Implementing Regulation (EU) No 562/2011 is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   Articles 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:

   ‘Article 1

   1.

   In 2012, the distribution of food to the most deprived persons in the Union under Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be implemented in accordance with the annual distribution plan set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

   Financial resources available to implement the 2012 plan can be used by Member States within the limits set out in point (a) of Annex I.

   The quantities of each type of product to be withdrawn from intervention stocks are set out in point (b) of that Annex.

   Indicative allocations to Member States for the purchase of food products on the Union market are set out in point (c) of that Annex.

   2.

   The use of cereals as payment for mobilising rice products on the market is authorised, as referred to in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010.

   Article 2

   The intra-Union transfer of products listed in Annex II to this Regulation shall be authorised, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010. Indicative allocations to Member States for the reimbursement of the cost of intra-Union transfers, as required under the annual distribution plan referred to in Article 1, are set out in point (d) of Annex I.’;

2. (2)

   the following Articles 2a to 2d are inserted:

   ‘Article 2a

   By way of derogation from Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, the implementation period of the 2012 distribution plan shall end on 28 February 2013.

   Article 2b

   By way of derogation from Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, for the 2012 distribution plan, payment operations for products to be supplied by the operator shall, in case of products to be mobilised on the market under Article 2(3)(a)(iii) and (iv) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, be effected before 15 October 2012.

   Article 2c

   For the 2012 distribution plan, the first sentence of the second subparagraph and the third subparagraph of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, where relevant, shall not apply to the following quantities of intervention stocks:

   1. (a)

      5,46 tonnes of cereals stored in the United Kingdom and allocated to Bulgaria;

   2. (b)

      0,651 tonne of cereals stored in Finland and allocated to Bulgaria;

   3. (c)

      249,04 tonnes of cereals stored in France and allocated to France;

   4. (d)

      635,325 tonnes of skimmed milk powder stored in Estonia and allocated to Estonia.

   Article 2d

   By way of derogation from Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, for the 2012 distribution plan, requests for payment shall be submitted to the competent authorities of each Member State by 30 September 2012. Except in cases of force majeure, requests submitted after that date shall not be accepted.

   Expenditure, within the limits set out in point (a) of Annex I, shall only be eligible for Union financing if it has been paid by the Member State to the beneficiary by 15 October 2012 at the latest.’;

3. (3)

   Annexes I and II are replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.