No L 239/56 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 8. 97 COMMISSION DECISION of 14 August 1997 amending Decision 96/687/EC adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 1997 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community (97/595/EC) 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 organizations for distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community ('), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2535/95 (%), and in particular Article 6 thereof, Having regard to 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 Com- munity (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 267/96 (%), Whereas Commission Decision 96/687/EC () adopts the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 1997 budget year; whereas that plan deter- mines the financial resources made available to imple- ment the 1997 plan in each participating Member State and fixes the quantities of each type of product to be withdrawn from intervention stocks within the limits of those financial resources; whereas, within the limit of the financial resources laid down by the 1997 plan, the quant- ities of products to be withdrawn from intervention stocks should be adjusted for certain Member States to take account of current availability; whereas the intra- Community transfers necessary for the use of those quantities of products should also be authorized under the conditions provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92; () OJ No L 352, 15. 12. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 260, 31. 10. 1995, p. 3. () OJ No L 313, 30. 10. 1992, p. 0. () O] No L 36, 14. 2. 1996, p. 2. () OJ No L 317, 6. 12. 1996, p. 22. Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinions of all the management committees concerned, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The Annex to Decision 96/687/EC is hereby amended in accordance with Annex I to this Decision. Article 2 Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 7 (1) of Regu- lation (EEC) No 3149/92, the intra-Community transfer operations referred to in Annex II shall be authorized. Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 August 1997. For the Commission Emma BONINO Member of the Commission