CELEX: 51987PC0515
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-21
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) LAYING DOWN THE GENERAL RULES FOR THE SUPPLY OF FOOD FROM INTERVENTION STOCKS TO DESIGNATED ORGANIZATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE MOST DEPRIVED PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY

7.11.87                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No C 298/3
                                                                II
                                                        (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
            Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC)
                   No 804/68 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (')
                                                       COM(87) 465 final
            (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the
                                               EEC Treaty on 19 October 1987)
                                                          (87/C 298/03)
            Amendment under the terms of the second subparagraph of Article 149 of the Treaty to the
            proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 on the common
            organization of the market in milk and milk products (Doc. COM(87) 350 final), in response
            to the opinion of the European Parliament issued at its sitting of 18 September 1987.
            In the second paragraph of Article 1 the words 'may restrict' are replaced by 'making use of
            this facility shall adopt rules restricting'.
            (*) OJ No C 231, 29. 8. 1987, p. 5.
            Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) laying down the general rules for the supply of food
            from intervention stocks to designated organizations for distribution to the most deprived
                                                   persons in the Community
                                                       COM(87) 515 final
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 21 October 1987)
                                                          (87/C 298/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           to charitable organizations for distribution to the most
                                                                   deprived persons in the Community;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                   Whereas reports from the Member States and from
thereof,                                                           various of the charitable organizations involved in the
                                                                   measures applied for several months in 1987 show that
                                                                   they were of considerable value to the beneficiaries;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                   Whereas the Community has through its intervention
                                                                   stocks of various agricultural products the potential
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                  means to make a significant contribution towards the
liament,                                                           well-being of its most deprived persons; whereas it is in
                                                                   the Community interest and in line with the objectives of
                                                                   the common agricultural policy, to exploit this potential
Whereas in the wake of the exceptionally cold winter of            on a durable basis by introducing appropriate measures;
1986/87 the Community applied, during several months               whereas experience gained from the application of the
in 1987, measures involving the supply of various foods            measures applied for several months in 1987 should help
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shape any subsequent action of a similar nature; whereas                                     Article 3
it is appropriate to consolidate in one text the legal basis
for the implementation of such measures,                          Goods subject to the provisions of Article 1 shall be
                                                                  released free of charge to the designated organizations.
                                                                  The accounting value of goods so released shall be the
                                                                  intervention price, adjusted by coefficients where
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                      necessary to take account of quality differences.
                                                                                             Article 4
                                                                  The goods made available under the provisions of
                          Article 1                               Article 1 shall be financed by appropriations in the
Provision shall be made for goods which are in                    relevant article within the EAGGF guarantee section of
                                                                  the budget of the European Communities. Provision may
intervention stocks to be made available to designated
                                                                  also be made for this finance to contribute towards costs
organizations for distribution to the most deprived
                                                                  of transport of produce from intervention centres.
persons in the Community. Such persons shall receive the
food free of charge or at a price which in no case is                                        Article 5
greater than that justified by the costs incurred by the
designated organizations in implementing the action.              The Commission, in accordance with the procedure
The distribution shall be made in accordance with an              provided for in Article . . . of Regulation (EEC) No
annual plan established by the Commission.                              , shall adopt the implementing rules for this Regu-
                                                                  lation.
                                                                                             Article 6
                         Article 2
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
The organizations referred to in Article 1 shall be               publication in the Official Journal of the European
designated by the Member State concerned or, if no such           Communities.
designation is made in that Member State, by the                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
Commission.                                                       directly applicable in all Member States.
             Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive laying down the health rules for fresh meat
             and the level of the fees to be charged in respect of such meat pursuant to Directive
                                                       85/73/ EEC O
                                                     COM(87) 510 final
              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the
                                              EEC Treaty on 22 October 1987)
                                                       (87/C 298/05)
             On 11 November 1986 the proposal referred to above was presented to the Council by the
             Commission. For the reasons set out in the Explanatory Memorandum the original proposal is
             hereby amended as follows:
             The second paragraph of Article 2 is replaced by the following:
                   Tn the case of slaughtering by the farmer for his personal consumption, Member. States
                   may provide for exceptions to the first paragraph. However, they shall ensure that the
                  meat produced in such a way is not sold for public consumption.
             O OJ No C 302, 27. 11. 1986, p. 4.