L 255/18 Official Journal of the European Union 29.9.2007 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1127/2007 of 28 September 2007 amending 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 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, Whereas: In recent years the free distribution of foodstuffs under Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87 has proved highly successful and of huge value to beneficiaries in a growing number of participating Member States. However, audits have shown the need for certain amendments to the wording of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 (3. In addition, the circumstances of the agricultural market have changed, making it necessary to amend a number of the rules governing the implementation of the programme. Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 lays down that those Member States wishing to take part in the next annual plan for the distribution of food for the most deprived persons must inform the Commission by 15 February. To facilitate budget planning, that date should be brought forward to 1 February. The first, second and third subparagraphs of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 specify certain time limits for the withdrawal of products from intervention stocks with which the Member State to which these stocks were assigned must comply. In order to improve compliance with these time limits it should be laid down that, in the event of failure to comply with the time limit, storage charges will no longer be covered by the Community budget. The fourth subparagraph of Article 3(2) of that Regulation stipulates that intervention products must be withdrawn within sixty days from the date of the award of the tender to the successful tenderer. Given that some language versions contain () OJ L 352, 15.12.1987, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2535/95 (O] L 260, 31.10.1995, p. 3). (® OJ L 313, 30.10.1992, p. 50. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 7582007 (O] L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 47). ambiguities regarding the act signalling the start of that period, the wording of that provision should be made more precise. Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 does not specify a time limit for operations to mobilise products on the market under Article 2(3)(c) and (d) thereof. Products may therefore be mobilised until the end of the programme implementation period. A time limit which ensures consistency with the budget year should be established for these operations. It is also appropriate, within the framework of these operations, to lay down provisions regarding securities in order to ensure the satisfactory performance of the supply contract. Given that the third indent of the second subparagraph of Article 4(2)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 provides for the possibility of obtaining processed agri- cultural products or foodstuffs on the market by the use of products from intervention stocks, it should be specified that this possibility is part of the normal imple- mentation of the plan. Due to the sharp reduction in intervention products available in stock, it should be specified that it is sufficient for the foodstuffs obtained to contain an ingredient belonging to the same product group as the intervention product. To respond more effectively to the needs of charitable organisations and expand the range of foodstuffs supplied, it has been laid down that products from inter- vention stocks may be incorporated into other products for the purposes of manufacturing foodstuffs. Due to the sharp reduction in the range of intervention products available in stock, the obligation to maintain a minimum content of intervention product in the final product should be rescinded. Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92 provides for the possibility of mobilising on the market a product belonging to the same group as the product temporarily unavailable in the intervention stocks. Under the third indent of the second subparagraph of Article 4(2)(a) of the abovementioned Regulation, processed agricultural products or foodstuffs may be obtained by supplying for payment products belonging to the same group of products from intervention stocks. These possibilities should be included in the rules on the processing of intervention products laid down in Article 4(2a) of that Regulation. At the same time, and in the interests of clarity, the structure of Article 4(1) should also be amended.