2003/903/EC: Commission Decision of 10 December 2003 adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2004 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(2003) 4868)
Date: 2003-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accounting entry, aid to disadvantaged groups, financial year, food aid, intervention stock

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 December 2003

adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2004 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(2003) 4868)

(2003/903/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 Com-
munity (1), 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 (2), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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 (3), the
Commission must adopt a distribution plan to be
financed from resources available in the 2004 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withdrawn from the stocks held by the intervention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.

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.

(1) OJ L 352, 15.12.1987, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2535/95 (OJ L 260, 31.10.1995, p. 3).

(2) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 313, 30.10.1992, p. 50. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1921/2002 (OJ L 293, 29.10.2002, p. 9).

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

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.

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 2004 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 2003.

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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 the table of Annex
I(b) 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.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 10 December 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Annual distribution plan for 2004

(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

3 439 000

168 000

10 899 000

37 286 000

47 453 000

207 000

56 481 000

42 000

14 146 000

2 879 000

(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)

Total

173 000 000

(tonnes)

Beef and veal
(carcase equiva-
lent)

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Member State

Cereals

Rice
(paddy rice)

Butter

Milk powder

Product

Belgium

Denmark

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Portugal

Finland

7 000

2 000

600

15 630

24 520

27 077

15 000

15 000

6 430

60

12 248

2 278

26 000

70 000

58 000

90 000

15 000

15 000

1 500

15 200

595

Total

281 000

99 227

21 616

17 295

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(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 2004

Product

Cereals

Cereals

Cereals

Cereals

Rice

Rice

Milk powder

Quantity
(tonnes)

26 000

70 000

15 000

90 000

2 000

15 000

15 200

Holder

Consignee

ONIC, France

ONIC, France

ONIC, France

ONIC, France

Ministry of Agriculture,
Greece

FEGA, Spain

INGA, Portugal

AGEA, Italy

Ente Risi, Italy

BIRB, Belgium

FEGA, Spain

INGA, Portugal

BIRB, Belgium

Ministry of Agriculture, France