14.3.98 Official Journal of the European Communities L77/53 COMMISSION DECISION of 3 March 1998 amending Decision 97/660/EC adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 1998 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Community (98/203/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 organisations for distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community ('), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2535/95 (3, 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 Community (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 267/96 (*), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(1) thereof, Whereas Commission Decision 97/660/EC (°), as amended by Decision 98/101/EC (¢), adopts the plan allo- cating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 1998 budget year, whereas that plan determines the financial resources made available to implement the 1998 plan in each participating Member State and fixes the quantities of each type of product to be withdrawn from intervention stocks within the limits of those financial resources; whereas the 1998 plan should be adjusted in line with the appropriations allocated by the budget authority at the conclusion of the budget procedure; whereas the intra-Community transfers necessary for the use of those quantities of products should also be author- 352, 15. 12. 1987, p. 260, 31. 10. 1995, p. 313, 30. 10. 1992, p. 36, 14. 2. 1996, p. 2. 278, 11. 10. 1997, p. 23, 30. 1. 1998, p. 36 0. 000000 [t | il ol ol onll anll ol D — 29. ised under the conditions provided for in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92; 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 Points (a) and (b) of the Annex to Decision 97/660/EC are replaced by points (a) and (b) in Annex I to this Decision. Article 2 The intra-Community transfer operations referred to in Annex II shall be authorised. Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 3 March 1998. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission