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

32006R1015RegulationJul 5, 2006

of 4 July 2006

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 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.

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 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.

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 % 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.

Article 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.

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

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, 4 July 2006. For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL Member of the Commission

1 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 ).

2 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 ).

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 .

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 54/2006 EC
TarancónA-124 50327raw
A-22 77027raw
B-422 72727raw
Total50 000
Spain
Lot No 55/2006 EC
TarancónA-324 65927raw
B-324 74227raw
B-459927raw
Total50 000
Spain
Lot No 56/2006 EC
TarancónA-221 44027raw
B-124 55127raw
C-14 00927raw
Total50 000
Spain
Lot No 57/2006 EC
TarancónB-497727raw
B-524 73627 + 28raw
B-624 15127raw
C-113627raw
Total50 000
Spain
Lot No 58/2006 EC
TarancónA-61 03630raw
A-724 83030raw
A-824 13430raw
Total50 000
Spain
Lot No 59/2006 EC
TarancónA-424 50530raw
A-846730raw
B-212 35430raw
B-712 67430raw
Total50 000
France
Lot No 60/2006 EC
Deulep
Bld Chanzy
F-30800 Saint-Gilles
503B1 52528raw
11922 60527raw
5037 91027raw
50481030raw
5013 55027raw
50454028raw
501B5 07530raw
501B15028raw
5087 83527raw
Total50 000
France
Lot No 61/2006 EC
Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle
Entrepôt d'alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel, BP 62
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
248 21527raw
1830527raw
1815030raw
181 33028raw
Total50 000
France
Lot No 62/2006 EC
Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle
Entrepôt d'alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel, BP 62
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
347 88027raw
182 12028raw
Total50 000
France
Lot No 63/2006 EC
Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle
Entrepôt d'alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel, BP 62
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
622 02527raw
187 23028raw
385 32528raw
383 19530raw
139 91028raw
132 31530raw
Total50 000
Italy
Lot No 64/2006 EC
Bertolino — Partinico (PA)22A-5A24 766,6530raw
Trapas — Petrosino (TP)20A-24A-3A-11A6 75030raw
Enodistil — Alcamo (TP)22A3 933,3530raw
S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG)30A-32A-35A-36A3 40027raw
Ge.Dis. — Marsala (TP)12A-19A-12B-13B11 15027/30raw
Total50 000
Italy
Lot No 65/2006 EC
Bonollo — Loc. Paduni-Anagni (FR)6A-33A-36A5 30027/30raw
Dister — Faenza (RA)122A-123A7 56027raw
I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD)5A31527raw
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)1A-2A25 80027raw
Tampieri — Faenza (RA)11A-19A85027raw
Villapana — Faenza (RA)7A10 17527raw
Total50 000
Italy
Lot No 66/2006 EC
Bonollo — Loc. Paduni-Anagni (FR)6A-33A-36A26 70030raw
Caviro — Faenza (RA)15A17 50027raw
Cipriani — Chizzola d'Ala (TN)28A5 80027raw
Total50 000
Italy
Lot No 67/2006 EC
Balice Distill. — San Basilio Mottola (TA)2A-3A2 75027raw
Balice S.n.c. — Valenzano (BA)41A-42A-59A12 80030raw
Caviro — Carapelle (FG)2C-6C5 50030raw
D'Auria — Ortona (CH)41A-43A-48A7 60027raw
De Luca — Novoli (LE)15A-1A-5A5 10027raw
Deta — Barberino Val d'Elsa (FI)4A-8A1 45027/30raw
Di Lorenzo — Ponte Valleceppi (PG)3A-10A-22A-21A11 90027raw
S.V.A. — Ortona (CH)14A-15A-16A-12A2 90027/30raw
Total50 000

Intervention agencies holding the alcohol referred to in Article 3

Viniflhoor — LibourneDélégation 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)
FEGABeneficencia, 8, E-28004 Madrid (Tel. (34) 913 47 64 66; Fax (34) 913 47 64 65)
AGEAVia Torino, 45, I-00184 Roma (Tel. (39-06) 49 49 97 14; Fax (39-06) 49 49 97 61)

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

Footnotes

  1. . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2165/2005 (). 2

  2. . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1820/2005 (). 2

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

  4. . 2

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