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Commission Regulation (EC) No 593/2006 of 12 April 2006 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

EU Regulation No 593/2006 · Adopted 12 April 2006 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 593/2006

of 12 April 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 Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.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 5/2006 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 678 571,8692 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol., broken down as follows:

(a)

one lot with the number 40/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(b)

one lot with the number 41/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(c)

one lot with the number 42/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(d)

one lot with the number 43/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(e)

one lot with the number 44/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(f)

one lot with the number 45/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(g)

one lot with the number 46/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(h)

one lot with the number 47/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(i)

one lot with the number 48/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(j)

one lot with the number 49/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(k)

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

(l)

one lot with the number 51/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(m)

one lot with the number 52/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(n)

one lot with the number 53/2006 EC for a quantity of 28 571,8692 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 5/2006 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 3 May 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, 12 April 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)Type of alcohol

Spain

Lot No 40/2006 EC

TarancónA-524 94330raw
A-615 36730raw
D-19 69030raw
Total50 000

Spain

Lot No 41/2006 EC

TarancónB-212 38430raw
B-822 83830raw
D-114 77830raw
Total50 000

Spain

Lot No 42/2006 EC

TarancónB-524 75427 + 28raw
B-624 17027raw
C-11 07627raw
Total50 000

Spain

Lot No 43/2006 EC

Tomelloso146 47627raw
53 52427raw
Total50 000

Spain

Lot No 44/2006 EC

Tomelloso550 00027raw
Total50 000

France

Lot No 45/2006 EC

Deulep — PSL

F-13230 Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône

B243 43027raw
B2B81027raw

Deulep

Bld Chanzy

F-30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard

5065 76030raw
Total50 000

France

Lot No 46/2006 EC

Viniflhor — Port-La-Nouvelle

Entrepôt d’alcool

Av. Adolphe Turrel, BP 62

F-11210 Port-La-Nouvelle

71 43528raw
148 56527raw
Total50 000

France

Lot No 47/2006 EC

Viniflhor — Longuefuye

F-53200 Longuefuye

19 75528raw
222 70027raw
112 78030raw
214 76528raw
Total50 000

France

Lot No 48/2006 EC

Viniflhor — Port-La-Nouvelle

Entrepôt d’alcool

Av. Adolphe Turrel, BP 62

F-11210 Port-La-Nouvelle

108 06027raw
72 70528raw
717 15530raw
822 08027raw
Total50 000

Italy

Lot No 49/2006 EC

Bertoliono — Partinico (PA)34A-33A-15A-22A26 08027 + 30raw
Trapas — Petrosino (TP)7A-8A-24A9 25530raw
Enodistil — Alcamo (TP)22A3 10030raw
S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG)35A-36A-38A-39A-40A-44A1 69027raw
GE.DIS — Marsala (TP)17A-18A-10B-12B9 87527 + 30raw
Total50 000

Italy

Lot No 50/2006 EC

Bonollo — Paduni-Anagni (FR)16A-31A21 024,2327 + 30raw
Bonollo — Torrita di Siena (SI)5C-6C-7C-8C-14C-15C-18C-25C-27C4 155,7727 + 30raw
Deta — Barberino Val d’Elsa (FI)8A1 90027raw
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)1A-6A22 92027raw
Total50 000

Italy

Lot No 51/2006 EC

S.V.A. — Ortona (CH)14A-20A2 50027raw
D’Auria — Ortona (CH)66A-67A-74A-79A8 00027raw
Balice — San Basilio Mottola (TA)2A1 80027raw
Balice S.n.c. — Valenzano (BA)34A-55A9 50027raw
De Luca — Novoli (LE)15A6 50027raw
Caviro — Carapelle (FG)2C7 20030raw
Di Lorenzo — Ponte Nuovo di Torgiano (PG)1B-2B-7B-3B14 50027 + 30raw
Total50 000

Italy

Lot No 52/2006 EC

Caviro — Faenza (RA)4A-10A-12A-18A-15A18 00027 + 30raw
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)1A-6A3 08027raw
Dister — Faenza (RA)121A-122A7 436,5827 + 30raw
I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD)5A2 183,4227raw
Tampieri — Faenza (RA)4A-9A-10A1 30027raw
Villapana — Faenza (RA)7A-8A12 00027raw
Cipriani — Chizzola di Ala (TN)23A-33A6 00027raw
Total50 000

Hungary

Lot No 53/2006 EC

Arany Kapu Rt.

Kunfehértó, IV.

Körzet 6.

H-6413

E-31 340,751527raw
E-41 352,101527raw
S-441 982,288327raw

Miskolci Likőrgyár Rt.

3527 Miskolc, Vitéz u. 13.

Hrsz.: 4686/5, 4686/2

I/3127,395527raw
I/4133,53427raw
I/5133,769127raw
I/6136,067327raw
I/7133,887127raw
I/8133,402327raw
I/9128,809327raw
I/10136,283827raw
I/11123,966527raw
I/12136,283827raw
III/31117,074227raw
III/32134,007327raw
III/33131,856627raw
III/34133,485427raw

Tokaj Kereskedőház Rt.

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

22144404 802,744627raw
22144504 909,359827raw

Tokaj Kereskedőház Rt.

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

SZ/I1 826,518727raw
SZ/II1 837,408127raw
SZ/III1 777,43427raw

Tartalékgazdálkodási Kht.

5130 Jászapáti, Tanya

Hrsz.: 266

0074 760,378527raw
0082 143,06227raw
Total28 571,8692

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)

  • Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal
  • Soroksári út 22-24, 6th floor, room 630 — H-1095 Budapest, (Tel. (36) 1-219 45 14; fax (36) 1-219 62 59)

  • 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]