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(1), 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(2), 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(3), 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maximum financial resources available to carry out its part of the plan, and the quantity of each type of product to be withdrawn from the stocks held by the intervention agencies.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.

Done at Brussels, 2 October 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc

DEMARTY

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

(1)

OJ L 352, 15.12.1987, p. 1

. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2535/95 (

OJ L 260, 31.10.1995, p. 3

(2)

OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1

(3)

ОJ L 313, 30.10.1992, р. 50

. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 758/2007 (

OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 47

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	8 461 690
България	6 883 712
Česká republika	155 443
Eesti	192 388
Éire/Ireland	155 965
Elláda	13 228 830
España	50 419 083
France	48 605 224
Italia	66 367 975
Latvija	153 910
Lietuva	4 249 149
Luxembourg	81 090
Magyarország	7 788 270
Malta	360 603
Polska	47 640 750
Portugal	12 568 188
România	23 126 824
Slovenija	1 429 303
Suomi/Finland	2 631 603
Total	294 500 000

(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	1 544
Malta	397
Polska	14 826
Portugal	1 627
România	15 157
Slovenija	769
Total	65 034

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	1 990 461	1 768 251
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	30 516 427
Italia	10 637 550	2 800 000	46 438 083
Latvija	145 886
Lietuva	1 463 223	606 607	706 455
Luxembourg			76 864
Magyarország	5 713 309		1 000 000
Malta	62 275	25 078	82 327
Polska	16 569 956		22 164 340
Portugal	1 208 732	1 423 588	8 575 856
România	15 355 270
Slovenija	173 087	102 509	746 140
Suomi/Finland	1 620 960		873 450
Total	81 678 645	14 551 214	154 744 304

ANNEX III

Intra-Community transfers of sugar authorised under the plan for the 2008 budget year

	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.	14 826	MVH, Magyarország	ARR, Polska
5.	15 157	MVH, Magyarország	APIA, România
6.	769	MVH, Magyarország	AAMRD, Slovenija
7.	397	AGEA, Italia	National Research and Development Centre, Malta
8.	1 627	FEGA, España	INGA, Portugal