Commission regulation (EC) No 1153/2005 of 18 July 2005 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

32005R1153RegulationJul 19, 2005

of 18 July 2005

opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

Preamble

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 1 , 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 2 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 3 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 4 , 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:

Article 1

1. Tendering procedure No 2/2005 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, 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 699 946,698 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume, broken down as follows: (a) one lot with the number 10/2005 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume, (b) one lot with the number 11/2005 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume, (c) one lot with the number 12/2005 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume, (d) one lot with the number 13/2005 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume, (e) one lot with the number 14/2005 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume, (f) one lot with the number 15/2005 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume, (g) one lot with the number 16/2005 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume, (h) one lot with the number 17/2005 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume, (i) one lot with the number 18/2005 EC for a quantity of 41 331,79 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume, (j) one lot with the number 19/2005 EC for a quantity of 8 614,908 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.

Article 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.

Article 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 2/2005 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 26 August 2005.

Article 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 Member State(s) 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: (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.

Article 5

1. 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.

2. In addition to the information referred to in Article 94a of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000, the notifications referred to in paragraph 1 shall clearly indicate for each tender: (a) whether the tender is eligible, (b) in the event of the tender being ineligible, which of the conditions referred to in Article 94 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 were not met.

Article 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.

Article 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.

Article 8

Member States shall notify the Commission of the name and address of the tenderer corresponding to each tender by 30 September 2005 at the latest.

Article 9

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 July 2005. For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL Member of the Commission

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

2 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 ).

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

4 OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1 .

TENDERING PROCEDURE FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR USE AS BIOETHANOL IN THE COMMUNITY

No 2/2005 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 % volRegulation (EC) No 1493/1999 (Article)Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 (Article)Type of alcohol
Spain
Lot No 10/2005 EC
TarancónA-124 62927raw
A-324 75127raw
B-324 85827raw
B-419 24727raw
B-66 51527raw
Total100 000
Spain
Lot No 11/2005 EC
TarancónB-617 72227raw
C-125 20427raw
C-27 07427raw
Total50 000
France
Lot No 12/2005 EC
DEULEP
Bld Chanzy
30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
7146 92027raw
5019 26527raw
5024 32527raw
6046 53527raw
6086 55527raw
6078 03527raw
6069 40027raw
6058 96527raw
Total100 000
France
Lot No 13/2005 EC
ONIVINS-Port-la-Nouvelle
Entrepôt D’alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel, BP 62
11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
616 14028raw
660030raw
622027raw
1712 70528raw
163 75528raw
1812 63027raw
3022 32027raw
166 05530raw
141 82528raw
1311 64030raw
1368528raw
1410 75530raw
1667027raw
Total100 000
France
Lot No 14/2005 EC
ONIVINS-Port-la-Nouvelle
Entrepôt D’alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel, B.P. 62
11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
1122 00527raw
65 43030raw
291 95028raw
296 98530raw
2913 51030raw
2912027raw
Total50 000
Italy
Lot No 15/2005 EC
Dister-Faenza (RA)124A-170A-171A-176A-178A8 44030raw
Mazzari-S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)5A-8A-10A34 00027raw
Caviro-Faenza (RA)16A-17A-19A36 30027raw
Villapana-Faenza (RA)4A-8A-9A18 00027raw
Bonollo U.-Conselve (PD)1A32030raw
Cantine Soc. Venete-Ponte di Piave (TV)14A32030raw
I.C.V.-Borgoricco (PD)5A1 30027raw
Tampieri-Faenza (RA)2A-9A1 32027raw
Total100 000
Italy
Lot No 16/2005 EC
Dister-Faenza (RA)124A1 56030raw
Cipriani-Chizzola di Ala30A9 00027raw
S.V.A.-Ortona (CH)17A-18A3 30027raw
Bonollo-Paduni (FR)17A-34A-35A34 14027raw
Di Lorenzo-Ponte Valleceppi (PG)1A-18A-21A-22A14 60027+30raw
D’Auria-Ortona (CH)1A-4A-9A-11A-12A-29A-61A10 00027raw
Deta-Barberino Val d’Elsa (FI)5A1 90027raw
Balice-Valenzano (BA)47A-48A-59A16 00030raw
Balice Dist.-Mottola (TA)3A1 50027raw
De Luca-Novoli (LE)18A8 00027raw
Total100 000
Italy
Lot No 17/2005 EC
Bertolino-Partinico (PA)6A-12A-34A28 00027+30raw
Gedis-Marsala (TP)12A-15A-18A-21A9 60027raw
Trapas-Marsala (TP)2A-14A-16A8 00030raw
S.V.M.-Sciacca (AG)1A-2A-3A-23A-24A-34A2 00027raw
Enodistil-Alcamo (TP)22A2 40030raw
Total50 000
Greece
Lot No 18/2005 EC
ΑΜΠΕΛΟΥΡΓΙΚΟΣ ΣΥΝΕΤΑΙΡΙΣΜΟΣ ΜΕΓΑΡΩΝ — (ΒΑΡΕΑ ΜΕΓΑΡΩΝ)
[Ambelourgikos Syneterismos Megaron — (Varea Megaron)]
B1543,4235raw
B2550,8335raw
B3556,1435raw
B4556,1635raw
B5555,9035raw
B6550,6035raw
10914,4335raw
B9550,0435raw
B10553,7235raw
B11554,6035raw
B12554,5035raw
B13556,9135raw
B14551,8635raw
B15547,5735raw
B16910,552735raw
3851,8627raw
4894,5827raw
5894,8327raw
6871,5027raw
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)]
4 016179,5835raw
Ε.Α.Σ. ΠΑΤΡΩΝ — Ανθεια Πατρών
[E.A.S. Patron — Anthia Patron]
A1856,0735raw
A2917,3435raw
A3747,2035raw
A4803,8535raw
A5577,0735raw
Ε.Α.Σ. ΑΤΤΙΚΗΣ — (ΠΙΚΕΡΜΙ)
[E.A.S. Attikis — (Pikermi)]
1917,8027raw
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
Germany
Lot No 19/2005 EC
Papiermühle 16
D-37603 Holzminden
1078 614,90830raw
Total8 614,908

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 [telephone (33) 557 55 20 00; telex 57 20 25; fax (33) 557 55 20 59],

FEGA — Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid [telephone (34) 913 47 64 66; fax (34) 913 47 64 65]

AGEA — Via Torino 45, I-00184 Roma [telephone (39) 064 94 99 714; fax (39) 064 94 99 761]

Ο.Π.Ε.Κ.Ε.Π.Ε . — Αχαρνών (Aharnon) 241, GR-10446 Athens, Greece [telephone (210) 2 12 47 99; fax (210) 212 47 91]

Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE) — Deichmanns Aue 29, D-53179 Bonn (telephone (49) 228/68 45-33 86/34 79, fax (49) 228/68 45-37 94)

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

Footnotes

  1. . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1795/2003 (). 2

  2. . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 616/2005 (). 2

  3. . Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. 2

  4. . 2

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