Commission Regulation (EC) No 992/2007 of 27 August 2007 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

32007R0992RegulationAug 28, 2007

of 27 August 2007

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 agri-monetary 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 11/2007 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 693 375,74 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol., broken down as follows: (a) one lot with the number 123/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.; (b) one lot with the number 124/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.; (c) one lot with the number 125/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.; (d) one lot with the number 126/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.; (e) one lot with the number 127/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.; (f) one lot with the number 128/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.; (g) one lot with the number 129/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.; (h) one lot with the number 130/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.; (i) one lot with the number 131/2007 EC for a quantity of 39 995 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.; (j) one lot with the number 132/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.; (k) one lot with the number 133/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.; (l) one lot with the number 134/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.; (m) one lot with the number 135/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.; (n) one lot with the number 136/2007 EC for a quantity of 53 380,74 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 11/2007 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 noon (Brussels time) on 10/9/2007.

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, 27 August 2007. 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 1791/2006 ( OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1 ).

2 OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 897/2007 ( OJ L 196, 28.7.2007, p. 20 ).

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 123/2007 EC
TarancónB-417 27127raw
B-58 66727raw
B-624 06227raw
Total50 000
Spain
Lot No 124/2007 EC
TarancónA-524 83727raw
A-99 59427raw
B-47 56927raw
B-58 00027raw
Total50 000
Spain
Lot No 125/2007 EC
TarancónA-914 77127raw
A-1024 45727raw
B-58 00027raw
B-12 77227raw
Total50 000
Spain
Lot No 126/2007 EC
TarancónA-624 82330raw
C-724 88330raw
C-829430raw
Total50 000
France
Lot No 127/2007 EC
Viniflhor — Longuefuye
M me Bretaudeau
F-53200 Longuefuye
422 55027raw
56 38527raw
214 64528raw
5BIS16 42028raw
Total50 000
France
Lot No 128/2007 EC
Viniflhor — Longuefuye
M me Bretaudeau
F-53200 Longuefuye
622 91527raw
224 60027raw
922 48527raw
Total50 000
France
Lot No 129/2007 EC
Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle
M. Mortefon
Entrepôt d’alcool
Avenue Adolphe-Turrel
BP 62
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
225 71527raw
231 87030raw
2B13 34530raw
2B7 99030raw
2B1 08028raw
Total50 000
France
Lot No 130/2007 EC
Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle
M. Mortefon
Entrepôt d’alcool
Avenue Adolphe-Turrel
BP 62
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
711 71027raw
5B2 36028raw
7B64028raw
7B2 20030raw
23B1 89527raw
7B7 79030raw
5B2 64530raw
5B1 52530raw
233 98530raw
515 25027raw
Total50 000
France
Lot No 131/2007 EC
DEULEP — PSL
F-13230 Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
B239 99527raw
Total39 995
Italy
Lot No 132/2007 EC
Cipriani — Chizzola d'Ala (TN)27a-21a-25a6 50027raw
Dister — Faenza (RA)127a4 70027raw
I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD)6a2 20027raw
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)4a-15a27 80030raw
Tampieri — Faenza (RA)6a-7a-16a1 50027raw
Villapana — Faenza (RA)4a-2a-10a7 30027raw
Total50 000
Italy
Lot No 133/2007 EC
Bonollo — Paduni (FR)35a-37a-39a9 90027/30raw
D'Auria — Ortona (CH)22a-62a-76a-66a-80a-81a10 90027raw
Di Lorenzo-Ponte Valleceppi (PG) — Pontenuovo di Torgiano (PG)19a-5b-6b-7b19 00027/30raw
S.V.A. — Ortona (CH)19a1 90030raw
Balice S.n.c. — Valenzano (BA)1a-13a-14a-15a-16a-45a8 30027raw
Total50 000
Italy
Lot No 134/2007 EC
Bonollo — Paduni (FR)35a-37a-39a24 80027/30raw
Caviro — Faenza (RA)15a-6a-8a-5a22 80027raw
Deta — Barberino Val d'Elsa (FI)7a2 40027raw
Total50 000
Italy
Lot No 135/2007 EC
De Luca — Novoli (LE)1a-8a-9a3 40027raw
Bertolino — Partinico (PA)24a-27a25 00030raw
Balice Distill. — San Basilio Mottola (TA)4a3 40027raw
S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG)2a-3a-4a-8a-21a-30a-35a-36a-374 20027/30raw
GE.DIS. — Marsala (TP)14b12 00030raw
Trapas — Petrosino (TP)7a2 00027raw
Total50 000
Greece
Lot No 136/2007 EC
Οινοποιητικός Συνεταιρισμός Μεσσηνίας
Πύργος Τριφυλίας
(Oinopoiitikos Sinetairismos Messinias)
76454,9630raw
77432,9430raw
851 782,8930raw
861 684,5130raw
871 756,5930raw
881 753,8630raw
95873,4430raw
75444,7930raw
28904,8930raw
80463,4630raw
73387,1430raw
7827,7230raw
151 747,0430raw
161 713,6730raw
26853,1830raw
74427,3530raw
171 743,7630raw
94887,6530raw
841 786,5230raw
79439,4730raw
93908,6330raw
831 795,7830raw
821 758,8630raw
121 800,8730raw
111 744,1630raw
181 707,8330raw
131 788,7330raw
96827,4930raw
811 805,0730raw
141 800,0430raw
97915,0730raw
92908,9630raw
99911,9430raw
25905,0630raw
108432,1830raw
107432,7730raw
105448,2230raw
106441,2230raw
27897,7330raw
29579,1930raw
30667,6930raw
19901,6527raw
20892,0727raw
21900,2827raw
22899,5427raw
23882,3227raw
24653,5827raw
89847,0927raw
90880,8327raw
91856,2227raw
98878,2327raw
100745,6127raw
Total53 380,74

Intervention agencies holding the alcohol referred to in Article 3

Viniflhor — LibourneDélégation nationale, 17 avenue de la Ballastière, BP 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (Tél. (33-5) 57 55 20 00; télex 57 20 25; fax (33) 557 55 20 59)
FEGABeneficencia, 8, E-28004 Madrid (Tél. (34-91) 347 64 66; fax (34-91) 347 64 65)
AGEAVia Torino, 45, I-00184 Rome (Tél. (39) 06 49 49 97 14; fax (39) 06 49 49 97 61)
Ο.Π.Ε.Κ.Ε.Π.Ε.Αχαρνών (Aharnon) 241, 10446 Athènes, Grèce (Tél. (30-210) 212 47 99; fax (30-210) 212 47 91)

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@ec.europa.eu

Footnotes

  1. . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (). 2

  2. . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 897/2007 (). 2

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

  4. . 2

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