12.10.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL281/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2941/90
of11October1990
openingindividualsalesbyinvitationtotenderfortheexportofvinousalcohol
heldbyinterventionagencies
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No822/87of
16March1987onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinwine('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1325/90(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3877/88
of12December1988layingdowngeneralrulesforthe
disposalofalcoholobtainedfromthedistillation
operationsreferredtoinArticles35,36and39of
Regulation(EEC)No822/87andheldbyintervention
agencies(3),
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1780/89(%
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2568/90(s),lays
downdetailedrulesforthedisposalofalcoholobtained
fromdistillationasprovidedforinArticles35,36and39
ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87andheldbyintervention
agencies;
Whereas,inviewofthecostofstoringalcohol,individual
salesbyinvitationtotendershouldbeopenedforvinous
alcoholobtainedfromdistillationasprovidedforin
Articles35,36and39ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87
andheldbytheSpanish,FrenchandItalianintervention
agencies;
Whereasindividualsalesbyinvitationtotendershouldbe
organizedfortheexportofalcoholtocertainthird
countriesforenduseasmotorfuel;whereasthese
countriesshouldbegiventheassuranceofincreased
continuityofsupply;
Whereastheinvitationstotenderopenedbythis
Regulationrelatetocertainthirdcountrieswherethereis
someguaranteethatexportsofvinousalcoholwillnot
disturbtheirmarketsinalcoholandspirituousbeverages;
whereastheamountanddetailedrulesforthereleaseof
theperformancesecuritymaybeadaptedaccordingly;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforWine,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.FourindividualsalesbyinvitationtotenderNos
50/90to53/90shallbeheldofatotalquantityof200000hectolitresofalcoholat100%volobtainedfromdistil­
lationasprovidedforinArticles35,36and39of
Regulation(EEC)No822/87andheldbytheSpanish,
FrenchandItalianinterventionagencies.Eachinvitation
totendershouldbeforaquantityof50000hectolitresof
alcoholat100%vol.
2.Thealcoholofferedforsale:
—shallbeforexportoutsidetheEuropeanEconomic
Community,
—mustbeimportedintoanddehydratedinoneofthe
followingthirdcountries:
—Guatemala,
—Belize,
—Honduras,includingtheSwanIslands,
—EISalvador,
—CostaRica,
—StChristopherandNevis,
—Haiti,
—Bahamas,
—DominicanRepublic,
—AntiguaandBarbuda,
—Dominica,
—BritishVirginIslandsandMontserrat,
—Jamaica,
—StLucia,
—StVincent,includingtheNorthernGrenadines,
—Barbados,
—TrinidadandTobago,
—Grenada,includingtheSouthernGrenadines,
—Aruba,
—Netherlands Antilles:Curaçao,Bonaire,St
Eustace,SabaandthesouthernpartofStMartin,
—Guyana,
—VirginIslandsoftheUnitedStates,
—mustbeusedonlyasmotorfuel.
Article2
Thelocationandreferencenumbersofthevats
concerned,thequantityofalcoholcontainedineachvat,
thealcoholicstrengthandthecharacteristics ofthe
alcoholshallbespecifiedinthenoticesofindividual
invitationtotenderNos50/90to53/90.(')OJNoL84,27.3.1987,p.1.0OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.19.
(J)OJNoL346,15.12.1988,p.7.0OJNoL178,24.6.1989,p.1.0OJNoL243,6.9.1990,p.11.

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Article3
ThesalesshalltakeplaceinaccordancewithRegulation
(EEC)No1780/89,andinparticularArticles10to17and
29to38thereof.
However :
—onehalfoftheperformancesecurityshallbereleased
bytheinterventionagencyholdingthealcoholon
removalofthequantityconcernedfromtheagency's
storeswhenthesuccessfultendererfurnishesproof
thatthatquantityhasbeenplacedundercustoms
supervisionintheterritoryofoneofthethird
countrieslistedinArticle1(2),
—theremainderoftheperformancesecurityshallbe
releasedinaccordancewithArticle33(3)(b)of
Regulation(EEC)No1780/89.
Inaddition,tobeadmissible,tendersmustindicatethe
placewhereenduseofthealcoholawardedistotake
placeandmustincludeanundertakingbythetenderertotheeffectthatthealcoholwillbesenttothatdestination
andusedforthatpurpose.
Article4
Thespecificconditionsapplyingtothefourindividual
salesbyinvitationtotenderandthenamesandaddresses
oftheinterventionagenciesconcernedshallbegivenin
thenoticesofindividualinvitationtotenderNos50/90to
53/90publishedinthe*CseriesoftheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
Article5
Thedeadlineforthesubmissionoftendersattheaddress
giveninthenoticesofinvitationtotendershallbe12
noon(Brusselstime)on5November1990.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11October1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission