L 130/14 Official Journal of the European Union 17.5.2012 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 419/2012 of 16 May 2012 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 562/2011 adopting the plan allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2012 budget year for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the European Union THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri- cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri- cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ('), and in particular points (f) and (g) of Article 43, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agri-monetary arrangements for the euro (), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) ~ Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 562/2011 (}) as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 208/2012 (* has set the deadlines for the submission of requests for payment and the execution of payments at 30 September 2012 and 15 October 2012 respectively and provides that the implementation period of the 2012 distribution plan is to end on 28 February 2013. (2)  To enable the Member States to use those deadlines efficiently, it is necessary to allow the possibility of granting advance payments for the transport of products to the storage depots of the charitable organi- sations and for the transport, administrative and storage costs incurred by the charitable organisations designated to distribute the products. In order to ensure the efficient implementation of the annual plan, the same possibility should be allowed for the supply of products in duly justified cases. In addition it needs to be established how and when a security is required. (3)  Taking into consideration the non-profit nature of the designated organisations referred to in Article 27(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the competent auth- orities of the Member States should be empowered to allow alternative guarantee instruments when advances are paid to those organisations in respect of their admin- istrative, transport and storage costs. (4)  For accounting purposes, Member States should be required to notify the Commission of certain information related to the advance payments. () O] L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. () O] L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1. () O] L 152, 11.6.2011, p. 24. () O] L 72, 10.3.2012, p. 32. (5)  Implementing Regulation (EU) No 562/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly. (6)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 In Implementing Regulation (EU) No 562/2011 the following Article 4a is inserted: ‘Article 4a 1.  For the purpose of implementing the annual distribution plan referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation, the operators selected in accordance with Article 4(4) and (6) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010 and the designated organi- sations referred to in Article 27(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 may submit to the competent authority of the Member State concerned an application for advance payments relating to the cost of transport of products to the storage depots of the designated organisations referred to in point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article 27(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and the administrative, transport and storage costs referred to in point (b) of the second subparagraph of that Article. In duly justified cases the Member States may also provide advance payments relating to the cost of the supply of the products to operators selected in accordance with Article 4(4) of Regu- lation (EU) No 807/2010 provided that, to the satisfaction of the Member States concerned, those operators have demon- strated that prior to 15 October 2012: (a) they have taken legally binding commitments to implement the operation; (b) they have significantly progressed with the implemen- tation of the operation; and (c) they have taken all measures necessary to ensure that the implementation shall be completed no later than 28 February 2013. 2. The competent authority may grant an advance payment up to 100 % of the amount applied for, subject to the establishment of a security equal to 110 % of the advance referred to in paragraph 1. In the case of operators selected in accordance with Article 4(4) of Regu- lation (EU) No 807/2010, the security referred to in that Article shall be deemed sufficient for the purposes of this Article.