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►B COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)No3730/87
of10December 1987
layingdownthegeneral rulesforthesupplyoffoodfromintervention stockstodesignatedorga-
nizationsfordistributiontothemostdeprivedpersonsintheCommunity
(OJ L 352, 15.12.1987, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Regulation (EC) No 2535/95 of 24 October 1995 L 260 3 31.10.1995
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COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)No3730/87
of10December 1987
layingdownthegeneralrulesforthesupplyoffoodfrominterven-
tion stocks to designated organizations for distribution to the most
deprivedpersonsintheCommunity
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(
1),
Whereasin the wake of the exceptionally cold winter of 1986/1987 the
Community applied, during several months in 1987, measures invol-
ving the supply of various foods to charitable organizations fordistribution to the most deprived persons in the Community;
Whereasreportsfrom the Member Statesand from variousof the chari-
table organizations involved in these measures show that they were of
considerable value to the beneficiaries, but also that they give rise tofinancial and distributive difficulties for several of the organizations inquestion;
Whereasthe Community hasthrough itsintervention s tocksof various
agricultural productsthe potential meansto make a s ignificant contri-bution towards the well-being of its most deprived citizens; whereas itisin the Community interes t, and in line with the objectivesof thecommon agricultural policy, to exploit thispotential on a durable bas is
until the stocks have been run down to a normal level by introducing
appropriate measures; whereas experience gained from the applicationof the measures referred to above should help in the organization ofany subsequent action of a similar nature; whereas it is appropriate toconsolidate in one text the legal basis for the implementation of suchmeasures,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Provisions shall be made for goods which are in intervention stocks to
be made available to certain designated organizations to enable food tobe distributed to the most deprived persons in the Community. Suchpersons shall receive the food free of charge or at a price which in nocase is greater than that justified by the costs incurred by the desig-
nated organizations in implementing the action. The distribution shall
be made in accordance with an annual plan established by the Commis-sion on the basis of the information supplied by the Member States.
Where a product istemporarily unavailable in Community intervention
stocks during implementation of the annual plan referred to in the firstsubparagraph, to the extent necessary to allow implementation of the
plan in one or more Member States, the product may be mobilized on
the Community market. Mobilization on the Community market maytake place also where implementation of the plan would involve thetransfer between Member States of small quantities of products inintervention in a Member State other than that or those in which the
product isrequired.
When beef is unavailable in intervention stocks, purchases on the
Community market may be undertaken by mobilizing any other meatproduct.1987R3730 — EN — 01.10.1995 — 001.001 — 2
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The conditionsof mobilization on the Community market s hall be laid
down in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 6.
Article 2
1. The organizations referred to in Article 1 shall be designated by
the Member State concerned.
2. Those Member States wishing to apply this scheme shall notify
the Commission in due time each year.
Article 3
Goods referred to in Article 1 shall be released free of charge to the
designated organizations. The accounting value of such goods shall bethe intervention price, adjusted by coefficients where necessary to takeaccount of quality differences.
Article 4
Subject to the detailed rulesof application referred to in Article 6, the
expenditure arising from operations applied in conformity with thisRegulation isto be cons idered asforming part of the expenditure to
stabilize agricultural markets as provided for in Article 1 (2) (b) of
Regulation (EEC) No 729/70(
1). Thus, the goods made available under
the provisions of Article 1 of this Regulation shall be financed byappropriationsin the relevant budgetary heading within the EuropeanAgricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, of thebudget of the European Communities. Provision may also be made for
this financing to contribute towards the costs of transport of produce
from intervention centres and for administrative costs for the desig-nated organizationsgenerated by the implementation of thiss cheme,excluding any costs which may be borne by the beneficiaries withinthe framework of the application of Article 1.
Article 5
The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the
Council a report on the operation of this scheme as soon as possible
after information on itsfirs t two yearsof operation isavailable.
Article 6
The detailed rulesof application of thisRegulation s hall be adopted in
accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 26 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2727/75(
2) and with the corresponding provisions of the
other Regulationss etting up a common organization of the market foragricultural products.
Article 7
ThisRegulation s hall enter into force on the day of itspublication in
theOfficial Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1987R3730 — EN — 01.10.1995 — 001.001 — 3
(1) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 14.
(2) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.▼B