
Article 1 
In 2013, 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 2013 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The quantities of each type of product to be withdrawn from intervention stocks are set out in point (b) of Annex I.
Indicative allocations to Member States for the purchase of food products on the Union market are set out in point (c) of Annex I.
Article 1a 
By way of derogation from Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, the implementation period of the 2013 annual distribution plan shall finish on 28 February 2014.
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 of this Regulation, are set out in point (d) of Annex I.
Article 3 
By way of derogation from Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, for the 2013 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 2013.
Article 4 
By way of derogation from Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, for the 2013 distribution plan, requests for payment shall be submitted to the competent authorities of each Member State by 15 October 2013.
Expenditure, within the limit 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 2013 at the latest.
Article 5 

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 State may also provide advance payments relating to the cost of 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 State concerned, those operators have demonstrated that prior to 15 October 2013:
(a) they have taken legally binding commitments to implement the operation; and
(b) they have taken all measures to ensure that the implementation shall be completed not later than 28 February 2014.
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. The total amount of advance payments granted in accordance with paragraph 2 shall not exceed 75 % of the total amount made available for each Member State in accordance with point (a) of Annex I.
5a. 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 shall provide to the competent authority of the Member State which granted the advance payment the following information:
(a) costs statements justifying, by cost item, the use of the advances until 15 October 2013; and
(b) a confirmation, by cost item, of the balance of unused advances remaining on 15 October 2013.Member States shall fix the date of transmission of the information referred to in the first subparagraph to allow it to be included in the notification referred to in paragraph 6.
6. No later than 1 February 2014, Member States shall notify the Commission, with the information referred to in Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 885/2006, of the total amount of the advance payments made by 15 October 2013 in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article which have not been cleared and which relate to operations that have not yet been completed.
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 2013 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 
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 2012.
Article 8 
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) 

(in EUR)
Member State Amount
Belgium 12 020 447
Bulgaria 19 093 054
Czech Republic 183 869
Estonia 2 421 256
Ireland 2 597 813
Greece 22 017 677
Spain 85 618 342
France 71 367 188
Italy 98 269 856
Latvia 5 208 791
Lithuania 7 866 396
Luxembourg 171 704
Hungary 13 951 019
Malta 548 475
Poland 76 924 105
Portugal 19 517 541
Romania 55 880 716
Slovenia 2 588 445
Finland 3 753 305
Total 500 000 000

(b) 

(in tonnes)
Member State Cereals
Lithuania 8 832,782
Total 8 832,782

(c) 

(in EUR)
Member State Amount
Belgium 11 286 805
Bulgaria 17 927 750
Czech Republic 172 647
Estonia 2 273 480
Ireland 2 439 261
Greece 20 673 876
Spain 80 392 810
France 67 011 444
Italy 92 272 165
Latvia 4 890 884
Lithuania 6 209 748
Luxembourg 161 224
Hungary 13 099 548
Malta 515 000
Poland 72 229 206
Portugal 18 326 330
Romania 52 470 156
Slovenia 2 430 465
Finland 3 524 230
Total 468 307 029

(d) 

(in EUR)
Member State Amount
Lithuania 300 000
Total 300 000

ANNEX II

Intra-Union transfers of cereals authorised under the distribution plan for the 2013 budget year:

Quantity(in tonnes) Holder Recipient
8 832,782 SJV, Sweden Lietuvos žemės ūkio ir maisto produktų rinkos reguliavimo agentūra. Lithuania