2000/32/EC: Commission Decision of 16 December 1999 adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2000 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) 4591)
Date: 1999-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, aid to disadvantaged groups, food aid, intervention stock

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 16 December 1999

adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2000 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) 4591)

(2000/32/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 organisations
for distribution to the most deprived 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 (EC) No 2799/98 of 15
December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for
the euro (3), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 267/96 (5), lays down
detailed rules for the supply of food from intervention
stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in
the Community. In accordance with Article 2 of the
above Regulation,
the scheme for the
to implement
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 2000 budget
year. This plan should indicate in particular the quantity
of products by type that may be withdrawn from inter-
vention stocks for distribution in each Member State and
the financial resources made available to implement the
plan in each Member State. It should also indicate the
level of appropriations to be reserved to cover costs of
intra-Community transport of intervention products as
referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92.

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

For the purposes of resource allocation, account must be
taken of experience and of the degree to which the
Member States used the resources allocated to them in
previous years.

The intra-Community transfers necessary to bring the
plan to fruition should also be authorised under the
conditions provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)
No 3149/92.

(5)

(6)

(7)

To implement the plan, the operative event within the
meaning of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98
should be the date on which the financial year for
administration of stocks in public storage starts.

In accordance with Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
3149/92 the Commission sought
the
major organisations familiar with the problems of the
most deprived persons in the Community when drawing
up the plan.

the advice of

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the 2000 financial year, foodstuffs for distribution to the
most deprived persons in the Community under Regulation
(EEC) No 3730/87 shall be supplied in accordance with the
annual distribution plan set out in Annex I.

Article 2

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

Article 3

To implement the annual plan, the date of the operative event
referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 shall be
1 October 1999.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 December 1999.

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 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 313, 30.10.1992, p. 50.
(5) OJ L 36, 14.2.1996, p. 2.

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ANNEX I

ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION PLAN FOR 2000

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

Member State

Allocation

(in EUR)

Belgium

Denmark

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Portugal

Finland

1 879 000

464 000

15 150 000

54 031 000

39 785 000

3 162 000

52 730 000

44 000

22 892 000

1 863 000

Total

192 000 000

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

Member State subject to the maximum amounts shown under (a):

Member State

Cereals

Rice
(paddy rice)

Olive oil

Butter

Milk powder

Products

3 500

200

400

(tonnes)

Beef
(carcass
equivalent)

127

20 000

10 000

4 000

60 000

34 000

7 000

6 000

1 000

1 150

18 200

2 325

9 350

4 550

60 000

60 000

5 000

15 000

10 000

3 000

9 715

810

60

5 000

2 100

2 376

300

Belgium

Denmark

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Portugal

Finland

Total

186 415

116 525

19 000

13 560

14 176

5 487

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

— beef: EUR 17 375,

— milk powder: EUR 24 662.

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

EUR 4 million.

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INTRA-COMMUNITY TRANSFERS AUTHORISED UNDER THE PLAN FOR 2000

ANNEX II

Product

1. Cereals

2. Cereals

3. Rice

4. Rice

5. Olive oil

6. Butter

7. Milk powder

8. Milk powder

9. Milk powder

10. Butter

11. Cereals

12. Olive oil

Quantity
(tonnes)

20 000

15 000

ONIC

ONIC

Holder

Consignee

Ministry of Agriculture, Greece

INGA

200

Ente Risi

Ministry of Agriculture, Belgium

10 000

3 000

2 100

2 376

1 000

7 000

2 500

45 000

FEGA

FEGA

Ministry of Agriculture, Nether-
lands

INGA

INGA

INGA

Ministry of Agriculture, Ireland

INGA

BLE

Ministry of Agriculture, Greece

Ministry of Agriculture, Nether-
lands

Ministry of Agriculture, France

BLE

ONIC

AIMA

AIMA

2 500

Ministry of Agriculture, Greece

AIMA