# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1015/2006 of 4 July 2006 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

EU Regulation No 1015/2006 · adopted 4 July 2006

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1015/2006 of 4 July 2006 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

## Introductory text

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1015/2006
of 4 July 2006
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 6/2006 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 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 700 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol., broken down as follows:
(a) one lot with the number 54/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(b) one lot with the number 55/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(c) one lot with the number 56/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(d) one lot with the number 57/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(e) one lot with the number 58/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(f) one lot with the number 59/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(g) one lot with the number 60/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(h) one lot with the number 61/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(i) one lot with the number 62/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(j) one lot with the number 63/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(k) one lot with the number 64/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(l) one lot with the number 65/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(m) one lot with the number 66/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(n) one lot with the number 67/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.
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 6/2006 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 noon Brussels time on 26 July 2006.

## 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 % vol. has been lodged with the intervention agency holding the alcohol concerned;
(b) 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 % vol.;
(c) an undertaking by tenderers that they will comply with all the rules applicable to this tendering procedure;
(d) 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 

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, 4 July 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann Fischer Boel
Member of the Commission

## Annex I 

Member State and lot number
Location
Vat No
Quantity in hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999(Article)
Type of alcohol
Spain
Lot No 54/2006 EC
Tarancón
A-1
24 503
27
raw
A-2
2 770
27
raw
B-4
22 727
27
raw
Total
50 000
Spain
Lot No 55/2006 EC
Tarancón
A-3
24 659
27
raw
B-3
24 742
27
raw
B-4
599
27
raw
Total
50 000
Spain
Lot No 56/2006 EC
Tarancón
A-2
21 440
27
raw
B-1
24 551
27
raw
C-1
4 009
27
raw
Total
50 000
Spain
Lot No 57/2006 EC
Tarancón
B-4
977
27
raw
B-5
24 736
27 + 28
raw
B-6
24 151
27
raw
C-1
136
27
raw
Total
50 000
Spain
Lot No 58/2006 EC
Tarancón
A-6
1 036
30
raw
A-7
24 830
30
raw
A-8
24 134
30
raw
Total
50 000
Spain
Lot No 59/2006 EC
Tarancón
A-4
24 505
30
raw
A-8
467
30
raw
B-2
12 354
30
raw
B-7
12 674
30
raw
Total
50 000
France
Lot No 60/2006 EC
Deulep
Bld Chanzy
F-30800 Saint-Gilles
503B
1 525
28
raw
119
22 605
27
raw
503
7 910
27
raw
504
810
30
raw
501
3 550
27
raw
504
540
28
raw
501B
5 075
30
raw
501B
150
28
raw
508
7 835
27
raw
Total
50 000
France
Lot No 61/2006 EC
Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle
Entrepôt d'alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel, BP 62
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
2
48 215
27
raw
18
305
27
raw
18
150
30
raw
18
1 330
28
raw
Total
50 000
France
Lot No 62/2006 EC
Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle
Entrepôt d'alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel, BP 62
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
3
47 880
27
raw
18
2 120
28
raw
Total
50 000
France
Lot No 63/2006 EC
Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle
Entrepôt d'alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel, BP 62
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
6
22 025
27
raw
18
7 230
28
raw
38
5 325
28
raw
38
3 195
30
raw
13
9 910
28
raw
13
2 315
30
raw
Total
50 000
Italy
Lot No 64/2006 EC
Bertolino — Partinico (PA)
22A-5A
24 766,65
30
raw
Trapas — Petrosino (TP)
20A-24A-3A-11A
6 750
30
raw
Enodistil — Alcamo (TP)
22A
3 933,35
30
raw
S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG)
30A-32A-35A-36A
3 400
27
raw
Ge.Dis. — Marsala (TP)
12A-19A-12B-13B
11 150
27/30
raw
Total
50 000
Italy
Lot No 65/2006 EC
Bonollo — Loc. Paduni-Anagni (FR)
6A-33A-36A
5 300
27/30
raw
Dister — Faenza (RA)
122A-123A
7 560
27
raw
I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD)
5A
315
27
raw
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)
1A-2A
25 800
27
raw
Tampieri — Faenza (RA)
11A-19A
850
27
raw
Villapana — Faenza (RA)
7A
10 175
27
raw
Total
50 000
Italy
Lot No 66/2006 EC
Bonollo — Loc. Paduni-Anagni (FR)
6A-33A-36A
26 700
30
raw
Caviro — Faenza (RA)
15A
17 500
27
raw
Cipriani — Chizzola d'Ala (TN)
28A
5 800
27
raw
Total
50 000
Italy
Lot No 67/2006 EC
Balice Distill. — San Basilio Mottola (TA)
2A-3A
2 750
27
raw
Balice S.n.c. — Valenzano (BA)
41A-42A-59A
12 800
30
raw
Caviro — Carapelle (FG)
2C-6C
5 500
30
raw
D'Auria — Ortona (CH)
41A-43A-48A
7 600
27
raw
De Luca — Novoli (LE)
15A-1A-5A
5 100
27
raw
Deta — Barberino Val d'Elsa (FI)
4A-8A
1 450
27/30
raw
Di Lorenzo — Ponte Valleceppi (PG)
3A-10A-22A-21A
11 900
27
raw
S.V.A. — Ortona (CH)
14A-15A-16A-12A
2 900
27/30
raw
Total
50 000

## Annex II 

Intervention agencies holding the alcohol referred to in Article 3
Viniflhoor — Libourne
Délégation nationale, 17 avenue de la Ballastière, BP 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (Tel. (33) 557 55 20 00; telex: 57 20 25; Fax (33) 557 55 20 59)
FEGA
Beneficencia, 8, E-28004 Madrid (Tel. (34) 913 47 64 66; Fax (34) 913 47 64 65)
AGEA
Via Torino, 45, I-00184 Roma (Tel. (39-06) 49 49 97 14; Fax (39-06) 49 49 97 61)

## Annex III Address referred to in Article 5

European Commission
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Unit D-2
B-1049 Brussels
Fax (32-2) 292 17 75
E-mail: agri-market-tenders@cec.eu.int

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