Commission Regulation (EU) No 945/2010 of 21 October 2010 adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2011 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the EU and derogating from certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010
Date: 2010-10-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU aid, aid to disadvantaged groups, food aid, foodstuff, intervention stock




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22.10.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 278/1








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 945/2010
of 21 October 2010
         
adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2011 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the EU and derogating from certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


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


In accordance with Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 807/2010 of 14 September 2010 laying down detailed rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Union (3), the Commission has to adopt a distribution plan to be financed from resources available in the 2011 budget year. That plan has to 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maximum financial resources available to carry out its part of the plan, and the quantity of each type of product to be withdrawn from the stocks held by the intervention agencies.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 distribution plan for the 2011 budget year have supplied the Commission with the information required in accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010.












(3)


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.












(4)


Point (a), (iii) of Article 2(3) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010 provides for the allocation of resources for the purchase on the market of products temporarily unavailable in intervention stocks. Given that the stocks of butter currently held by the intervention agencies are not sufficient to cover the allocations, resource allocations should be fixed to enable the purchase on the market as required to implement the distribution plan for the 2011 budget year.












(5)


Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010 provides that, where no rice is available in intervention stocks, the Commission may authorise the removal of cereals from the intervention stocks as payment for the supply of rice or rice products mobilised on the market. Accordingly, given that there are currently no intervention stocks of rice, the removal of cereals from intervention stocks as payment for mobilising rice products in the market should be authorised.












(6)


Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010 provides for the transfer between Member States of products unavailable in the intervention stocks of the Member State in which such products are required to implement the annual distribution plan. Accordingly, the intra-EU transfers necessary to implement that plan for 2011 should be authorised, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010.












(7)


Furthermore, in view of the market situation as regards cereals and in order to enable the Commission to manage cereal intervention stocks in an efficient and timely manner, it is appropriate, in case of intra-EU transfers, that supplier Member States swiftly inform the Commission about the quantities of each type of cereal kept in intervention in their territory that they will reserve for the purpose of implementing the 2011 distribution plan.












(8)


Taking into account the complexity of the implementation of the 2011 distribution plan requiring a high volume of intra-EU transfers, it is appropriate to increase the 5 % margin provided in Article 3(4) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010.












(9)


In order to ensure that products from the intervention stocks do not enter the market at an inappropriate moment during the year, the time periods provided for in the first, second and third subparagraphs of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010 during which products may be withdrawn from the intervention stocks should be shortened.












(10)


Taking into account the high volume of products to be withdrawn from intervention stocks and the high volume of intra-EU transfers, it is appropriate to derogate from the sixty-day period allowed for the removal of the products from intervention stocks in accordance with the fifth subparagraph of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010.












(11)


Due to the current market situation in the cereals sector, which is marked by high market price levels, it is appropriate, in order to secure the Union’s financial interests, to increase the security, which is to be lodged by the contractor undertaking the supply operation of cereals as provided for in Articles 4(3) and 8(4) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010.












(12)


To implement the annual distribution 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.












(13)


In accordance with Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, the Commission has consulted the major organisations familiar with the problems of the most deprived persons in the EU when drawing up the annual distribution plan.












(14)


The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
In 2011, the distribution of food to the most deprived persons in the EU 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.
The use of cereals as payment for mobilising rice products on the market is authorised, as referred to in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010.


Article 2
Allocations to Member States for the purchase of butter on the EU market, as required under the plan referred to in Article 1, shall be as set out in Annex II.


Article 3

1.   The intra-EU transfer of products listed in Annex III to this Regulation shall be authorised, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010.


2.   In case of intra-EU transfer of cereals, the supplier Member States shall notify the Commission, within 15 days following the entry into force of this Regulation, of the quantities of each type of cereal held by their intervention agencies that are reserved for the implementation of 2011 distribution plan.



Article 4
By way of derogation from the first and third subparagraphs of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, for the 2011 distribution plan, withdrawal of butter and skimmed milk powder from intervention stocks shall take place from 1 June to 30 September 2011.
However, the first paragraph of this Article shall not apply to allocations of 500 tonnes or less.
For the 2011 distribution plan, the sixty-day period for the removal of withdrawn products provided for in the fifth subparagraph of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010 shall not apply in the case of butter and skimmed milk powder.


Article 5
By way of derogation from the second subparagraph of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, for the 2011 distribution plan, 70 % of the cereals stocks held by the intervention agencies must be withdrawn before 1 June 2011.
For the 2011 distribution plan, the sixty-day period for the removal of withdrawn products provided for in the fifth subparagraph of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010 shall not apply in the case of cereals.


Article 6
By way of derogation from the fifth subparagraph of Article 4(3) and from the first subparagraph of Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, for the 2011 distribution plan, before cereals are removed from intervention, the contractor undertaking the supply operation shall lodge a security equal to EUR 150 per tonne.


Article 7
By way of derogation from Article 3(4) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, for the 2011 distribution plan where substantiated changes concern 10 % or more of the quantities or values entered per product in the EU plan, the plan shall be revised.


Article 8
For the purpose of implementing the annual distribution 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 2010.


Article 9
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, 21 October 2010.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Jean-Luc DEMARTY
            

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development






(1)  
            OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ L 242, 15.9.2010, p. 9.




