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Commission Regulation (EC) No 748/2005 of 18 May 2005 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

EU Regulation No 748/2005 · Adopted 18 May 2005 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 748/2005

of 18 May 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 winef1, 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 mechanismsf2, 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 winef3 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 eurof4, 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:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1795/2003 (OJ L 262, 14.10.2003, p. 13).

f2

OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 616/2005 (OJ L 103, 22.4.2005, p. 15).

f3

OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1677/1999 (OJ L 199, 30.7.1999, p. 8).

f4

OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. 4Article 4
  5. 5Article 5
  6. 6Article 6
  7. 7Article 7
  8. 8Article 8
  9. Signature
  10. Annex IAnnex I
  11. Annex IIIntervention agencies holding the alcohol referred to in Article 3
  12. Annex IIIAddress referred to in Article 5

1

1.

Tendering procedure No 1/2005 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 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 691 331,79 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume, broken down as follows:

(a)

one lot with the number 1/2005 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(b)

one lot with the number 2/2005 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(c)

one lot with the number 3/2005 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(d)

one lot with the number 4/2005 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(e)

one lot with the number 5/2005 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(f)

one lot with the number 6/2005 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(g)

one lot with the number 7/2005 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(h)

one lot with the number 8/2005 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(i)

one lot with the number 9/2005 EC for a quantity of 41 331,79 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 two sealed envelopes, the inside envelope marked ‘Tender under procedure No 1/2005 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 30 May 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 place 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:

  1. (i)

    they waive all claims in respect of the quality and characteristics of any alcohol awarded to them,

  2. (ii)

    they agree to submit to any checks made on the destination and use made of the alcohol,

  3. (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

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.

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

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 May 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 1/2005 EC

Place of storage, quantity and characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale

Member State and lot numberLocationVat NoQuantity in hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volumeReference Regulations (EEC) No 822/87 and (EC) No 1493/1999 (articles)Type of alcohol

Spain

Lot No 1/2005 EC

Tomelloso146 58427Raw
Tomelloso211827Raw
Tomelloso32 25027Raw
Tomelloso548 04827Raw
TaranconB-43 00027Raw
Total100 000

Spain

Lot No 2/2005 EC

TaranconA-224 35327Raw
TaranconA-624 49027Raw
TaranconB-124 57427Raw
TaranconB-224 40627Raw
TaranconB-42 17727Raw
Total100 000

France

Lot No 3/2005 EC

Deulep — PSL

13230 Port Saint Louis Du Rhone

B226 05527Raw
B410 95527Raw
B2B30027Raw
B144 82027Raw
B2B17 87030Raw
Total100 000

France

Lot No 4/2005 EC

Onivins — Port la Nouvelle

Entreport d’Alcool

Av. Adolphe Turrel BP 62

11210 Port la Nouvelle

248 02027Raw
147 43527Raw
154 54527Raw
Total100 000

France

Lot No 5/2005 EC

Deulep

Bld Chanzy

30800 Saint Gilles du Gard

7313 94030Raw
7330 44530Raw
6035 61527Raw
Total50 000

Italy

Lot No 6/2005 EC

Caviro-Faenza (RA)16A22 662,827Raw
Villapana-Faenza (RA)5A-9A7 60027Raw
Tampieri-Faenza (RA)6A-16A1 60027Raw
Cipriani-Chizzola di Ala (TN)27A5 20027Raw
I.C.V.-Borgoricco (PD)5A1 60027Raw
S.V.A.-Ortona (CH)2A-3A-4A-16A4 80027Raw
D’Auria-Ortona (CH)1A-2A-5A-7A-8A-43A-76A12 007,3527+30+35Raw
Bonollo-Anagni (FR)17A10 429,8527Raw
Di Lorenzo-Ponte Valleceppi (PG)20A-23A-22A18 00027Raw
Deta-Barberino Val d’Elsa (FI)4A-8A1 90027+30Raw
Balice-Valenzano (BA)3A-4A-5A-6A-7A-8A14 20027Raw
Total100 000

