Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2007 of 30 October 2007 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 as regards the end of the implementation period for the annual plan for the distribution of food for 2007
Date: 2007-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, aid to disadvantaged groups, derogation from EU law, foodstuff, intervention stock

L 285/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

31.10.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1282/2007

of 30 October 2007

derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 as regards the end of the implementation period for
the annual plan for the distribution of food for 2007

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Under Article 3(1) 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
the
the most
benefit
Community (2),
the
the
annual plan for the distribution of
food finishes on
31 December of the year following its adoption.

in
implementation period for

deprived

persons

of

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1539/2006 (3) adopted
the plan for the period ending on 31 December 2007.

Exceptional circumstances on the markets in cereals and
milk products which developed during the 2006/2007
marketing year have, in the case of 61 232,50 tonnes of
cereals, 1 618 tonnes of butter and EUR 10 991 578 for
the mobilisation on the market of skimmed-milk powder
allocated to Italy, and in the case of 4 000 tonnes of

butter and EUR 10 million for the mobilisation on the
market of skimmed-milk powder allocated to France
under the 2007 plan, complicated the implementation
of the delivery contracts concluded with operators. To
allow the implementation of
the annual plan as laid
down in Regulation (EC) No 1539/2006, the implemen-
tation period for the annual plan should, in these cases,
be extended to 29 February 2008.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

By way of derogation from Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
3149/92, the 2007 plan may, in the case of 61 232,50 tonnes
of cereals, 1 618 tonnes of butter and EUR 10 991 578 for the
mobilisation on the market of skimmed-milk powder allocated
to Italy, and 4 000 tonnes of butter and EUR 10 million for the
mobilisation on the market of skimmed-milk powder allocated
to France under that plan, be implemented until 29 February
2008.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 30 October 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(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 313, 30.10.1992, p. 50. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1127/2007 (OJ L 255, 29.9.2007, p. 18).

(3) OJ L 283, 14.10.2006, p. 14. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 937/2007 (OJ L 206, 7.8.2007, p. 5).