No L 313/50 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 10. 92 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 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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 (*), and in particular Article 6 thereof, ' Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3, as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (), and in particular Articles 2 (4) and 12 thereof, Whereas, in view of the experience of a number of years’ management of the arrangements introduced by Regula- tion (EEC) No 3730/87, the implementing rules laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3744/87 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 583/91 (%), should be amended ; whereas, for the sake of clarity and conveni- ence, the latter should be replaced by this Regulation ; Whereas the procedure and rules for establishing the annual distribution plan for products from intervention stocks drawn up by the Commission on the basis of infor- mation provided by the Member States should be simpli- fied and the timetable should be adapted taking into account the requirements of distribution to the recipients and the need for financial management of public inter- vention stocks ; Whereas the supply of agricultural products and food- stuffs to the most deprived persons in the Community normally involves products processed or packaged from products withdrawn from Community intervention stores ; whereas, however, the objective may also be achieved by the supply of agricultural products and food- stuffs beloging to the same category of products placed on the Community market ; whereas in such cases supply is reimbursed in the form of a’ withdrawal and transfer of products from the intervention stores; () OJ No L 352, 15. 12. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1. () OJ No L 201, 31. 7. 1990, p. 9. () OJ No L 352, 15. 12. 1987, p. 33. () OJ No L 65, 12. 3. 1991, p. 32. Whereas, in order to manage the arrangements properly, when apply concerns products which have been processed or subject to a specific operation, there should be a call for tenders to determine the most favourable terms for the supply ; Whereas the terms for reimbursing charitable organiza- tions for costs incurred by the transport of products and also, if appropriate, administrative costs should be deter- mined, within the limits of available funds; whereas transport costs are to be reimbursed on the basis of stan- dards rates ; whereas, however, provision should be made for the possibility of determing such transport costs by an invitation to tender ; whereas the rules for entering in the accounts the value of products withdrawn from interven- tion stores for the purposes of EAGGF, Guarantee Section, expenditure should also be laid down, along with the rules to be applied in the even that stocks are trans- ferred from one Member State to another; Whereas the rates to be applied on the one hand for the conversion of the accounting value of the products, and on the other, for the conversion of transport and adminis- trative costs should be determined ; whereas in respect of these costs, in order to avoid currency distortions, a rate closer to economic reality than the agricultural conversion rate should be used, while applying the correcting factor referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 ; wereas Article 3a of Commission Regula- tion (EEC) No 3152/85 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3237/90 (), on detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85, provides for such a rate . to be published ; Whereas the purpose of these arrangements and the nature of the intervention product transfers justifies the non-application of the monetary compensatory amounts and, where necessary, the rules for applying the supple- mentary trade mechanism provided for by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal ; Whereas provision should be made for this Regulation to apply at the beginning of the period of execution of the distribution plan, namely 1 October 19592 ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the relevant manage- ment committees, l () OJ No L 310, 21. 11. 1985, p. 1. () OJ No L 310, 9. 11. 1990, p. 18.