Commission Regulation (EC) No 306/2007

of 21 March 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 1539/2006 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 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,

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 [2], the Commission adopted, by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1539/2006 [3], a plan allocating resources to the Member States to be charged against the 2007 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community. The plan lays 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maximum financial resources available to carry out its part of the plan, and the quantity of each type of product to be withdrawn from the stocks held by the intervention agencies.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 plan should be adapted to allow Romania to be part of this Community action in 2007. For Romania, the adaptation should concern, on the one hand, the allocation of financial resources and the share of the products to be withdrawn from the intervention stocks and, on the other, the authorisation, on the conditions set out in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92, of intra-Community transfers so that the modified plan can be implemented.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 1539/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4) This Regulation should apply from 1 January 2007, the date on which Romania and Bulgaria became Members of the European Union.

(5) 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

Annexes I and III to Regulation (EC) No 1539/2006 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2007.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 March 2007.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc Demarty

Director-General for Agricultural 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 313, 30.10.1992, p. 50. Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 209/2007 (OJ L 61, 28.2.2007, p. 21).

[3] OJ L 283, 14.10.2006, p. 14.

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ANNEX

Regulation (EC) No 1539/2006 is amended as follows:

(1) Annex I is amended as follows:

(a) the table in point (a) is amended as follows:

(i) the following line is inserted after the line concerning Portugal:

"Rom芒nia | 16649889" |

(ii) the last line is replaced by the following:

"Total | 275563261" |

(b) the table in point (b) is amended as follows:

(i) the following line is inserted after the line concerning Portugal:

"Rom芒nia | 96712 | | | 11986" |

(ii) the last line is replaced by the following:

"Total | 667018 | 61541 | 30026 | 45210" |

(2) In Annex III the table is replaced by the following:

Intra-Community transfers authorised under the plan for the 2007 budget

| Product | Quantity (tonnes) | Holder | Consignee |

"1. | Common wheat | 2207 | MMM, Suomi/Finland | P玫llumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet, Eesti |

2. | Common wheat | 11760 | BLE, Deutschland | OPEKEPE, Ell谩da |

3. | Common wheat | 110000 | ONIGC, France | FEGA, Espa帽a |

4. | Common wheat | 103429 | BLE, Deutschland | AGEA, Italia |

5. | Common wheat | 19036 | AMA, 脰sterreich | AGEA, Italia |

6. | Common wheat | 5637 | MMM, Suomi/Finland | Agricultural and Food Products Market Regulation Agency, Lietuva |

7. | Common wheat | 1550 | ONIGC, France | National Research and Development Centre, Malta |

8. | Common wheat | 20000 | ONIGC, France | INGA, Portugal |

9. | Common wheat | 96712 | MVH, Magyarorsz谩g | Paying and Intervention Agency for Agriculture, Rom芒nia |

10. | Common wheat and other cereals | 2610 | MVH, Magyarorsz谩g | AAMRD, Slovenija |

11. | Rice | 23641 | OPEKEPE, Ell谩da | ONIGC, France |

12. | Rice | 20000 | OPEKEPE, Ell谩da | Ente Risi, Italia |

13. | Rice | 14000 | OPEKEPE, Ell谩da | INGA, Portugal |

14. | Butter | 3511 | Department of Agriculture and Food, Ireland | Office de l'Elevage, France |

15. | Sugar | 3338 | FEGA, Espa帽a | ONIGC, France |

16. | Sugar | 2760 | ARR, Polska | Agricultural and Food Products Market Regulation Agency, Lietuva |

17. | Sugar | 1435 | FEGA, Espa帽a | INGA, Portugal |

18. | Sugar | 11986 | MVH, Magyarorsz谩g | Paying and Intervention Agency for Agriculture, Rom芒nia |

19. | Sugar | 500 | ARR, Polska | MMM, Suomi/Finland" |

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