98/657/EC: Commission Decision of 12 November 1998 adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 1999 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community (notified under document number C(1998) 3485)
Date: 1998-11-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid to disadvantaged groups, distribution cost, food aid, intervention stock, intra-EU transport

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 November 1998

adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the
1999 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit
of the most deprived persons in the Community

(notified under document number C(1998) 3485)

(98/657/EC)

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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92
of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the
conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the
common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 150/95 (4), and in particular Articles 3(4)
and 6(2) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 (5),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 267/96 (6), lays
down detailed rules for the supply of food from interven-
tion stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in
the Community; whereas, in accordance with Article 2 of
the abovementioned Regulation, in order to implement
the scheme for the supply of such food to the most
deprived section of the population, the Commission must
adopt a plan to be financed from resources available in
the 1999 budget year; whereas this plan should indicate in
particular the quantity of products by type that may be
withdrawn from intervention stock for distribution in
each Member State and the financial resources made

(1) OJ L 352, 15. 12. 1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 260, 31. 10. 1995, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 313, 30. 10. 1992, p. 50.
(6) OJ L 36, 14. 2. 1996, p. 2.

available to implement the plan in each Member State;
whereas this plan should also indicate the level of appro-
priations
intra-
reserved to cover
Community transport of intervention products as referred
to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92;

costs of

to be

Whereas the Member States involved in the plan have
supplied the information required in accordance with
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92;

Whereas the intra-Community transfers necessary for the
use of those quantities of products should also be author-
ised under the conditions provided for in Article 7 of
Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92;

Whereas, to implement the plan, the conversion rates to
be applied to the funds allocated to the Member States
should be specified and Article 3(4) of Regulation (EEC)
No 3813/92 should be applied;

Whereas, to ensure that the budget appropriations are
fully used, account must be taken of the degree to which
the Member States used the resources allocated to them in
previous years;

Whereas in accordance with Article 2(2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 3149/92 the Commission has
the
advice of major organisations familiar with the problems
of the most deprived persons in the Community when
drawing up this plan;

sought

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinions of all the relevant manage-
ment committees,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 3

Article 1

For the 1999 financial year, foodstuffs for distribution to
the most deprived persons in the Community, pursuant
to Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87, shall be supplied in
accordance with the annual distribution plan set out in
Annex I.

The amounts in ecus shall be converted into national
currencies using the rates applicable on 1 October 1998
and published in the C series of the Official Journal of
the European Communities.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 November 1998.

Article 2

The intra-Community transfer operations listed in Annex
II are hereby authorised.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Annual distribution plan for 1999

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

(ecu)

Member State

Belgium

Denmark

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Portugal

Finland

Allocation

3 298 000

1 095 000

19 276 000

51 976 000

36 728 000

2 031 000

51 414 000

44 000

19 938 000

1 200 000

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

to the maximum values indicated in point (a)

Total

187 000 000

Member State

Belgium

Denmark

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Portugal

Finland

Products

(tonnes)

Rice
(paddy rice)

Olive oil

Milk powder

Butter

Beef/veal

14 900

12 000

1 800

21 785

12 500

4 500

4 000

4 000

2 000

480

3 200

9 800

7 000

4 000

60

500

300

1 590

8 154

3 515

500

5 000

700

200

Cereals

3 500

30 000

17 240

26 000

6 500

3 760

Total

87 000

62 985

14 500

24 480

60

20 459

(c) Allocation for Luxembourg with a view to purchases on the Community market

— Beef/veal: ECU 17 375.
— Milk powder: ECU 24 662.

In accordance with Articles 2(3) and 5(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92, these amounts are to be converted into national currency
using the agricultural conversion rate in force on 1 October 1998.

(d) The appropriations needed to cover the intra-Community transfer costs of the intervention products are fixed at ECU 3 million.

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ANNEX II

Intra-Community transfers authorised under the plan for 1999

Product

1. Olive oil

2. Milk powder

3. Milk powder

4. Common wheat

5. Rice

6. Milk powder

7. Beef

8. Beef

Quantity
(tonnes)

2 000

3 200

7 000

6 500

12 500

4 000

200

1 590

Holder

Consignee

FEGA

Intervention Board

BLE

ONIC

FEGA

Ministry of Agriculture,
Ireland

Ministry of Agriculture,
Denmark

Ministry of Agriculture,
Ireland

INGA

FEGA

AIMA

INGA

INGA

INGA

Minsitry of Agriculture, Finland

Ministry of Agriculture, Greece

9. Milk powder

9 800

BLE

Ministry of Agriculture, France