ANNEX I

ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION PLAN FOR 2011









(a)


Financial resources made available to implement the 2011 plan in each Member State:






(in EUR)




Member State


Distribution




Belgique/België


10 935 075 




България


11 042 840 




Česká republika


120 462 




Eesti


782 938 




Éire/Ireland


1 196 457 




Elláda


20 045 000 




España


74 731 353 




France


72 741 972 




Italia


100 649 380 




Latvija


6 723 467 




Lietuva


7 781 341 




Luxembourg


107 483 




Magyarország


14 146 729 




Malta


640 243 




Polska


75 320 186 




Portugal


20 513 026 




România


49 578 143 




Slovenija


2 409 038 




Slovakia


4 809 692 




Suomi/Finland


5 725 175 




Total


480 000 000 
















(b)


Quantity of each type of product to be withdrawn from EU intervention stocks for distribution in each Member State subject to the maximum amounts laid down in point (a) of this Annex:









(in tonnes)




Member State


Cereals


Butter


Skimmed milk powder


Sugar




Belgique/België


74 030 


—


1 687 


 




България


103 318 


—


—


 




Česká Republika (*1)



401 


—


—


9 




Eesti (*2)



7 068 


—


—


 




Eire/Ireland


250 


109 


—


 




Elláda


88 836 


976 


—


 




España


305 207 


—


23 507 


 




France


491 108 


—


11 305 


 




Italia


467 683 


—


28 281 


 




Latvija


50 663 


—


730 


 




Lietuva


61 000 


—


704 


 




Luxembourg (*3)



—


—


—


 




Magyarország


132 358 


—


—


 




Malta


5 990 


—


—


 




Polska


441 800 


—


15 686 


 




Portugal


61 906 


458 


5 000 


 




România


370 000 


—


5 600 


 




Slovenija


14 159 


—


500 


 




Slovakia


45 000 


—


—


 




Suomi/Finland


38 500 


—


899 


 




Total


2 759 277 


1 543 


93 899 


9 










(*1)  Allocation for Česká Republika for the purchase of skimmed milk powder on the EU market: 37 356 EUR and purchase of butter on the EU market: 33 263 EUR.

(*2)  Allocation for Eesti for the purchase of skimmed milk powder on the EU market: 7 471 EUR and purchase of butter on the EU market: 18 627 EUR.

(*3)  Allocation for Luxembourg for the purchase of skimmed milk powder on the EU market: 101 880 EUR.





ANNEX II
Allocations to Member States for the purchase of butter on the EU market:






(in EUR)




Member State


Butter




Éire/Ireland


867 046 




Elláda


7 835 710 




Portugal


3 666 327 




Total


12 369 083 









ANNEX III

(a)   
Intra-EU transfers of cereals authorised under the plan for the 2011 budget year:








 


Quantity
(tonnes)


Holder


Recipient




1.


39 080 


BLE, Deutschland


BIRB, Belgique




2.


57 631 


Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra, Slovenská Republika


Държавен фонд ‘Земеделие’ — Разплащателна агенция, България




3.


250 


FranceAgriMer, France


OFI, Ireland




4.


88 836 


Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal, Magyarország


OPEKEPE, Elláda




5.


305 207 


FranceAgriMer, France


FEGA, España




6.


467 683 


BLE, Deutschland


AGEA, Italia




7.


27 670 


PRIA, Eesti


Rural Support Service, Latvia




8.


5 990 


AMA, Austria


Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs Paying Agency, Malta




9.


75 912 


BLE, Deutschland


ARR, Polska




10.


61 906 


FranceAgriMer, France


IFAP I.P., Portugal




11.


146 070 


SZIF, Česká republika


Agenția de Plăți și Intervenție pentru Agricultură, România




12.


162 497 


Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal, Magyarország


Agenția de Plăți și Intervenție pentru Agricultură, România




13.


14 159 


AMA, Austria


Agencija Republike Slovenije za kmetijske trge in razvoj podeželja, Slovenija






(b)   
Intra-EU transfers of skimmed milk powder authorised under the plan for the 2011 budget year:








 


Quantity
(tonnes)


Holder


Recipient




1.


23 507 


OFI, Ireland


FEGA, España




2.


28 281 


BLE, Deutschland


AGEA, Italia




3.


730 


PRIA, Eesti


Rural Support Service, Latvia




4.


13 090 


BLE, Deutschland


ARR, Polska




5.


4 393 


FranceAgriMer, France


IFAP I.P., Portugal




6.


5 600 


BLE, Deutschland


Agenția de Plăți și Intervenție pentru Agricultură, România




7.


500 


SZIF, Česká republika


Agencija Republike Slovenije za kmetijske trge in razvoj podeželja, Slovenija






(c)   
Intra-EU transfers of butter authorised under the plan for the 2011 budget year:








 


Quantity
(tonnes)


Holder


Recipient




1.


109 


Lietuvos žemės ūkio ir maisto produktų rinkos reguliavimo agentūra, Lietuva


OFI, Ireland




2.


181 


PRIA, Eesti


OPEKEPE, Elláda




3.


795 


Lietuvos žemės ūkio ir maisto produktų rinkos reguliavimo agentūra, Lietuva


OPEKEPE, Elláda




4.


458 


Lietuvos žemės ūkio ir maisto produktų rinkos reguliavimo agentūra, Lietuva


IFAP I.P., Portugal