# Commission regulation (EC) No 1153/2005 of 18 July 2005 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

EU Regulation No 1153/2005 · adopted 18 July 2005

Commission regulation (EC) No 1153/2005 of 18 July 2005 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

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## Introductory text

Commission regulation (EC) No 1153/2005
of 18 July 2005
opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine, and in particular Article 33 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 of 25 July 2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms lays down, among other things, detailed rules for disposing of stocks of alcohol obtained from distillation under Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in wine and referred to in Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and held by the intervention agencies.
(2)
A tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for exclusive use as bioethanol in the fuel sector in the Community should be organised in accordance with Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 with a view to reducing Community stocks of wine alcohol and ensuring the continuity of supplies to firms approved under that Article.
(3)
Since 1 January 1999, in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro, the selling price and securities must be expressed, and payments made, in euro.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## 1 

1. Tendering procedure No 2/2005 EC is hereby opened for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community.
The alcohol concerned has been produced from distillation under Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the intervention agencies of the Member States.
2. The total volume put up for sale is 699 946,698 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume, broken down as follows:
(a) one lot with the number 10/2005 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,
(b) one lot with the number 11/2005 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,
(c) one lot with the number 12/2005 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,
(d) one lot with the number 13/2005 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,
(e) one lot with the number 14/2005 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,
(f) one lot with the number 15/2005 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,
(g) one lot with the number 16/2005 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,
(h) one lot with the number 17/2005 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,
(i) one lot with the number 18/2005 EC for a quantity of 41 331,79 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,
(j) one lot with the number 19/2005 EC for a quantity of 8 614,908 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume.
3. The location and references of the vats making up the lots, the quantity of alcohol in each vat, the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the alcohol are as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
4. Only firms approved under Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 may take part in the tendering procedure.

## 2 

The sale shall be conducted in accordance with Articles 93, 94, 94b, 94c, 94d, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.

## 3 

1. Tenders shall be delivered to the intervention agencies holding the alcohol listed in Annex II or sent by registered mail to the address of the intervention agency.
2. Tenders shall be placed in a sealed double envelope, the inside envelope marked ‘Tender under procedure No 2/2005 EC for use as bioethanol in the Community’, the outer envelope bearing the address of the intervention agency concerned.
3. Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not later than 12.00 Brussels time on 26 August 2005.

## 4 

1. To be eligible for consideration, tenders must comply with Articles 94 and 97 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.
2. To be eligible for consideration, when they are presented, tenders must be accompanied by:
(a) proof that a tendering security of EUR 4 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % volume has been lodged with the intervention agency holding the alcohol concerned,
(b) an indication of the Member State(s) of final use of the alcohol and an undertaking by the tenderer to comply with that destination,
(c) the name and address of the tenderer, the reference number of the notice of invitation to tender and the price proposed, expressed in euro per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % volume,
(d) an undertaking by tenderers that they will comply with all the rules applicable to this tendering procedure,
(e) a statement by tenderers to the effect that:
(i) they waive all claims in respect of the quality and characteristics of any alcohol awarded to them,
(ii) they agree to submit to any checks made on the destination and use made of the alcohol,
(iii) they accept that it is their responsibility to provide evidence that the alcohol is used as specified in the notice of invitation to tender in question.

## 5 

1. The notifications provided for in Article 94a of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 relating to the tendering procedure opened by this Regulation shall be sent to the Commission at the address given in Annex III to this Regulation.
2. In addition to the information referred to in Article 94a of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000, the notifications referred to in paragraph 1 shall clearly indicate for each tender:
(a) whether the tender is eligible,
(b) in the event of the tender being ineligible, which of the conditions referred to in Article 94 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 were not met.

## 6 

The formalities for sampling shall be as set out in Article 98 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.
The intervention agency shall provide all the necessary information on the characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale.
On application to the intervention agency concerned, interested parties may obtain samples of the alcohol put up for sale, taken by a representative of the intervention agency concerned.

## 7 

1. The intervention agencies in the Member States in which the alcohol put up for sale is stored shall carry out appropriate checks to verify the nature of the alcohol at the time of end-use. To that end, they may:
(a) apply Article 102 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 mutatis mutandis,
(b) carry out checks on samples using nuclear magnetic resonance analysis to verify the nature of the alcohol at the time of end-use.
2. The costs of the checks referred to in paragraph 1 shall be borne by the firms to which the alcohol is sold.

## 8 

Member States shall notify the Commission of the name and address of the tenderer corresponding to each tender by 30 September 2005 at the latest.

## 9 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

## Signature

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 July 2005.
For the Commission
Mariann Fischer Boel
Member of the Commission

## Annex I 

TENDERING PROCEDURE FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR USE AS BIOETHANOL IN THE COMMUNITY
No 2/2005 EC
Place of storage, quantity and characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale
Member State and lot number
Location
Vat No
Quantity in hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 (Article)
Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (Article)
Type of alcohol
Spain
Lot No 10/2005 EC
Tarancón
A-1
24 629
27
raw
A-3
24 751
27
raw
B-3
24 858
27
raw
B-4
19 247
27
raw
B-6
6 515
27
raw
Total
100 000
Spain
Lot No 11/2005 EC
Tarancón
B-6
17 722
27
raw
C-1
25 204
27
raw
C-2
7 074
27
raw
Total
50 000
France
Lot No 12/2005 EC
DEULEP
Bld Chanzy
30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
71
46 920
27
raw
501
9 265
27
raw
502
4 325
27
raw
604
6 535
27
raw
608
6 555
27
raw
607
8 035
27
raw
606
9 400
27
raw
605
8 965
27
raw
Total
100 000
France
Lot No 13/2005 EC
ONIVINS-Port-la-Nouvelle
Entrepôt D’alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel, BP 62
11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
6
16 140
28
raw
6
600
30
raw
6
220
27
raw
17
12 705
28
raw
16
3 755
28
raw
18
12 630
27
raw
30
22 320
27
raw
16
6 055
30
raw
14
1 825
28
raw
13
11 640
30
raw
13
685
28
raw
14
10 755
30
raw
16
670
27
raw
Total
100 000
France
Lot No 14/2005 EC
ONIVINS-Port-la-Nouvelle
Entrepôt D’alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel, B.P. 62
11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
11
22 005
27
raw
6
5 430
30
raw
29
1 950
28
raw
29
6 985
30
raw
29
13 510
30
raw
29
120
27
raw
Total
50 000
Italy
Lot No 15/2005 EC
Dister-Faenza (RA)
124A-170A-171A-176A-178A
8 440
30
raw
Mazzari-S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)
5A-8A-10A
34 000
27
raw
Caviro-Faenza (RA)
16A-17A-19A
36 300
27
raw
Villapana-Faenza (RA)
4A-8A-9A
18 000
27
raw
Bonollo U.-Conselve (PD)
1A
320
30
raw
Cantine Soc. Venete-Ponte di Piave (TV)
14A
320
30
raw
I.C.V.-Borgoricco (PD)
5A
1 300
27
raw
Tampieri-Faenza (RA)
2A-9A
1 320
27
raw
Total
100 000
Italy
Lot No 16/2005 EC
Dister-Faenza (RA)
124A
1 560
30
raw
Cipriani-Chizzola di Ala
30A
9 000
27
raw
S.V.A.-Ortona (CH)
17A-18A
3 300
27
raw
Bonollo-Paduni (FR)
17A-34A-35A
34 140
27
raw
Di Lorenzo-Ponte Valleceppi (PG)
1A-18A-21A-22A
14 600
27+30
raw
D’Auria-Ortona (CH)
1A-4A-9A-11A-12A-29A-61A
10 000
27
raw
Deta-Barberino Val d’Elsa (FI)
5A
1 900
27
raw
Balice-Valenzano (BA)
47A-48A-59A
16 000
30
raw
Balice Dist.-Mottola (TA)
3A
1 500
27
raw
De Luca-Novoli (LE)
18A
