
COMMISSION REGULATION(EC) No 1539/2006 of 13 October 2006 adopting a plan allocating resources to the Member States to be charged against 2007 budget year 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,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87 of 10 December 1987laying down the general rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks to designated organisations for distribution to the most deprived persons in the Communityand in particular Article 6 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro, and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) In accordance with Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 of 29 October 1992 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 has to adopt a distribution plan to be financed from resources available in the 2007 budget year. The plan should 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maximum financial resources available to carry out its part of the plan, and the quantity of each type of product to be withdrawn from the stocks held by the intervention agencies.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 plan for 2007 have supplied the information required in accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92.

(3) For the purposes of resource allocation, account must be taken of experience and of the degree to which the Member States have used the resources allocated to them in previous years.

(4) Article 2(3)(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 provides for the making of grants for the purchase on the market of products temporarily unavailable in intervention stocks. Since stocks of skimmed-milk powder and rice currently held by intervention agencies are very low and arrangements have already been made for their sale on the market and their distribution in the framework of Regulation (EEC) 3149/92, and since no purchases of these products are foreseen in 2006, it is necessary to fix the grant in order to allow skimmed-milk powder and rice required for the 2007 plan to be purchased on the market. Furthermore, specific provisions need to be introduced to ensure that the supply contract is properly carried out.

(5) To take into account the specific necessities of certain Member States, the withdrawal of cereals in payment for rice and rice based products should be authorised, in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92.

(6) Article 7(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 provides for the transfer between Member States of products unavailable in intervention stocks of the Member State where such products are required for the implementation of an annual plan. The intra-Community transfers necessary to carry through the 2007 plan should therefore be authorised subject to the conditions provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92.

(7) To implement the 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.

(8) In accordance with Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 the Commission has consulted the major organisations familiar with the problems of the most deprived persons in the Community when drawing up the plan.

(9) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of all the relevant management committees,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
For 2007, the distribution of foodstuffs for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community under Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87 shall be supplied in accordance with the distribution plan set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2 

1. The grants to Member States for the purchase on the market of skimmed-milk powder and rice required for the plan referred to in Article 1 are fixed in Annex II.
2. The award to the successful tenderer of the contract for the supply of the skimmed-milk powder and rice referred to in paragraph 1 is subject to the provision by the tenderer of a security equivalent to the offer price, made out in the name of the intervention agency.
Article 3 
The intra-Community transfer of products listed in Annex III to this Regulation are hereby authorised subject to the conditions provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92.
Article 4 
In order to implement the plan referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation, the date of the operative event referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 shall be 1 October 2006.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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
ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION PLAN FOR 2007
(a) Financial resources made available to implement the plan in each Member State: 


(EUR)
Member State Allocation
Belgique/België 5 817 428
Eesti 324 891
Éire/Ireland 217 997
Elláda 6 689 132
España 50 340 744
France 49 940 164
Italia 70 764 888
Latvija 18 446
Lietuva 3 273 261
Luxembourg 80 707
Magyarország 7 896 638
Malta 384 898
Polska 42 884 522
Portugal 14 904 058
România 16 649 889
Slovenija 1 929 341
Suomi/Finland 2 709 509
Total 274 826 513

(b) Quantity of each product to be withdrawn from the Community intervention stocks for distribution in each Member State subject to the maximum amounts laid down in (a): 


(tonnes)
Member State Cereals Rice (paddy rice) Butter Sugar
Belgique/België 12 000   2 000
Eesti 3 000   
Éire/Ireland   80 
Elláda 11 760 2 755  
España 110 000  12 000 6 443
France 82 641 23 641 6 500 3 338
Italia 122 465 20 000 3 570 6 847
Latvija 173   
Lietuva 12 000   2 760
Magyarország 52 000   900
Malta 1 550   
Polska 120 433  2 400 11 522
Portugal 20 000 14 000 3 160 1 435
România 96 712   11 986
Slovenija 3 610   653
Suomi/Finland 14 651  422 
Total 662 995 60 396 28 132 47 884

(c) Quantities of cereals authorised for removal from intervention stocks to pay for the supply of rice or rice based products mobilised on the market, subject to the maximum amounts laid down in (a): 


Member State Tonnes
Belgique/België 4 146
France 25 590
Lietuva 5 000
Total 34 736

ANNEX II
(a) Grants to Member States for purchase of skimmed milk powder on the Community market subject to the maximum amounts laid down in Annex I(a): 


Member State EUR
Belgique/België 2 893 618
Eesti 5 190
Elláda 4 765 946
France 14 494 803
Italia 39 261 578
Luxembourg 76 864
Magyarország 1 797 520
Malta 118 789
Polska 16 770 240
Portugal 1 141 888
Slovenija 1 051 634
Total 82 378 070

(b) Grants to Member States for purchase of rice on the Community market subject to the maximum amounts laid down in Annex I(a): 


Member State Euros
Eesti 300
España 2 400 000
Malta 90 750
Slovenija 90 000
Total 2 581 050

ANNEX III

Intra-Community transfers authorised under the plan for the 2007 budget Product Quantity(tonnes) Holder Consignee
1. Common wheat 2 207 MMM, Suomi/Finland Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet, Eesti
2. Common wheat 11 760 BLE, Deutschland OPEKEPE, Elláda
3. Common wheat 110 000 ONIGC, France FEGA, España
4. Common wheat 103 429 BLE, Deutschland AGEA, Italia
5. Common wheat 19 036 AMA, Österreich AGEA, Italia
6. Common wheat 5 637 MMM, Suomi/Finland Agricultural and Food Products Market Regulation Agency, Lietuva
7. Common wheat 1 550 ONIGC, France National Research and Development Centre, Malta
8. Common wheat 20 000 ONIGC, France INGA, Portugal
9. Common wheat 96 712 MVH, Magyarország Paying and Intervention Agency for Agriculture, România
10. Common wheat and other cereals 3 610 MVH, Magyarország AAMRD, Slovenija
11. Rice 23 641 OPEKEPE, Elláda ONIGC, France
12. Rice 20 000 OPEKEPE, Elláda Ente Risi, Italia
13. Rice 14 000 OPEKEPE, Elláda INGA, Portugal
14. Butter 3 511 Department of Agriculture and Food, Ireland Office de l'Elevage, France
15. Sugar 3 338 FEGA, España ONIGC, France
16. Sugar 2 760 ARR, Polska Agricultural and Food Products Market Regulation Agency, Lietuva
17. Sugar 1 435 FEGA, España INGA, Portugal
18. Sugar 11 986 MVH, Magyarország Paying and Intervention Agency for Agriculture, România