# 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

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

## Introductory text

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 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 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:
(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, 12 April 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 40/2006 EC
Tarancón
A-5
24 943
30
raw
A-6
15 367
30
raw
D-1
9 690
30
raw
Total
50 000
Spain
Lot No 41/2006 EC
Tarancón
B-2
12 384
30
raw
B-8
22 838
30
raw
D-1
14 778
30
raw
Total
50 000
Spain
Lot No 42/2006 EC
Tarancón
B-5
24 754
27 + 28
raw
B-6
24 170
27
raw
C-1
1 076
27
raw
Total
50 000
Spain
Lot No 43/2006 EC
Tomelloso
1
46 476
27
raw
5
3 524
27
raw
Total
50 000
Spain
Lot No 44/2006 EC
Tomelloso
5
50 000
27
raw
Total
50 000
France
Lot No 45/2006 EC
Deulep — PSL
F-13230 Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
B2
43 430
27
raw
B2B
810
27
raw
Deulep
Bld Chanzy
F-30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
506
5 760
30
raw
Total
50 000
France
Lot No 46/2006 EC
Viniflhor — Port-La-Nouvelle
Entrepôt d’alcool
Av. Adolphe Turrel, BP 62
F-11210 Port-La-Nouvelle
7
1 435
28
raw
1
48 565
27
raw
Total
50 000
France
Lot No 47/2006 EC
Viniflhor — Longuefuye
F-53200 Longuefuye
1
9 755
28
raw
2
22 700
27
raw
1
12 780
30
raw
21
4 765
28
raw
Total
50 000
France
Lot No 48/2006 EC
Viniflhor — Port-La-Nouvelle
Entrepôt d’alcool
Av. Adolphe Turrel, BP 62
F-11210 Port-La-Nouvelle
10
8 060
27
raw
7
2 705
28
raw
7
17 155
30
raw
8
22 080
27
raw
Total
50 000
Italy
Lot No 49/2006 EC
Bertoliono — Partinico (PA)
34A-33A-15A-22A
26 080
27 + 30
raw
Trapas — Petrosino (TP)
7A-8A-24A
9 255
30
raw
Enodistil — Alcamo (TP)
22A
3 100
30
raw
S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG)
35A-36A-38A-39A-40A-44A
1 690
27
raw
GE.DIS — Marsala (TP)
17A-18A-10B-12B
9 875
27 + 30
raw
Total
50 000
Italy
Lot No 50/2006 EC
Bonollo — Paduni-Anagni (FR)
16A-31A
21 024,23
27 + 30
raw
Bonollo — Torrita di Siena (SI)
5C-6C-7C-8C-14C-15C-18C-25C-27C
4 155,77
27 + 30
raw
Deta — Barberino Val d’Elsa (FI)
8A
1 900
27
raw
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)
1A-6A
22 920
27
raw
Total
50 000
Italy
Lot No 51/2006 EC
S.V.A. — Ortona (CH)
14A-20A
2 500
27
raw
D’Auria — Ortona (CH)
66A-67A-74A-79A
8 000
27
raw
Balice — San Basilio Mottola (TA)
2A
1 800
27
raw
Balice S.n.c. — Valenzano (BA)
34A-55A
9 500
27
raw
De Luca — Novoli (LE)
15A
6 500
27
raw
Caviro — Carapelle (FG)
2C
7 200
30
raw
Di Lorenzo — Ponte Nuovo di Torgiano (PG)
1B-2B-7B-3B
14 500
27 + 30
raw
Total
50 000
Italy
Lot No 52/2006 EC
Caviro — Faenza (RA)
4A-10A-12A-18A-15A
18 000
27 + 30
raw
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)
1A-6A
3 080
27
raw
Dister — Faenza (RA)
121A-122A
7 436,58
27 + 30
raw
I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD)
5A
2 183,42
27
raw
Tampieri — Faenza (RA)
4A-9A-10A
1 300
27
raw
Villapana — Faenza (RA)
7A-8A
12 000
27
raw
Cipriani — Chizzola di Ala (TN)
23A-33A
6 000
27
raw
Total
50 000
Hungary
Lot No 53/2006 EC
Arany Kapu Rt.
Kunfehértó, IV.
Körzet 6.
H-6413
E-3
1 340,7515
27
raw
E-4
1 352,1015
27
raw
S-44
1 982,2883
27
raw
Miskolci Likőrgyár Rt.
3527 Miskolc, Vitéz u. 13.
Hrsz.: 4686/5, 4686/2
I/3
127,3955
27
raw
I/4
133,534
27
raw
I/5
133,7691
27
raw
I/6
136,0673
27
raw
I/7
133,8871
27
raw
I/8
133,4023
27
raw
I/9
128,8093
27
raw
I/10
136,2838
27
raw
I/11
123,9665
27
raw
I/12
136,2838
27
raw
III/31
117,0742
27
raw
III/32
134,0073
27
raw
III/33
131,8566
27
raw
III/34
133,4854
27
raw
Tokaj Kereskedőház Rt.
3934 Tolcsva, Petőfi Sándor u. 32. Hrsz.: 142/1
2214440
4 802,7446
27
raw
2214450
4 909,3598
27
raw
Tokaj Kereskedőház Rt.
3943 Bodrogolaszi, Ország út 19. Hrsz.: 196-198, 200-202
SZ/I
1 826,5187
27
raw
SZ/II
1 837,4081
27
raw
SZ/III
1 777,434
27
raw
Tartalékgazdálkodási Kht.
5130 Jászapáti, Tanya
Hrsz.: 266
007
4 760,3785
27
raw
008
2 143,062
27
raw
Total
28 571,8692

## 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 (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 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/593 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-593
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