Italy

Lot No 7/2005 EC

Dister-Faenza (RA)119A-167A-169A-179A-170A13 50030Raw
Mazzari-S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)5A-11A36 50027Raw
Total50 000

Italy

Lot No 8/2005 EC

Bertolino-Partinico (PA)6A-13A19 50027Raw
Gedis-Marsala (TP)12B-9B8 00027Raw
Trapas-Marsala (TP)14A-15A6 50030Raw
S.V.M.-Sciacca (AG)8A-18A-1A1 50027Raw
De Luca-Novoli (LE)9A-17A-19A10 00027Raw
BaliceDistilli.-Mottola (TA)3A1 20027Raw
Balice-Valenzano (BA)2A-3A3 30027Raw
Total50 000

Greece

Lot No 9/2005 EC

ΑΜΠΕΛΟΥΡΓΙΚΟΣ ΣΥΝΕΤΑΙΡΙΣΜΟΣ ΜΕΓΑΡΩΝ — (ΒΑΡΕΑ ΜΕΓΑΡΩΝ)

(Ambelourgikos Syneterismos Megaron — (Varea Megaron))

B1543,4235Raw
B2550,8335Raw
B3556,1435Raw
B4556,1635Raw
B5555,935Raw
B6550,635Raw
10914,4335Raw
B9550,0435Raw
B10553,7235Raw
B11554,635Raw
B12554,535Raw
B13556,9135Raw
B14551,8635Raw
B15547,5735Raw
B16910,5535+27Raw
3851,8627Raw
4894,5827Raw
5894,8327Raw
6871,527Raw
7898,9427Raw
14864,9927Raw
15893,1327Raw
1873,7727Raw
2885,5527Raw
8904,0727Raw
9863,3727Raw
B7544,8827Raw
11901,7927Raw
12869,6727Raw
13907,1527Raw
17799,0727Raw

Π.Α. ΤΖΑΡΑ — (Δοκός Χαλκίδος)

(P.A. Tzara — (Dokos Halkidos))

4016179,5835Raw

Ε.Α.Σ. ΠΑΤΡΩΝ — Ανθεια Πατρών

(E.A.S. Patron — Anthia Patron)

A1856,0735Raw
A2917,3435Raw
A3747,235Raw
A4803,8535Raw
A5577,0735Raw

Ε.Α.Σ. ΑΤΤΙΚΗΣ — (ΠΙΚΕΡΜΙ)

(E.A.S. Attikis — (Pikermi))

1917,827Raw
2917,5827Raw
3919,3527Raw
4903,8227Raw
5751,8227Raw

ΟΙΝΟΠΟΙΗΤΙΚΟΣ ΣΥΝ/ΣΜΟΣ (ΣΥΝΕΤΑΙΡΙΣΜΟΣ) ΜΕΣΣΗΝΙΑΣ (ΓΙΑΛΟΒΑ ΠΥΛΙΑΣ)

(Inopiitikos Syneterismos Messinias (Gialova Pilias))

B74836,4727Raw
B75583,8427Raw
B76724,9227Raw
B80890,2327Raw
682 113,8227Raw
662 122,2927Raw
82731,6927Raw
692 110,6727Raw
Total41 331,79

Annex IIIntervention agencies holding the alcohol referred to in Article 3

ONIVINS-LIBOURNE
  • Délégation nationale 17, avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (telephone (33-5) 57 55 20 00, telex 57 20 25, fax (33-5) 57 55 20 59)

  • FEGA
  • Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (telephone (34) 913 476 466, fax (34) 913 47 64 65)

  • AGEA
  • Via Torino 45, I-00184 Roma (telephone (39) 6 49499 714, fax (39) 06 49 49 97 61)

  • Ο.Π.Ε.Κ.Ε.Π.Ε.
  • Αχαρνών (Aharnon) 241, 10446 Athens, Greece (telephone 210 212 47 99, fax 210 212 4791)

  • Annex IIIAddress referred to in Article 5

    Commission of the European Communities

    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: [email protected]