Commission Regulation (EC) No 2339/2003 of 30 December 2003 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 laying down detailed rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2339/2003
of 30 December 2003
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 laying down detailed rules 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
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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) Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92(2) lays down detailed rules for invitations to tender as regards the organisation of supplies in the Member States participating in the Community measure.
(2) The products allocated under the annual plan, to be withdrawn from intervention stocks, may be supplied unprocessed, or more often processed for the manufacture of food, or withdrawn in payment for the manufacture of food mobilised on the Community market. In the latter case, the products in intervention stocks which may be withdrawn in payment for the manufacture of cereal and milk products should be specified.
(3) To respond more effectively to the needs of charitable organisations and expand the range of food products supplied, it should be laid down that products from intervention stocks may be incorporated into other products for the purposes of manufacturing food. However, in such cases, for each finished product, products from intervention stocks must represent at least 50 % of the net weight of the food product to be supplied.
(4) Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of the Management Committees concerned,