8 000
27
raw
Total
100 000
Italy
Lot No 17/2005 EC
Bertolino-Partinico (PA)
6A-12A-34A
28 000
27+30
raw
Gedis-Marsala (TP)
12A-15A-18A-21A
9 600
27
raw
Trapas-Marsala (TP)
2A-14A-16A
8 000
30
raw
S.V.M.-Sciacca (AG)
1A-2A-3A-23A-24A-34A
2 000
27
raw
Enodistil-Alcamo (TP)
22A
2 400
30
raw
Total
50 000
Greece
Lot No 18/2005 EC
ΑΜΠΕΛΟΥΡΓΙΚΟΣ ΣΥΝΕΤΑΙΡΙΣΜΟΣ ΜΕΓΑΡΩΝ — (ΒΑΡΕΑ ΜΕΓΑΡΩΝ)
[Ambelourgikos Syneterismos Megaron — (Varea Megaron)]
B1
543,42
35
raw
B2
550,83
35
raw
B3
556,14
35
raw
B4
556,16
35
raw
B5
555,9
35
raw
B6
550,6
35
raw
10
914,43
35
raw
B9
550,04
35
raw
B10
553,72
35
raw
B11
554,6
35
raw
B12
554,5
35
raw
B13
556,91
35
raw
B14
551,86
35
raw
B15
547,57
35
raw
B16
910,55
27
35
raw
3
851,86
27
raw
4
894,58
27
raw
5
894,83
27
raw
6
871,5
27
raw
7
898,94
27
raw
14
864,99
27
raw
15
893,13
27
raw
1
873,77
27
raw
2
885,55
27
raw
8
904,07
27
raw
9
863,37
27
raw
B7
544,88
27
raw
11
901,79
27
raw
12
869,67
27
raw
13
907,15
27
raw
17
799,07
27
raw
Π.Α. ΤΖΑΡΑ — (Δοκός Χαλκίδος)
[P.A. Tzara — (Dokos Halkidos)]
4 016
179,58
35
raw
Ε.Α.Σ. ΠΑΤΡΩΝ — Ανθεια Πατρών
[E.A.S. Patron — Anthia Patron]
A1
856,07
35
raw
A2
917,34
35
raw
A3
747,2
35
raw
A4
803,85
35
raw
A5
577,07
35
raw
Ε.Α.Σ. ΑΤΤΙΚΗΣ — (ΠΙΚΕΡΜΙ)
[E.A.S. Attikis — (Pikermi)]
1
917,8
27
raw
2
917,58
27
raw
3
919,35
27
raw
4
903,82
27
raw
5
751,82
27
raw
ΟΙΝΟΠΟΙΗΤΙΚΟΣ ΣΥΝ/ΣΜΟΣ (ΣΥΝΕΤΑΙΡΙΣΜΟΣ) ΜΕΣΣΗΝΙΑΣ (ΓΙΑΛΟΒΑ ΠΥΛΙΑΣ)
[Inopiitikos Syneterismos Messinias (Gialova Pilias)]
B74
836,47
27
raw
B75
583,84
27
raw
B76
724,92
27
raw
B80
890,23
27
raw
68
2 113,82
27
raw
66
2 122,29
27
raw
82
731,69
27
raw
69
2 110,67
27
raw
Total
41 331,79
Germany
Lot No 19/2005 EC
Papiermühle 16
D-37603 Holzminden
107
8 614,908
30
raw
Total
8 614,908

## Annex II Intervention agencies holding the alcohol referred to in Article 3

Onivins-Libourne — Délégation nationale 17, avenue de la Ballastière, BP 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex [telephone (33) 557 55 20 00; telex 57 20 25; fax (33) 557 55 20 59],
FEGA — Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid [telephone (34) 913 47 64 66; fax (34) 913 47 64 65]
AGEA — Via Torino 45, I-00184 Roma [telephone (39) 064 94 99 714; fax (39) 064 94 99 761]
Ο.Π.Ε.Κ.Ε.Π.Ε. — Αχαρνών (Aharnon) 241, GR-10446 Athens, Greece [telephone (210) 2 12 47 99; fax (210) 212 47 91]
Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE) — Deichmanns Aue 29, D-53179 Bonn (telephone (49) 228/68 45-33 86/34 79, fax (49) 228/68 45-37 94)

## Annex III Address referred to in Article 5

European Commission
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Unit D-2
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200
B-1049 Brussels
Fax (32-2) 298 55 28
E-mail address: agri-market-tenders@cec.eu.int

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Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1153
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