Translation of "Butter from intervention stocks " (English → French) :

128. Notes the Court of Auditors' example of an eligibility error under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) in connection with a bartering arrangement using intervention stocks; further notes that the total amount borne by the Union budget for transporting the 9 894 tonnes of butter involved in the arrangement is approximately EUR 900 000 ; is highly concerned about the sound financial management of those operations; invites the Commission to take the necessary measures to ensure that bartering arra ...[+++]ngements if to be continued at all are transparent and cost effective;

126. Notes the Court of Auditors' example of an eligibility error under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) in connection with a bartering arrangement using intervention stocks; further notes that the total amount borne by the Union budget for transporting the 9 894 tonnes of butter involved in the arrangement is approximately EUR 900 000; is highly concerned about the sound financial management of those operations; invites the Commission to take the necessary measures to ensure that bartering arran ...[+++]gements if to be continued at all are transparent and cost effective;

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to designated organisations for distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community , which was subsequently repealed and integrated into Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) , has provided a reliable scheme for the distribution of food products to the most deprived persons of the Union (food distribution scheme) for m ...[+++]ore than two decades and has positively contributed to the social cohesion of the Union by reducing economic and social disparities.

This food was taken from the intervention stocks, but, since the 1992 reform, where the mountains of butter, the rivers of milk and the bulging refrigerators came up for criticism, these stocks have been used up.

Thirdly, the supply of butter has been reduced due to the lower production and empty intervention stocks.

The proposal is based on the assumption, therefore, that, by 2013, the intervention stocks of maize could amount to 15,6 Mt, while the total stocks of cereals could reach 18,9 Mt. In the event of the removal of maize from intervention, the Commission anticipates that the total stocks of cereals would amount to only 10 Mt that year.