
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1146/2007 of 2 October 2007 adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2008 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 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, and 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 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 must adopt a distribution plan to be financed from resources available in the 2008 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maximum financial resources available to carry out its part of the plan, and the quantity of each type of product to be withdrawn from the stocks held by the intervention agencies.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 the 2008 budget year 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 used the resources allocated to them in previous years.

(4) Article 2(3)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 provides for the allocation of resources for the purchase on the market of products temporarily unavailable in intervention stocks. Given that the stocks of cereals, skimmed-milk powder and rice currently held by the intervention agencies are very low and that measures have already been taken, regarding both their sale on the market and their distribution under Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92, and given the fact that no sale of these foods is planned for 2007, these resource allocations should be fixed to enable the purchase on the market of cereals, skimmed-milk powder and rice as required to implement the plan for the 2008 budget year.

(5) Article 7(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 provides for the transfer between Member States of products unavailable in the intervention stocks of the Member State in which such products are required to implement the annual plan. Accordingly the intra-Community transfers necessary to implement the plan for 2008 should be authorised, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92.

(6) 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.

(7) 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.

(8) The Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
In 2008, the distribution of food to the most deprived persons in the Community under Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87 shall be implemented in accordance with the annual distribution plan set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2 
Allocations to Member States for the purchase of cereals, skimmed-milk powder and rice on the market, as required under the plan referred to in Article 1, shall be as set out in Annex II.
Article 3 
The intra-Community transfer of the products listed in Annex III to this Regulation shall be authorised, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92.
Article 4 
For the purpose of implementing the annual 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 2007.
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 2008
(a) Financial resources made available to implement the plan in each Member State: 


(in EUR)
Member State Distribution
Belgique/België 8 461 691
България 7 007 310
Česká republika 155 443
Eesti 192 388
Éire/Ireland 155 965
Elláda 13 228 830
España 50 419 083
France 50 982 533
Italia 69 614 288
Latvija 153 910
Lietuva 4 456 991
Luxembourg 81 091
Magyarország 8 169 224
Malta 378 242
Polska 49 971 042
Portugal 13 182 946
România 24 258 046
Slovenija 1 499 216
Suomi/Finland 2 741 323
Total 305 109 562

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


tonnes
Member State Sugar
Belgique/België 4 154
България 6 385
Česká republika 67
España 6 500
France 3 718
Italia 7 000
Lietuva 2 889
Magyarország 1 620
Malta 397
Polska 15 552
Portugal 1 707
România 15 898
Slovenija 806
Total 66 693

ANNEX II

Allocations to Member States for purchase on the Community market, subject to the maximum amounts laid down in Annex I(a):

(in EUR)
Member State Cereals Rice Skimmed milk powder
Belgique/België 2 120 960 800 000 3 300 000
България 2 086 200 1 789 818 
Česká republika 36 472  81 843
Eesti 182 358  
Éire/Ireland   147 834
Elláda 4 535 189  8 003 986
España 11 144 100 1 800 000 32 030 700
France 8 718 857 5 225 181 32 770 000
Italia 13 514 624 3 000 000 46 438 083
Latvija 145 886  
Lietuva 1 633 305 734 782 706 455
Luxembourg   76 864
Magyarország 5 713 309  1 328 373
Malta 62 275 25 078 99 189
Polska 16 569 956  24 058 983
Portugal 1 267 856 1 493 221 8 995 335
România 16 106 356  
Slovenija 181 553 107 523 782 637
Suomi/Finland 1 724 960  873 450
Total 85 744 216 14 975 604 159 693 732
ANNEX III

Intra-Community transfers authorised under the plan for the 2008 budget Quantity(tonnes) Holder Recipient
1. 3 718 BIRB, Belgique ONIGC, France
2. 2 889 BIRB, Belgique The Lithuanian Agricultural and Food Products Market Regulation Agency, Lietuva
3. 6 385 MVH, Magyarország ДФЗ, България
4. 15 552 MVH, Magyarország ARR, Polska
5. 15 898 MVH, Magyarország APIA, România
6. 806 MVH, Magyarország AAMRD, Slovenija
7. 397 AGEA, Italia National Research and Development Centre, Malta
8. 1 707 FEGA, España INGA, Portugal