2001/772/EC: Commission Decision of 19 October 2001 adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2002 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(2001) 2874)
Date: 2001-10-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, accounting entry, aid to disadvantaged groups, financial year, food aid, intervention stock

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 October 2001

adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2002 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(2001) 2874)

(2001/772/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)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1098/2001 (5),
lays
down detailed rules for the supply of food from inter-
the most deprived
vention stocks for the benefit of
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 2002 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of products by type that may be withdrawn from inter-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.

(2)

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

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

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

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

(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 150, 6.6.2001, p. 37.

For the 2002 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.

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Article 2

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

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 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 2001.

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

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 19 October 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Annual distribution plan for 2002

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

(EUR)

Member State

Belgium

Denmark

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Portugal

Finland

Allocation

3 489 000

633 000

14 723 000

54 938 000

43 403 000

2 737 000

56 568 000

44 000

16 581 000

2 884 000

Total

196 000 000

(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 point (a):

Member State

Belgium

Denmark

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Portugal

Finland

Cereals

3 500

20 000

65 000

15 815

75 000

15 000

15 000

Product

Rice
(paddy rice)

500

15 000

25 000

2 051

15 000

7 500

Butter

400

1 031

7 300

7 542

60

8 259

3 024

374

(in tonnes)

Beef
(carcasse equivalent)

500

200

1 373

5 000

4 769

800

5 000

700

Total

209 315

65 051

27 990

18 342

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

— powdered milk: EUR 26 000,

— beef: EUR 18 000.

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ANNEX II

Intra-Community transfers authorised under the plan for 2002

Product

1. Cereals

2. Cerelas

3. Cerelas

4. Rice

5. Rice

6. Butter

7. Butter

8. Butter

9. Butter

10. Butter

11. Beef

12. Beef

13. Beef

Quantity
(tonnes)

75 000

20 000

15 000

500

7 500

2 713

1 770

7 542

5 512

1 031

200

1 373

700

Holder

Consignee

ONIC, France

ONIC, France

FEGA, Spain

Ente Risi, Italy

FEGA, Spain

AGEA, Italy

Ministry of Agriculture, Greece

INGA, Portugal

BIRB, Belgium

INGA, Portugal

Ministry of Agriculture, Ireland

FEGA, Spain

Ministry of Agriculture, Ireland

INGA, Portugal

Intervention Board, United Kingdom

Ministry of Agriculture, France

Ministry of Agriculture, Ireland

AGEA, Italy

Ministry of Agriculture, Ireland

Ministry of Agriculture, Greece

Ministry of Agriculture, Germany

BIRB, Belgium

Ministry of Agriculture, Germany

Ministry of Agriculture, Greece

FEGA, Spain

INGA, Portugal