Commission Regulation (EC) No 983/2008 of 3 October 2008 adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2009 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community
Date: 2008-10-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, aid to disadvantaged groups, food aid, foodstuff, intervention stock, poverty

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 983/2008

of 3 October 2008

adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2009 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,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular
Article 43(g) in conjunction with Article 4 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)

(4)

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 should adopt a distri­
bution plan to be financed from resources available in
the 2009 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type of product to be withdrawn from the stocks held by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 the 2009
budget year 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.

Point 1(c) of Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No
3149/92 provides for the allocation of resources for
the purchase on the market of products temporarily
unavailable in intervention stocks. The stocks of cereals

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.
(3) ОJ L 313, 30.10.1992, р. 50.

suitable for human consumption currently held by the
intervention agencies are very low and measures have
already been taken, regarding their sale on the market.
Moreover, no stock of rice and skimmed milk powder is
at present held by the intervention agencies and no offers
of these agricultural commodities into intervention are
allocations
foreseen for 2008. Therefore,
should be fixed to enable the purchase on the market
of cereals, skimmed milk powder and rice as required to
implement the plan for the 2009 budget year.

resource

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

in which

transfer between Member

Article 7(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 provides for
the
States of products
unavailable in the intervention stocks of the Member
State
to
implement
the annual plan. Accordingly the intra-
Community transfers necessary to implement the plan
for 2009 should be authorised, subject to the conditions
laid down in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92.

products

required

such

are

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 or­
ganisations 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 opinion of
the Management
Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In 2009, the distribution of food to the most deprived persons
in the Community under Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No
1234/2007 shall be implemented in accordance with the
annual distribution plan set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

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Article 2

Article 4

Allocations to Member States for
the purchase of cereals,
skimmed milk powder and rice on the market, as required
under the plan referred to in Article 1, shall be as set out in
Annex II.

For the purpose of implementing the annual plan referred to in
Article 1 of this Regulation, the date of the operative event
within the meaning of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
2799/98 shall be 1 October 2008.

Article 3

to this Regulation shall be authorised,

The intra-Community transfer of the products listed in Annex
III
to the
conditions laid down in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No
3149/92.

subject

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of 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, 3 October 2008.

For the Commission

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

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ANNEX I

ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION PLAN FOR 2009

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

(in EUR)

Member State

Belgique/België

България

Eesti

Éire/Ireland

Elláda

España

France

Italia

Latvija

Lietuva

Luxembourg

Magyarország

Malta

Polska

Portugal

România

Slovenija

Suomi/Finland

Total

Distribution

6 984 395

8 666 207

320 646

397 711

20 045 000

61 957 787

77 884 234

129 220 273

5 463 353

9 392 047

128 479

13 417 068

725 419

102 177 040

24 718 296

28 202 682

2 279 813

4 019 550

496 000 000

(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):

(in tonnes)

Member State

Belgique/België

България

España

France

Italia

Lietuva

Magyarország

Malta

Polska

Portugal

România

Slovenija

Sugar

4 000

5 700

8 450

4 995

12 556

5 614

5 000

571

49 554

2 158

20 000

1 100

Total

119 687

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ANNEX II

Allocations to Member States for purchase on the Community market, subject to the maximum amounts laid down in
Annex I(a):

Member State

Belgique/België

България

Eesti

Éire/Ireland

Elláda

España

France

Italia

Latvija

Lietuva

Luxembourg

Magyarország

Malta

Polska

Portugal

România

Slovenija

Suomi/Finland

Cereals

2 026 200

3 545 850

303 930

0

6 000 000

13 170 300

16 412 220

34 458 775

3 312 432

3 317 885

0

9 000 000

80 964

36 471 600

2 623 162

20 262 000

486 288

2 640 000

Rice

Skimmed milk powder

(in EUR)

300 000

2 400 000

0

0

3 000 000

2 340 000

7 897 500

3 000 000

0

1 543 920

0

0

34 250

0

3 074 726

0

300 000

0

3 000 000

424 500

0

376 977

10 000 000

40 483 716

47 898 216

80 962 837

1 866 102

2 224 368

121 781

2 100 000

387 714

44 350 200

17 033 678

0

1 018 800

1 170 000

Total

154 111 606

23 890 396

253 418 889

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Intra-Community transfers of sugar authorised under the plan for the 2009 budget year:

ANNEX III

Quantity
(tonnes)

8 450

2 158

4 995

5 614

23 000

14 000

12 544

20 000

571

1 100

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

Holder

Recipient

OFI, Ireland

OFI, Ireland

FEGA, España

Ministério das Finanças, Direcção-Geral das
Alfândegas e dos Impostos Especiais sobre
o Consumo, Direcção de Serviços de
Licenciamento, Portugal

BIRB, Belgique

Statní Zemědělský Intervenční Fond,
Česká Republika

Statní Zemědělský Intervenční Fond,
Česká Republika

Pôdohospodárska Platobná Agentúra,
Slovensko

AGEA, Italia

ONIGC, France

NMA, Lietuva

ARR, Polska

ARR, Polska

ARR, Polska

Pôdohospodárska Platobná Agentúra,
Slovensko

Agentia de Plati si Interventie pentru Agri­
cultura, România

AGEA, Italia

AGEA, Italia

5 700

AGEA, Italia

AP, Malta

Agencija Republike Slovenije za kmetijske
trge in razvoj podeželja, Slovenija

Държавен фонд „Земеделие”-Разплащателна
агенция, България