Commission Regulation (EC) No 1539/2006 of 13 October 2006 adopting a plan allocating resources to the Member States to be charged against 2007 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community
Date: 2006-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, aid to disadvantaged groups, distribution of EU funding, financial year, food aid, intervention stock, intra-EU trade, rice, skimmed milk powder, supplies contract

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1539/2006

of 13 October 2006

adopting a plan allocating resources to the Member States to be charged against 2007 budget year
for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the
Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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)
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 of 29 October 1992 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 has to adopt a distri-
bution plan to be financed from resources available in
the 2007 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type of product to be withdrawn from the stocks held by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 for 2007 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 have 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 133/2006 (OJ L 23, 27.1.2006, p. 11).

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Article 2(3)(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92
provides for the making of grants for the purchase on
the market of products temporarily unavailable in inter-
vention stocks. Since stocks of skimmed-milk powder
and rice currently held by intervention agencies are
very low and arrangements have already been made for
their sale on the market and their distribution in the
framework of Regulation (EEC) 3149/92, and since no
purchases of these products are foreseen in 2006, it is
necessary to fix the grant in order to allow skimmed-
milk powder and rice required for the 2007 plan to be
specific
purchased
provisions need to be introduced to ensure that
the
supply contract is properly carried out.

the market.

Furthermore,

on

To take into account the specific necessities of certain
Member States, the withdrawal of cereals in payment for
in
rice and rice based products should be authorised,
accordance with the
third subparagraph of Article
4(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92.

transfer between Member

Article 7(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 provides for
the
States of products
unavailable in intervention stocks of the Member State
where such products are required for the implementation
of an annual plan. The
intra-Community transfers
necessary to carry through the 2007 plan should
authorised subject
therefore be
conditions
in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No
provided for
3149/92.

to the

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 has consulted the major orga-
nisations familiar with the problems of the most deprived
persons in the Community when drawing up the plan.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinions of
relevant
management committees,

the

all

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

security equivalent to the offer price, made out in the name of
the intervention agency.

Article 3

For 2007, the distribution of foodstuffs for the benefit of the
most deprived persons in the Community under Regulation
(EEC) No 3730/87 shall be supplied in accordance with the
distribution plan set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

The intra-Community transfer of products listed in Annex III to
this Regulation are hereby authorised subject to the conditions
provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92.

Article 2

Article 4

1.
The grants to Member States for the purchase on the
market of skimmed-milk powder and rice required for the
plan referred to in Article 1 are fixed in Annex II.

In order to implement the plan referred to in Article 1 of this
Regulation, the date of the operative event referred to in Article
3 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 shall be 1 October 2006.

2.
The award to the successful tenderer of the contract for
the supply of the skimmed-milk powder and rice referred to in
paragraph 1 is subject to the provision by the tenderer of a

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 October 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agricultural and
Rural Development

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ANNEX I

ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION PLAN FOR 2007

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

(in euro)

Member State

Belgique/België
Česká republika

Eesti

Elláda

España

France

Ireland

Italia

Latvija

Lietuva

Luxembourg

Magyarország

Malta

Polska

Portugal

Slovenija

Suomi/Finland

Total

Allocation

5 817 428

144 453

324 813

6 267 329

54 836 559

48 890 266

217 997

70 764 888

348 962

3 273 261

80 707

7 476 638

384 792

41 343 047

14 086 552

1 272 606

3 383 074

258 913 372

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

State subject to the maximum amounts laid down in (a):

Member State

Belgique/België
Česká republika

Eesti

Elláda

España

France

Ireland

Italia

Latvija

Lietuva

Magyarország

Malta

Polska

Portugal

Slovenija

Suomi/Finland

Rice (paddy rice)

Butter

Cereals

12 000

270

3 000

11 760

110 000

82 641

3 900

23 641

122 465

20 000

3 280

12 000

52 000

1 550

120 230

20 000

2 610

16 500

14 000

Total

570 306

61 541

(tonnes)

Sugar

2 000

50

6 443

3 338

6 847

2 760

900

8 298

1 435

653

500

33 224

26

13 650

6 500

80

3 570

2 400

3 300

500

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(c) Quantities of cereals authorised for removal from intervention stocks to pay for the supply of rice or rice based

products mobilised on the market, subject to the maximum amounts laid down in (a):

Member State

Belgique/België

France

Lietuva

Total

Tonnes

4 146

25 590

5 000

34 736

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ANNEX II

(a) Grants to Member States for purchase of skimmed milk powder on the Community market subject to the maximum

amounts laid down in Annex I(a):

Member State

Belgique/België

Česká republika

Eesti

Elláda

France

Italia

Luxembourg

Magyarország

Malta

Polska

Slovenija

Total

Euros

2 893 618

17 469

5 190

4 192 560

13 494 861

39 261 578

76 864

1 397 520

118 789

16 770 240

527 564

78 756 283

(b) Grants to Member States for purchase of rice on the Community market subject to the maximum amounts laid down

Member State

in Annex I(a):

Eesti

España

Malta

Slovenija

Euros

300

2 400 000

90 750

90 000

2 581 050

Total

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ANNEX III

Intra-Community Transfers authorised under the plan for 2007

Product

Quantity
(tonnes)

Holder

Consignee

1. Common wheat

2 207

MMM, Suomi/Finland

Põllumajanduse Registrite ja
Informatsiooni Amet, Eesti

2. Common wheat

11 760

BLE, Deutschland

OPEKEPE, Elláda

3. Common wheat

110 000

ONIGC, France

4. Common wheat

103 429

BLE, Deutschland

5. Common wheat

19 036

AMA, Österreich

6. Common wheat

5 637

MMM, Suomi/Finland

7. Common wheat

1 550

ONIGC, France

FEGA, España

AGEA, Italia

AGEA, Italia

Agricultural and Food Products Market
Regulation Agency, Lietuva

National Research and Development
Centre, Malta

8. Common wheat

20 000

ONIGC, France

INGA, Portugal

9. Common wheat
and other cereals

2 610

MVH, Magyarország

AAMRD, Slovenija

10. Rice

11. Rice

12. Rice

23 641

OPEKEPE, Elláda

20 000

OPEKEPE, Elláda

14 000

OPEKEPE, Elláda

ONIGC, France

Ente Risi, Italia

INGA, Portugal

13. Butter

3 511

Department of Agriculture and Food,
Ireland

Office de l'Elevage, France

14. Sugar

15. Sugar

16. Sugar

17. Sugar

3 338

FEGA, España

ONIGC, France

2 760

ARR, Polska

Agricultural and Food Products Market
Regulation Agency, Lietuva

1 435

FEGA, España

INGA, Portugal

500

ARR, Polska

MMM, Suomi/Finland