2002/905/EC: Commission Decision of 29 October 2002 adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2003 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(2002) 4363)
Date: 2002-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accounting entry, aid to disadvantaged groups, financial year, food aid, intervention stock

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 October 2002

adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2003 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(2002) 4363)

(2002/905/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 Commu-
nity (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)

In accordance with Article 2 of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 3149/92 laying down detailed rules for the
supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit
of the most deprived persons in the Community (4), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1098/2001 (5), the
Commission must adopt a distribution plan to be
financed from resources available in the 2003 budget
year. The plan should lay down in particular, for each of
the Member States applying the measure, the maximum
financial resources available to carry out its part of the
plan, and the quantity of each type of product to be
withdrawn from the stocks held by the intervention
agencies.

(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)

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
products should be staggered throughout the year.

the plan's purpose, distribution of

the

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

(8)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinions of all the relevant committees,

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 2003 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 2002.

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 shown in

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 29 October 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Annual distribution plan for 2003

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

Member State

Allocation

(EUR)

Belgium
Denmark
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Portugal
Finland

3 952 000
633 000
13 276 000
50 580 000
47 666 000
2 738 000
56 568 000
42 000
16 903 000
3 642 000

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 laid down in (a)

Member State

Cereals

Rice
(paddy rice)

Butter

Milk powder

Beef and veal
(carcase equivalent)

Product

(in tonnes)

Belgium

Denmark

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Portugal

Finland

7 000

700

500

25 000

60 000

23 717

80 000

15 000

15 000

20 000

20 000

8 304

15 000

7 500

60

1 200

345

2 020

11 660

12 306

10 846

3 990

400

400

200

4 038

5 053

800

5 000

1 000

374

Total

225 717

71 504

2 105

41 222

16 865

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

— milk powder: EUR 26 000,
— beef and veal: EUR 16 000.

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ANNEX II

Intra-Community transfers authorised under the plan for 2003

Product

1. Cereals

2. Cereals

3. Cereals

4. Cereals

5. Rice

6. Rice

7. Milk powder

8. Milk powder

9. Milk powder

Quantity
(tonnes)

25 000

60 000

80 000

15 000

700

7 500

2 020

7 501

5 306

10. Milk powder

10 846

11. Milk powder

3 990

12. Beef and veal

13. Beef and veal

14. Beef and veal

15. Beef and veal

400

60

1 000

374

Holder

Consignee

Ministry of Agriculture,
Greece

ONIC,
France

ONIC,
France

ONIC,
France

ONIC,
France

Ente Risi,
Italy

FEGA,
Spain

Ministry of Agriculture,
Germany

Ministry of Agriculture,
Ireland

RPA,
United Kingdom

Ministry of Agriculture,
Germany

Ministry of Agriculture,
Ireland

Ministry of Agriculture,
France

Ministry of Agriculture,
Germany

Ministry of Agriculture,
Germany

Ministry of Agriculture,
Germany

FEGA,
Spain

AGEA,
Italy

INGA,
Portugal

BIRB,
Belgium

INGA,
Portugal

Ministry of Agriculture,
Greece

FEGA,
Spain

Ministry of Agriculture,
France

AGEA,
Italy

INGA,
Portugal

BIRB,
Belgium

Ministry of Agriculture,
Denmark

INGA,
Portugal

Ministry of Agriculture,
Finland