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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 822/2006

of 1 June 2006         

opening tendering procedure No 57/2006 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses

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:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Tendering procedure No 57/2006 EC is hereby opened for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses. The alcohol concerned has been produced from distillation under Articles 27 and 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the French intervention agency.

The volume put up for sale is 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol. The vat numbers, places of storage and the volume of alcohol at 100 % vol. contained in each vat are detailed in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

The sale shall be conducted in accordance with Articles 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 95, 96, 97, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.

Article 3

1.   Tenders must be submitted to the intervention agency holding the alcohol concerned:

or sent by registered mail to that address.

2.   Tenders shall be submitted in a sealed double envelope, the inside envelope marked: ‘Tender under procedure No 57/2006 EC for new industrial uses’, 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 20 June 2006.

4.   All tenders must be accompanied by proof that a tendering security of EUR 4 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. has been lodged with the intervention agency concerned.

Article 4

The minimum prices which may be offered are EUR 11 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. intended for the manufacture of baker’s yeast, EUR 33,5 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. intended for the manufacture of amine- and chloral-type chemical products for export, EUR 39,5 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. intended for the manufacture of eau de Cologne for export and EUR 14 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. intended for other industrial uses.

Article 5

The formalities for sampling shall be as set out in Article 98 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000. The price of samples shall be EUR 10 per litre.

The intervention agency shall provide all the necessary information on the characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale.

Article 6

The performance guarantee shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.

Article 7

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 1 June 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL            

Member of the Commission

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(1)OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission 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 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.

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ANNEX

INVITATION TO TENDER No 57/2006 EC FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR NEW INDUSTRIAL USES

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