
Article 1 

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.Financial resources available to implement the 2012 plan can be used by Member States within the limits set out in point (a) of Annex I.The quantities of each type of product to be withdrawn from intervention stocks are set out in point (b) of that Annex.Indicative allocations to Member States for the purchase of food products on the Union market are set out in point (c) of that Annex.
2. 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. Indicative allocations to Member States for the reimbursement of the cost of intra-Union transfers, as required under the annual distribution plan referred to in Article 1, are set out in point (d) of Annex I.
Article 2a 
By way of derogation from Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, the implementation period of the 2012 distribution plan shall end on 28 February 2013.
Article 2b 
By way of derogation from Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, for the 2012 distribution plan, payment operations for products to be supplied by the operator shall, in case of products to be mobilised on the market under Article 2(3)(a)(iii) and (iv) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, be effected before 15 October 2012.
Article 2c 
For the 2012 distribution plan, the first sentence of the second subparagraph and the third subparagraph of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, where relevant, shall not apply to the following quantities of intervention stocks:

((a)) 5,46 tonnes of cereals stored in the United Kingdom and allocated to Bulgaria;
((b)) 0,651 tonne of cereals stored in Finland and allocated to Bulgaria;
((c)) 249,04 tonnes of cereals stored in France and allocated to France;
((d)) 635,325 tonnes of skimmed milk powder stored in Estonia and allocated to Estonia.
Article 2d 
By way of derogation from Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, for the 2012 distribution plan, requests for payment shall be submitted to the competent authorities of each Member State by 30 September 2012. Except in cases of force majeure, requests submitted after that date shall not be accepted.
Expenditure, within the limits set out in point (a) of Annex I, shall only be eligible for Union financing if it has been paid by the Member State to the beneficiary by 15 October 2012 at the latest.
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 4a 

1. For the purpose of implementing the annual distribution plan referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation, the operators selected in accordance with Article 4(4) and (6) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010 and the designated organisations referred to in Article 27(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 may submit to the competent authority of the Member State concerned an application for advance payments relating to the cost of transport of products to the storage depots of the designated organisations referred to in point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 27(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and the administrative, transport and storage costs referred to in point (b) of the second subparagraph of that Article. In duly justified cases the Member States may also provide advance payments relating to the cost of the supply of the products to operators selected in accordance with Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010 provided that, to the satisfaction of the Member States concerned, those operators have demonstrated that prior to 15 October 2012:
(a) they have taken legally binding commitments to implement the operation;
(b) they have significantly progressed with the implementation of the operation; and
(c) they have taken all measures necessary to ensure that the implementation shall be completed no later than 28 February 2013.
2. The competent authority may grant an advance payment up to 100 % of the amount applied for, subject to the establishment of a security equal to 110 % of the advance referred to in paragraph 1. In the case of operators selected in accordance with Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, the security referred to in that Article shall be deemed sufficient for the purposes of this Article.
3. For the purposes of paragraph 2, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 282/2012 shall apply.
4. In the case of designated organisations referred to in paragraph 1, the paying agency may accept a written guarantee from a public authority, in accordance with provisions applied in the Member States, covering an amount equal to the percentage referred to in paragraph 2, provided that that public authority undertakes to pay the amount covered by that guarantee in case the entitlement to the advance paid is not established. Member States may also provide for an instrument of equivalent effect, in accordance with the provisions applied in the Member States, on condition that it ensures the repayment of the advance granted in case the entitlement to it is not established.
5. No later than 15 January 2013, Member States shall notify the Commission of the total amount of the advance payments made by 15 October 2012 in accordance with paragraph 2 which have not been cleared and which relate to operations that have not yet been completed by the final beneficiaries.
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.
ANNEX I
(a) 

(EUR)
Member State Amount
Belgium 11 710 463
Bulgaria 21 439 346
Czech Republic 135 972
Estonia 2 359 486
Ireland 2 594 467
Greece 21 651 199
Spain 80 401 345
France 70 563 823
Italy 95 641 425
Latvia 5 558 220
Lithuania 7 491 644
Luxembourg 171 704
Hungary 13 715 022
Malta 721 992
Poland 75 296 812
Portugal 19 332 607
Romania 60 689 367
Slovenia 2 533 778
Slovakia 5 098 384
Finland 2 892 944
Total 500 000 000

