L 153/90 Official Journal of the European Union 30.4.2004 
 EN 
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 819/2004 
of 29 April 2004 
opening public sales 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 wine1, 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 st ocks of alcohol obtained from distillation 
pursuant to Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and held by the 
intervention agencies. 
(2) Public sales of wine alcohol for use in the fuel sector in the Community should be 
organised in accordance with Articles 92 and 93 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 
with a view to reducing Community stocks of wine alcohol and to some extent ensuring supplies to firms approved in acco rdance with Article 92 of Regulation (EC) 
No 1623/2000. The wine alcohol of Community origin in storage in the Member States 
consists of quantities produced from distillati on in accordance with 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 in accordance with Articles 27, 28 and 30 of 
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. 
(3) Since 1 January 1999, in accordance wi th Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 
December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro4, the selling price 
and securities must be expressed, and payments made, in euro. 
(4) Given that there are risks of fraud by substitution of alcohol, checks on the final 
destination of the alcohol should be reinforced and the intervention agencies should be 
allowed to call on the help of international control agencies and to check the alcohol sold by means of nuclear magnetic resonance analyses. 
                                                
 
1 OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by 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 1710/2003 (OJ L 243, 
27.9.2003, p. 98). 
3 OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1677/1999 (OJ L 199, 
30.7.1999, p. 8). 
4 OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1. 
 
 2    (5) 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. Five lots of alcohol (references 30/2004 EC, 31/2004 EC, 32/2004 EC, 33/2004 EC and 
34/2004 EC) comprising 220 000 hectolitres, 80 000 hectolitres, 100 000 hectolitres, 30 000 
hectolitres and 40 000 hectolitres respectively at 100 % vol are hereby put up for public sale 
for use in the fuel sector within the Community. 
2. The alcohol concerned was produced from distillation in accordance with Articles 27 and 
30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the French, Spanish and Italian 
intervention agencies. 
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 the Annex to 
this Regulation. 
4. The lots shall be awarded to firms approve d in accordance with Article 92 of Regulation 
(EC) No 1623/2000. 
Article 2 
All communications concerning this public sale shall be sent to the following Commission 
department: 
Commission of the European Communities 
Directorate-General for Agriculture, Unit D.4 Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200 
B-1049 
Brussels 
Fax: (32-2) 295 92 52 E-mail: agri-d4@cec.eu.int 
Article 3 
The public sales shall take place in accordance with Articles 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 100 and 
101 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98. 
Article 4 
The price of the alcohol for public sale shall be EUR 19 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. 
 
 3    Article 5 
The alcohol must be removed no more than eight months after the date of notification of the 
Commission's decision to award the sale. 
Article 6 
The performance guarantee shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. Unless a 
standing guarantee is provided, before removing any alcohol and by the day of issue of the 
removal order at the latest, the firms awarded the lots shall lodge a performance guarantee 
with the intervention agency concerned to ensure that the alcohol in question is used as 
bioethanol in the fuel sector. 
Article 7 
Against payment of EUR 10 per litre and within 30 days of the publication of the notice of 
public sale, the firms approved in accordan ce with Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 
1623/2000 may obtain samples of the alcohol put up for sale from the intervention agency concerned. After that date, samples may be obtained in accordance with Article 98(2) and (3) 
of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000. Samples issued to the approved firms shall amount to not 
more than five litres per vat. 
Article 8 
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 na ture 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. 
The costs shall be borne by the firms to which the alcohol is sold. 
Article 9 
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, 29 April 2004. 
 For the Commission 
 Franz FISCHLER 
 Member of the Commission
 
 4    ANNEX 
PUBLIC  SALES  OF WINE  ALCOHOL  FOR  USE  AS BIOETHANOL  IN THE  
COMMUNITY 
NOS 30/2004  EC,  31/2004  EC,  32/2004  EC,  33/2004  EC AND 34/2004  EC 
I. Place of storage, quantity and characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale 
Member 
State and lot 
number Location Vat 
number Quantity 
(hectolitres of 
alcohol at 
100 % vol) Reference to 
Regulation 
(EC) No 
1493/1999 
(Articles) Type of 
alcohol Firms approved 
pursuant to 
Article 92 of 
Regulation (EC) 
No 1623/2000 
TARANCON A-9 
B-9 
A-2 A-3 
A-6 
B-1 B-2 
B-3 
B-4 B-5 
 24 201 
24 464 
22 231 24 399 
24 550 
24 692 24 710 
24 716 
24 861 
1 176 27 
27 
27 27 
27 
27 27 
27 
27 27 
 Raw 
Raw 
Raw Raw 
Raw 
Raw Raw 
Raw 
Raw Raw 
 Spain 
Lot No 
30/2004 EC 
Total   220 000   Bioetanol 
Galicia SA 
TARANCON 
 
TOMELLOSO 
 A-1 
A-2 
5 24 191 
2 297 
53 512 27 
27 
27 Raw 
Raw 
Raw 
 Spain 
Lot No 
31/2004 EC  
Total   80 000   Ecocarburantes 
españoles SA 
ONIVINS-Port la 
Nouvelle Av. Adolphe Turrel 
BP 62 
11210 Port la Nouvelle 
 8 4 3 
 3 765 
47 890 48 345 
 27 
27 27 
 Raw 
Raw Raw 
 
FRANCE 
Lot No 
32/2004 EC 
Total  100.000   Ecocarburantes 
españoles SA 
DEULEP 
BLD CHANZY 
30800 Saint Gilles du 
Gard 
  501 
502 
604 503 8 830 
8 750 
3 460 8 960 30 
30 
27 27 Raw 
Raw 
Raw raw 
FRANCE 
Lot No 
33/2004 EC 
Total   30 000   Sekab (Svensk 
Etanolkemi AB) 
CAVIRO (Faenza) 
VILLAPANA 
(Faenza)  29 153,12 
10 846,88 27 
27 Raw 
raw ITALY 
Lot No 
34/2004 EC Total   40 000   Altia 
Corporation 
 
 
 5    II. The address of the French intervention agency is: 
Onivins-Libourne, Délégation nationale, 17 av enue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231, F-
33505 Libourne Cedex (Tel. (33-5) 57 55 20 00; Telex 57 20 25; Fax (33-5) 57 55 20 59). 
III. The address of the Spanish intervention agency is: 
FEGA, Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (Tel. (34) 913 47 65 00; Telex: 23427 FEGA; Fax: 
(34) 915 21 98 32). 
IV. The address of the Italian intervention agency is: 
AGEA, via Palestro 81, I-00185 Roma (Tel. (39) 06 49 49 991; Telex 62 00 64/62 06 17/62 
03 31; Fax (39) 06 445 39 40/445 46 93).