2001/23/EC: Commission Decision of 21 December 2000 adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2001 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(2000) 3985)
Date: 2000-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Community, aid system, aid to disadvantaged groups, food aid, foodstuff, intervention stock

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 December 2000

adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2001 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(2000) 3985)

(2001/23/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
in the
for distribution to the most deprived persons
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)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2760/1999 (5),
lays
down detailed rules for the supply of food from inter-
vention stocks for the benefit of
the most deprived
persons in the Community. In accordance with Article 2
of the above Regulation, 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 2001 budget
year. This plan should indicate in particular the quantity
of products by type that may be withdrawn from inter-
venton stocks for distribution in each Member State and

(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 331, 23.12.1999, p. 55.

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.

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.

To respect the plan's purpose, distribution of the prod-
ucts should be staggered throughout the year.

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

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

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The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinions of all the relevant commit-
tees,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the 2001 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

Article 4

Where the quantity of products distributed exceeds 500 tonnes,
participating Member States shall insert suitable provisions in
the invitations to tender to ensure that the quantities listed in
table (b) of Annex I are the subject of several distribution
operations during the course of the annual plan so as to take
account of the capacity of the charitable institutions.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2000.

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 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Annual distribution plan for 2001

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

Member State

Allocation

(euro)

Belgium

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Portugal

Finland

2 285 000

13 383 000

55 096 000

39 232 000

207 000

56 568 000

48 000

24 876 000

3 305 000

Total

195 000 000

(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

Belgium

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Portugal

Finland

(tonnes)

Product

Rice
(paddy rice)

Olive oil (*)

Butter

500

10 000

30 000

2 700

30 000

7 500

4 000

7 000

5 000

3 000

500

7 400

10 551

60

8 500

4 600

500

Cereals

3 500

25 000

65 000

17 530

75 000

10 000

13 670

Total

209 700

80 700

19 000

32 111

(*) If necessary, refer to the standards for virgin lampante olive oil.

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

— powdered milk: EUR 34 400,
— cereals: EUR 6 800,
— rice: EUR 6 800.

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ANNEX II

Intra-Community transfers authorised under the plan for 2001

Product

1. Cereals

2. Cereals

3. Cereals

4. Rice

5. Rice

6. Butter

7. Butter

8. Butter

9. Olive oil

10. Olive oil

11. Olive oil

Quantity
(tonnes)

74 392

25 000

10 000

500

7 500

ONIC

ONIC

ONIC

Ente Risi

FEGA

Holder

Consignee

AIMA

Ministry of Agriculture, Greece

INGA

Ministry of Agriculture, Belgium

INGA

10 551

Ministry of Agriculture, Ireland

Ministry of Agriculture, France

4 900

4 600

5 000

3 000

3 000

FEGA

Ministry of Agriculture, Ireland

FEGA

FEGA

FEGA

AIMA

INGA

AIMA

INGA

Ministry of Agriculture, Greece