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Commission Regulation (EC) No 117/2006 of 24 January 2006 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

EU Regulation No 117/2006 · Adopted 24 January 2006 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 117/2006

of 24 January 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 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 2165/2005 (OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 1).

f2

OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1820/2005 (OJ L 293, 9.11.2005, p. 8).

f3

OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1. Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.

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 4/2006 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 35 and 36 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 666 095,04 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol., broken down as follows:

(a)

one lot with the number 31/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(b)

one lot with the number 32/2006 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(c)

one lot with the number 33/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(d)

one lot with the number 34/2006 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(e)

one lot with the number 35/2006 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(f)

one lot with the number 36/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(g)

one lot with the number 37/2006 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(h)

one lot with the number 38/2006 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.,

(i)

one lot with the number 39/2006 EC for a quantity of 16 095,04 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 4/2006 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 1 March 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:

  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, 24 January 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

Annex I

Member State and lot numberLocationVat NoQuantity in hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 (Article)Regulation (EC) No 822/87 (Article)Type of alcohol

Spain

Lot No 31/2006 EC

TarancónC-524 83130raw
C-625 16930raw
Total50 000

Spain

Lot No 32/2006 EC

TarancónC-125 11727raw
C-224 99827
D-325 15927
D-424 72627raw
Total100 000

France

Lot No 33/2006 EC

Onivins — Longuefuye

53200 Longuefuye

1022 42028raw
1222 44028raw
185 14028raw
Total50 000

France

Lot No 34/2006 EC

Onivins — Port-La-Nouvelle

Entrepôt d’alcool

Av. Adolphe Turrel, BP 62

11210 Port-La-Nouvelle

107 20527raw
922 28027raw
2612 37030raw
2512 24527raw
2412 51527raw
2378028raw
2311 34030raw
2314030raw
2211 09028raw
221 33030raw
368 70527raw
Total100 000

France

Lot No 35/2006 EC

Deulep — PSL

13230 Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône

B142 64027raw

Deulep

Bld Chanzy

30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard

7238 69030raw
726 89030raw
7247027raw
7311 31030raw
Total100 000

Italy

Lot No 36/2006 EC

Bertolino — Partinico (PA)3A-33A-34A27 10027 + 30raw
Trapas — Petrosine (TP)20A8 50030raw
Enodistil22A2 70030raw
S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG)4A-30A-32A-35A2 20027raw
GE.DIS — Marsala (TP)88-10B9 50030raw
Total50 000

Italy

Lot No 37/2006 EC

S.V.A. — Ortona (CH)20A2 00027raw
Bonollo — Paduni-Anagni (FR)15A-35A-49A-51A35 00027 + 30raw
Deta — Barberino Val d’Elsa (FI)5A1 50027raw
Balice Distill. — San Bastilio Motolla (TA)2A1 00027raw
D’Auria — Ortona (CH)17A-19A-21A-22A-41A12 00027raw
De Luca — Novoli (LE)7A-16A9 950,6227raw
Di Lorenzo — Ponte Valleceppi (PG)26A6 929,330raw
Di Lorenzo — Pontenuovo di Torgiano (PG)1B27raw
Balice S.n.c. — Valenano (BA)11A-46A-49A-50A-51A14 50027raw
D.C.A. — Ascoli Piceno (AP)101-81-17-103-441 306,9335 + 36raw/neutral
Distill. Del Sud — Rutigliano18 + 23 + 36 + 72 + 737 242,4536neutral
Caviro — Carapelle (FG)5C8 570,727raw
Total100 000

Italy

Lot No 38/2006 EC

Caviro — Faenza (RA)3A-12A-13A-14A25 429,327 + 30raw
Di Lorenzo — Pontenuovo di Torgiano (PG)1B8 570,727raw
Mazzari — S.Agata sul Santerno (RA)5A-6A34 00027raw
Dister — Faenza (RA)121A-124A7 00027 + 30raw
I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD)5A2 00027raw
Tampieri — Faenza (RA)15A-17A-18A-19A3 00027raw
Villapana — Faenza (RA)6A-8A11 00027raw
Cipriani — Chizzola di Ala2A-3A-24A-30A9 00027raw
Total100 000

Hungary

Lot No 39/2006 EC

Miskolci Likőrgyár Rt.

3527 Miskolc, Vitéz u. 13.

Hrsz.: 4686/5, 4686/2

I/3129,1127raw
I/4139,5727raw
I/5136,1927raw
I/6136,8427raw
I/7123,3727raw
I/8140,127raw
I/9136,1527raw
I/10137,6127raw
I/11123,4227raw
I/12137,5727raw
III/31129,1127raw
III/32129,1127raw
III/33129,1127raw
III/34129,1127raw

Tokaj Kereskedőház Rt.

3934 Tolcsva, Petőfi Sándor u. 32. Hrsz.: 142/1

22144404 819,0227raw
22144503 962,7627raw

Tokaj Kereskedőház Rt.

3943 Bodrogolaszi, Ország út 19. Hrsz.: 196-198, 200-202

SZ/I1 832,127raw
SZ/II1 842,4627raw
SZ/III1 782,3327raw
Total16 095,04

Annex IIIntervention agencies holding the alcohol referred to in article 3

Onivins-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)

  • Mezógazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal
  • H-1385 Budapest, 62, Pf. 867 (Tel. (36) 1-219 45 14; Fax (36) 1-219 45 11, (36) 1-219 45 12).

  • Annex IIIAddress 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: [email protected]