Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 562/2011 of 10 June 2011 adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2012 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the European Union and derogating from certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010
Date: 2011-06-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, aid to disadvantaged groups, financial year, foodstuff, intervention stock, rice




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11.6.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 152/24








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 562/2011
of 10 June 2011
         
adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2012 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the European Union 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 points (f) and (g) of Article 43, 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 2012 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maximum financial resources available to carry out its part of the plan, and the quantity of each type of product to be withdrawn from the stocks held by the intervention agencies.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 2012 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)


Taking into account the fact that availability of intervention stocks for the supply of the scheme for food distribution to the most deprived persons is substantially reduced in relation to the previous year, it is appropriate that the 2012 annual plan is adopted as soon as the Member States supplied the Commission with the information required in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010. The fast adoption aims to allow the Member States additional time to organize the implementation of the Union annual plan with a view to giving a chance to national authorities and charities to find alternative sources of food.












(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-Union transfers necessary to implement that plan for 2012 should be authorised, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010.












(7)


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.












(8)


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.












(9)


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 Union when drawing up the annual distribution plan.












(10)


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 2012, the distribution of food to the most deprived persons in the Union 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
The intra-Union transfer of products listed in Annex II to this Regulation shall be authorised, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010.


Article 3
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 2012 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 4
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 2011.


Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 10 June 2011.


For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
José Manuel SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
            

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 2012









(a)


Financial resources made available to implement the 2012 plan in each Member State:






(in EUR)




Member State


Distribution




Belgique/België


2 795 058 




България


4 183 873 




Česká republika


122 600 




Eesti


718 782 




Éire/Ireland


1 304 105 




Elláda


4 805 742 




España


18 084 154 




France


15 869 928 




Italia


22 103 802 




Latvija


1 558 586 




Lietuva


1 849 759 




Luxembourg


47 463 




Magyarország


3 237 794 




Malta


131 505 




Polska


17 310 824 




Portugal


4 524 628 




România


12 035 925 




Slovenija


515 467 




Slovakia


959 383 




Suomi/Finland


1 327 965 





Total




113 487 343 

















(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




Belgique/België


—


 


1 560,273 




България


39 144,763 


 


—




Česká republika (*1)



450,000 


 


—




Eesti (*2)



—


 


383,316 




Éire/Ireland


—


 


727,985 




Elláda


—


 


2 682,689 




España


—


 


10 095,040 




France


—


 


8 859,003 




Italia


—


 


12 338,912 




Latvija


—


 


870,043 




Lietuva


—


 


1 032,583 




Luxembourg (*3)



—


 


—




Magyarország


—


 


1 807,420 




Malta


1 230,373 


 


—




Polska


—


 


9 663,348 




Portugal


—


 


2 525,764 




România


112 609,424 


 


—




Slovenija


—


 


287,747 




Slovakia


8 976,092 


 


—




Suomi/Finland


—


 


741,304 





Total




162 410,652 



 



53 575,425 











(*1)  Česká Republika: allocation for the purchase of dairy products on the EU market: 37 356 EUR, to be accounted against the skimmed milk powder allocation and additional 33 263 EUR, to be accounted against the butter allocation of Česká Republika.

(*2)  Eesti: allocation for the purchase of dairy products on the EU market: 30 440 EUR, to be accounted against the butter allocation of Eesti.

(*3)  Luxembourg: allocation for the purchase of dairy products on the EU market: 44 989 EUR, to be accounted against the skimmed milk powder allocation of Luxembourg.





ANNEX II

(a)   
Intra-Union transfers of cereals authorised under the plan for the 2012 budget year:








 


Quantity
(tonnes)


Holder


Recipient




1


33 988,763 


Agency for Rural Affairs, Suomi/Finland


Държавен фонд ‘Земеделие’ — Разплащателна агенция, България




2


5 156,000 


RPA, UK


Държавен фонд ‘Земеделие’ — Разплащателна агенция, България




3


450,000 


SJV, Sverige


SZIF, Česká Republika




4


1 230,373 


SJV, Sverige


Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs Paying Agency, Malta




5


16 880,298 


BLE, Deutschland


Agenția de Plăți și Intervenție pentru Agricultură, România




6


41 360,295 


Agency for Rural Affairs, Suomi/Finland


Agenția de Plăți și Intervenție pentru Agricultură, România




7


54 368,831 


SJV, Sverige


Agenția de Plăți și Intervenție pentru Agricultură, România




8


147,000 


FranceAgriMer, France


Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra, Slovenská Republika




9


8 829,092 


SJV, Sverige


Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra, Slovenská Republika






(b)   
Intra-Union transfers of skimmed milk powder authorised under the plan for the 2012 budget year:








 


Quantity
(tonnes)


Holder


Recipient




1


2 682,688 


BLE, Deutschland


OPEKEPE, Elláda




2


330,350 


SZIF, Česká Republika


FEGA, España




3


6 308,486 


OFI, Ireland


FEGA, España




4


3 456,204 


RPA, UK


FEGA, España




5


2 118,853 


RPA, UK


FranceAgriMer, France




6


7 905,602 


BIRB, Belgique


AGEA, Italia




7


1 476,378 


OFI, Ireland


AGEA, Italia




8


2 749,632 


Dienst Regelingen Roermond, Netherlands


AGEA, Italia




9


207,300 


SJV, Sverige


AGEA, Italia




10


870,042 


Lietuvos žemės ūkio ir maisto produktų rinkos reguliavimo agentūra, Lietuva


Rural Support Service, Latvia




11


1 807,420 


RPA, UK


Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal, Magyarország




12


3 294,212 


BLE, Deutschland


ARR, Polska




13


1 675,024 


Lietuvos žemės ūkio ir maisto produktų rinkos reguliavimo agentūra, Lietuva


ARR, Polska




14


4 693,285 


RPA, UK


ARR, Polska




15


2 525,314 


RPA, UK


IFAP I.P., Portugal




16


287,747 


Dienst Regelingen Roermond, Netherlands


Agencija Republike Slovenije za kmetijske trge in razvoj podeželja, Slovenija




17


252,008 


PRIA, Eesti


Agency for Rural Affairs, Suomi/Finland




18


489,296 


Dienst Regelingen Roermond, Netherlands


Agency for Rural Affairs, Suomi/Finland