1999/413/EC: Commission Decision of 15 June 1999 amending Decision 98/657/EC 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(1999) 1625)
Date: 1999-06-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, aid to disadvantaged groups, distribution cost, food aid, intervention stock, intra-EU transport

23. 6. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 156/47

COMMISSION DECISION

of 15 June 1999

amending Decision 98/657/EC adopting the plan allocating to the Member States
resources to be charged to the 1999 budget year for the supply of food from
the most deprived persons in the
intervention stocks for the benefit of

Community

(notified under document number C(1999) 1625)

(1999/413/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 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,

the most

deprived

persons

in

of

(1) Whereas, by Decision 98/657/EC (5), the Commis-
sion adopted a plan allocating resources to the
Member States for the 1999 financial year; whereas
that plan specifies the financial resources available
for its implementation in 1999 in the participating
Member States and lays down the quantities of each
type of product to be withdrawn from intervention
stocks within the limit of those financial resources;
whereas
the plan should be adopted to take
account, on the one hand, of the correction to the
intervention price used for determining the quant-
ities of olive oil made available to the Member
States requesting that product and, on the other
hand, of the available budget resources allocated for
the operation; whereas account should also be
taken of underconsumption observed when the
annual plan was implemented so that appropria-
tions not utilised can be allocated to those Member
States wishing to use them; whereas, with a view to
the utilisation of those quantities of products, intra-
Community transfers should also be authorised in
accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No
3149/92;

(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 313, 21.11.1998, p. 25.

(2) Whereas, since the quantity of beef that can be
made available to Finland is less than 60 tonnes
and the product must, where appropriate, be trans-
ferred from another Member State, Article 2(3) of
Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 must be applied to
Finland and a sum made available so it can
mobilise the product on the market;

(3) Whereas,

for

the sake of clarity, Annex I

to

Decision 98/657/EC must be replaced;

(4) Whereas this amendment to the plan for 1999 is
being made at a time when its implementation is
drawing to a close; whereas the extra supplies must
be secured urgently and this can only be achieved
in time through the organisation, by way of an
exception, of
to tender;
whereas specific provisions must accordingly be
laid down for the end of the 1999 financial year;

restricted invitations

(5) Whereas

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 98/657/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. Annex I is replaced by Annex I hereto.

2. Annex II hereto is added to the Decision as Annex III

thereto.

Article 2

Notwithstanding Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 3149/
92, the Member States may secure the extra supplies of
products required under this Decision by organising, or
seeing to the organisation of, restricted invitations to
tender
three
tenderers, selected without discrimination as to nation-
ality or place of establishment.

involving competition among at

least

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

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 15 June 1999.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX I

Annual distribution plan for 1999

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

(EUR)

Member State

Belgium

Denmark

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Portugal

Finland

Allocation

3 298 000

745 000

20 413 000

54 780 000

38 688 000

2 031 000

55 800 000

44 000

19 938 000

1 263 000

Total

197 000 000

(b) Quantities of products to be withdrawn from Community intervention stocks for distribution in each Member State, subject to the

maximum values indicated in point (a)

(tonnes)

Member State

Products

Cereals

Rice

Olive oil

Milk powder

Butter

Beef

Belgium

Denmark

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Portugal

Finland

3 500

14 900

30 000

12 000

17 240

1 800

46 212

28 724

6 500

12 500

4 343

480

672

3 200

9 800

7 000

4 000

4 500

4 118

4 000

2 059

60

500

200

1 590

8 961

4 079

500

5 000

700

180

Total

107 795

69 924

14 677

25 152

60

21 710

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(c) 1. Allocation for Luxembourg with a view to purchases on the Community market

 Beef: EUR 17 375.

 Milk powder: EUR 24 662.

2. Allocation for Finland with a view to purchases on the Community market

 Beef: EUR 63 000.

3. In accordance with Article 2(3) and Article 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 EUR 3 million.'

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX III

Further intra-Community transfers authorised under the plan for 1999

Product

1. Beef

2. Olive oil

Quantity
(tonnes)

564

2 059

Holder

Consignee

Intervention agency, Ireland Ministry of Agriculture, France

FEGA

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