(b) 

(tonnes)
Member State Cereals Skimmed milk powder
Belgium  1 560,275
Bulgaria 39 150,874 
Czech Republic 450,0 
Estonia  635,325
Ireland  727,9
Greece  2 682,575
Spain  10 093,975
France 249,04 8 858,925
Italy  12 337,975
Latvia  870,05
Lithuania  1 032,575
Hungary  1 807,425
Malta 1 230,373 
Poland  9 662,825
Portugal  2 524,725
Romania 112 527,069 
Slovenia  287,75
Slovakia 8 976,092 
Finland  489,3
Total 162 583,448 53 571,6

(c) 

(EUR)
Member State Amount
Belgium 8 346 393
Bulgaria 14 004 438
Czech Republic 70 619
Estonia 1 136 698
Ireland 1 200 145
Greece 15 656 380
Spain 57 977 800
France 51 172 604
Italy 68 479 620
Latvia 3 736 468
Lithuania 5 281 095
Luxembourg 161 225
Hungary 9 751 550
Malta 493 784
Poland 54 100 415
Portugal 13 763 634
Romania 39 979 504
Slovenia 1 883 893
Slovakia 3 590 632
Finland 1 871 094
Total 352 657 991

(d) 

(EUR)
Member State Amount
Bulgaria 2 300 431
Czech Republic 12 211
Greece 126 066
Spain 401 345
France 17 915
Italy 399 005
Latvia 5 509
Hungary 61 128
Malta 63 361
Poland 205 907
Portugal 108 700
Romania 5 970 071
Slovenia 7 073
Slovakia 305 884
Finland 15 394
Total 10 000 000

ANNEX II
(a) 

 Quantity(in tonnes) Holder Recipient
1 33 989,414 Agency for Rural Affairs, Finland Държавен фонд ‘Земеделие’ — Разплащателна агенция, Bulgaria
2 5 161,46 RPA, United Kingdom Държавен фонд ‘Земеделие’ — Разплащателна агенция, Bulgaria
3 450,0 SJV, Sweden SZIF, Czech Republic
4 1 230,373 SJV, Sweden Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs Paying Agency, Malta
5 16 856,043 BLE, Germany Agenția de Plăți și Intervenție pentru Agricultură, Romania
6 41 360,295 Agency for Rural Affairs, Finland Agenția de Plăți și Intervenție pentru Agricultură, Romania
7 54 310,731 SJV, Sweden Agenția de Plăți și Intervenție pentru Agricultură, Romania
8 147,0 FranceAgriMer, France Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra, Slovakia
9 8 829,092 SJV, Sweden Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra, Slovakia

(b) 

 Quantity(in tonnes) Holder Recipient
1 2 682,575 BLE, Germany OPEKEPE, Greece
2 330,35 SZIF, Czech Republic FEGA, Spain
3 6 308,425 OFI, Ireland FEGA, Spain
4 3 455,2 RPA, United Kingdom FEGA, Spain
5 2 118,875 RPA, United Kingdom FranceAgriMer, France
6 7 904,825 BIRB, Belgium AGEA, Italy
7 1 476,375 OFI, Ireland AGEA, Italy
8 2 749,625 Dienst Regelingen Roermond, Netherlands AGEA, Italy
9 207,15 SJV, Sweden AGEA, Italy
10 870,05 Lietuvos žemės ūkio ir maisto produktų rinkos reguliavimo agentūra, Lithuania Rural Support Service, Latvia
11 1 807,425 RPA, United Kingdom Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal, Hungary
12 3 294,15 BLE, Germany ARR, Poland
13 1 675,025 Lietuvos žemės ūkio ir maisto produktų rinkos reguliavimo agentūra, Lithuania ARR, Poland
14 4 692,825 RPA, United Kingdom ARR, Poland
15 2 524,275 RPA, United Kingdom IFAP I.P. Portugal
16 287,75 Dienst Regelingen Roermond, Netherlands Agencija Republike Slovenije za kmetijske trge in razvoj podeželja, Slovenia
17 489,3 Dienst Regelingen Roermond, Netherlands Agency for Rural Affairs, Finland
