21. 3. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 75/31 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 706/92 of 20 March 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2167/83 laying down detailed rules for the supply of milk and certain milk products to schoolchildren THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 374/92 (3, and in particular Article 26 (4) thereof, Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2167/83 of 28 July 1983 (%), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 2571/90 (*), defines the beneficiaries of the Community aid granted for the supply of milk and milk products to schoolchildren ; whereas, given the diversity of educational institutions in the Member States, these provisions cannot guarantee uniform application throughout the Community ; whereas, therefore, the text of the said Article should be clarified ; Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2167/83 authorizes the addition of flouride to certain products eligible for the aid ; whereas, in order to eliminate doubts regarding the interpretation of this provision, its wording should be clarified ; Whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 2167/83 provides that the above scheme should be administered using a system of numbered vouchers issued for one school year; whereas, in order to restrict the administra- tive burden resulting from this provision, provision should be made for ‘the issue of vouchers covering more than one year; Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 7 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2167/83 authorizes the Member States to pay an advance on the aid applied for, for the month or school term in which the products are to be supplied, on condition that final payment is made within six months from the day on which the application was lodged ; whereas, in order to restrict the administrative burden resulting from the application of this provision, provision should be made for final payments to be made annually ; () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 41, 18. 2. 1992, p. 9. {) OJ No L 206, 30. 7. 1983, p. 75. (9 OJ No L 243, 6. 9. 1990, p. 17. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : - Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2167/83 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 1 is replaced by the following : ‘Article 1 1. The beneficiaries of the Community aid referred to in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1842/83 shall be schoolchildren and students regularly atten- ding a school of any grade or category, — including children attending nursery school or another pre-school educational establishment managed or recognized by the competent authori- ties of the Member State, — excluding students at universities and institutes of further education comparable with universities. 2. The schoolchildren referred to in paragraph 1 shall qualify for Community aid during periods spent at holiday camps organized by one of the bodies referred to in Article 7 (1)’ 2. Article 2 (3) is replaced by the following: ‘3. Member States may authorize the addition of a maximum of § mg of flouride per kilogram of product in the case of products falling within categories I and II in the Annex.’ 3. Article 6 is amended as follows : (@) In paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is added : , ‘However, Member States may draw up the vouchers referred to in the first subparagraph for a period covering a maximum five school years. (b ~ In paragraph 4, the following subparagraph is added : ‘Where the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 is applied, the same rules shall apply mutatis mutandis for each school year to which the voucher relates.’