (5) | Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia notified their willingness to use more than the indicative allocation for school fruit and vegetables. However, no Member State sought less than the indicative allocation for school fruit and vegetables. Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia notified their willingness to use more than the indicative allocation for school milk. However, no Member State sought less than the indicative allocation for school milk. ---|--- (6) | On the basis of the notified information by the Member States, the definitive allocation of Union aid for school fruit and vegetables and for school milk for the period from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2027 should be fixed. ---|--- (7) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/680 (4) fixed the definitive allocation of Union aid for school fruit and vegetables and for school milk among Member States wishing to participate in the school scheme for the period from 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2026. ---|--- (8) | Some Member States updated their request for Union aid relating to the school year 2025/2026: Germany and Hungary notified transfers between the definitive allocation for school fruit and vegetables and the definitive allocation for school milk. Spain sought less than the definitive allocation for school fruit and vegetables. Czechia, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Austria, Romania and Slovakia notified their willingness to use more than the definitive allocation for school fruit and vegetables. Spain and the Netherlands sought less than the definitive allocation for school milk. Czechia, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal, Romania and Slovakia notified their willingness to use more than the definitive allocation for school milk. ---|--- (9) | Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/680 should therefore be amended accordingly. ---|--- (10) | The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The definitive allocation of Union aid for school fruit and vegetables and for school milk among Member States participating in the school scheme for the period from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2027 is set out in Annex I. Article 2 Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/680 is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Decision. Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 April 2026. For the Commission Christophe HANSEN Member of the Commission * * * (1) OJ L 346, 20.12.2013, p. 12, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1370/oj. (2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/39 of 3 November 2016 on rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to Union aid for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in educational establishments (OJ L 5, 10.1.2017, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2017/39/oj). (3) Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1308/oj). (4) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/680 of 8 April 2025 fixing the definitive allocation of Union aid to Member States for school fruit and vegetables and for school milk for the period from 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2026 and amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/845 (OJ L, 2025/680, 10.4.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/680/oj). * * * ANNEX I SCHOOL YEAR 2026/2027 Member State | Definitive allocation for school fruit and vegetables in EUR | Definitive allocation for school milk in EUR ---|---|--- Belgium | 3 866 136 | 1 383 066 Bulgaria | 2 110 411 | 1 800 090 Czechia | 3 349 886 | 3 048 057 Denmark | 1 671 583 | 1 632 431 Germany | 20 373 277 | 8 910 720 Estonia | 396 340 | 754 955 Ireland | 1 889 775 | 826 537 Greece | 3 149 503 | 1 464 086 Spain | 13 407 407 | 6 023 462 France | 22 720 501 | 9 979 209 Croatia | 1 278 964 | 610 533 Italy | 15 293 816 | 6 910 347 Cyprus | 290 000 | 252 652 Latvia | 649 309 | 868 581 Lithuania | 891 870 | 1 236 781 Luxembourg | 290 000 | 193 000 Hungary | 2 894 429 | 2 970 122 Malta | 326 670 | 156 330 Netherlands | 5 521 523 | 1 632 699 Austria | 2 320 736 | 1 015 027 Poland | 12 138 186 | 12 791 591 Portugal | 2 804 412 | 1 301 261 Romania | 6 178 236 | 11 303 390 Slovenia | 665 306 | 305 638 Slovakia | 1 851 325 | 1 659 402 Finland | 1 672 943 | 2 731 455 Sweden | 3 404 234 | 7 635 935 Total | 131 406 778 | 89 397 357 * * * ANNEX II ‘ ANNEX I SCHOOL YEAR 2025/2026 Member State | Definitive allocation for school fruit and vegetables in EUR | Definitive allocation for school milk in EUR ---|---|--- Belgium | 3 866 136 | 1 383 066 Bulgaria | 2 110 411 | 1 800 090 Czechia | 3 361 945 | 3 243 396 Denmark | 1 671 583 | 1 632 431 Germany | 20 614 467 | 8 752 890 Estonia | 397 898 | 780 197 Ireland | 1 897 095 | 945 113 Greece | 3 149 503 | 1 464 086 Spain | 13 260 378 | 5 323 213 France | 22 720 501 | 9 979 209 Croatia | 1 278 964 | 610 533 Italy | 15 293 816 | 6 910 347 Cyprus | 290 000 | 252 652 Latvia | 651 559 | 905 035 Lithuania | 894 972 | 1 287 028 Luxembourg | 290 740 | 204 992 Hungary | 3 488 453 | 2 376 098 Malta | 326 670 | 156 330 Netherlands | 5 521 523 | 1 282 699 Austria | 2 329 952 | 1 035 027 Poland | 12 138 186 | 12 791 591 Portugal | 2 804 412 | 1 449 419 Romania | 6 199 573 | 11 649 031 Slovenia | 665 306 | 305 638 Slovakia | 1 857 412 | 1 758 002 Finland | 1 672 943 | 2 731 455 Sweden | 3 404 234 | 7 635 935 Total | 132 158 632 | 88 645 503 ’ * * * ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2026/873/oj ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition) * * *