98/203/EC: Commission Decision of 3 March 1998 amending Decision 97/660/EC adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 1998 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community
Date: 1998-03-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, aid to disadvantaged groups, food aid, intervention stock

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 March 1998

amending Decision 97/660/EC adopting the plan allocating to the Member States
resources to be charged to the 1998 budget year for the supply of food from
the most deprived persons in the
intervention stocks for the benefit of

Community

(98/203/EC)

of

the most

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87
of 10 December 1987 laying down the general rules for
the supply of food from intervention stocks to designated
for distribution to the most deprived
organisations
persons in the Community (1), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 2535/95 (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3149/92 of 29 October 1992 laying down detailed rules
for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the
benefit
the
Community (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
267/96 (4), and in particular the first subparagraph of
Article 7(1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision
as
amended by Decision 98/101/EC (6), adopts the plan allo-
cating to the Member States resources to be charged to
the 1998 budget year, whereas that plan determines the
financial resources made available to implement the 1998
plan in each participating Member State and fixes the
quantities of each type of product to be withdrawn from
intervention stocks within the limits of those financial
resources; whereas the 1998 plan should be adjusted in
line with the appropriations allocated by the budget
authority at
the budget procedure;
whereas the intra-Community transfers necessary for the
use of those quantities of products should also be author-

the conclusion of

97/660/EC (5),

deprived

persons

in

ised under the conditions provided for in Article 7 of
Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinions of all
the Management
Committees concerned,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Points (a) and (b) of the Annex to Decision 97/660/EC are
replaced by points (a) and (b) in Annex I to this Decision.

Article 2

The intra-Community transfer operations referred to in
Annex II shall be authorised.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 352, 15. 12. 1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 260, 31. 10. 1995, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 313, 30. 10. 1992, p. 50.
(4) OJ L 36, 14. 2. 1996, p. 2.
(5) OJ L 278, 11. 10. 1997, p. 29.
(6) OJ L 23, 30. 1. 1998, p. 36.

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ANNEX I

Annual distribution plan for 1998

(a) Financial resources available to carry out the plan in each Member State

(ecus)

Member State

Belgium

Denmark

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Portugal

Finland

United Kingdom

Allocation

3 422 000

1 192 000

15 499 000

43 416 000

30 304 000

2 031 000

51 517 000

44 000

16 451 000

1 934 000

29 190 000

Total

195 000 000

(b) Quantity of each type of product to be withdrawn from intervention stocks for distribution in each

Member State up to the maximum amounts indicated in point (a)

(tonnes)

Member State

Products

Cereals

Rice

Olive oil

Milk powder

Butter

Beef/veal

Belgium

Denmark

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Portugal

Finland

United Kingdom

10 000

8 564

2 000

7 200

9 910

3 000

479

2 582

7 149

6 084

9 582

4 417

524

60

4 557

29 550

15 000

35 000

5 690

11 390

500

327

1 760

5 340

4 000

500

5 000

750

140

8 000

Total

101 187

37 674

3 000

30 293

584

26 317

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ANNEX II

Intra-Community transfers authorised by this Decision

Product

1. Beef/veal

Quantity
(tonnes)

140

2. Beef/veal

1 760

OFIVAL

Holder

Consignee

Intervention Agency,
Sweden

Ministry of Agriculture,
Finland

Ministry of Agriculture,
Greece

3. Milk powder

4. Rice

5. Cereals

6. Cereals

4 417

9 910

35 000

4 557

Department of Agriculture,
Ireland

FEGA

BLE

BLE

INGA

INGA

AIMA

BIRB