Commission Regulation (EC) No 153/2006 of 27 January 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1819/2005 adopting a plan allocating resources to the Member States to be charged against 2006 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community
Commission Regulation (EC) No 153/2006of 27 January 2006amending Regulation (EC) No 1819/2005 adopting a plan allocating resources to the Member States to be charged against 2006 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 CommunityOJ L 352, 15.12.1987, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2535/95 (OJ L 260, 31.10.1995, p. 3)., and in particular Article 6 thereof,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euroOJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1., 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 CommunityOJ L 313, 30.10.1992, p. 50. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 133/2006 (OJ L 23, 27.1.2006, p. 11)., Commission Regulation (EC) No 1819/2005OJ L 293, 9.11.2005, p. 3. adopted the distribution plan to be financed from resources available in the 2006 budget year. 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the maximum financial resources available to carry out its part of the plan, the quantity of each type of product to be withdrawn from the stocks held by the intervention agencies, and the grants for purchase of certain products on the market.(2)To take into account the specific necessities of Greece, the annual plan 2006 should be amended to authorise the withdrawal of rice in payment for cereals and cereal based products, in accordance with the fourth subparagraph of Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92. Therefore the quantity of rice initially allocated to Greece, as set in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1819/2005, should be adapted accordingly.(3)Regulation (EC) No 1819/2005 should therefore be amended accordingly.(4)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of all the relevant management committees,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1819/2005 is amended as follows:1.part (b) is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation;2.the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation is added as part (c).
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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.Done at Brussels, 27 January 2006.For the CommissionMariann Fischer BoelMember of the CommissionANNEX I"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 StateCerealsRice (paddy rice)ButterSugar
Belgium121212800450
Greece7500
Spain7372628000135602000
France758515500010564
Ireland120
Italy1152532000068333500
Latvia19706
Lithuania160005000
Hungary63587
Malta1877600
Poland856082000072304847
Portugal172871400027431700
Slovenia1262600300
Finland18500500
Total5007781535004150012847"
ANNEX II"(c)Quantities of rice authorized for removal from intervention stocks to pay for the supply of cereals or cereals products mobilised on the market, subject to the maximum amounts laid down in (a):
Member StateTonnes
Greece7500"