28. 2. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 48/19 
Individual invitation to tender No 18/90 EC 
(90/C 48/11) 
By Regulation (EEC) No 486/90 of 27 February 1990 (») 
the Commission opened individual sales by tender of 
vinous alcohol obtained from distillation as provided for 
in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 
822/87 (2) and held by the Spanish, French and Italian 
intervention agencies. 
The places of storage, the quantity of alcohol and the 
analytical characteristics of the alcohol are specified in 
section XI below. 
Tenderers must comply with the provisions of Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 3877/88 of 12 December 1988 
laying down general rules for the disposal of alcohol 
obtained from the distillation operations referred to in 
Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 
822/87 (3) and held by intervention agencies (2) and with 
the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) 
1780/89 (4) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
141/90 (5) laying down detailed rules of application, and 
more particularly those set out below. 
I. Tenders 
1. Tenders should be submitted for a quantity of 
400 000 hectolitres of alcohol, expressed in hectolitres 
of alcohol at 100 % vol. 
Any tender relating to a smaller quantity will not be 
considered. 
2. Tenders must be submitted or sent by registered mail 
to the Commission of the European Communities, 
200 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brussels. 
3. Tenders must be enclosed in a sealed envelope 
marked 'Tender for individual sale No 18/90 EC 
(alcohol), DG VI-E-3 — to be opened only at the 
meeting of the group', which itself must be enclosed 
in an envelope addressed to the Commission. 
4. Tenders must reach the Commission not later than 12 
noon (Brussels time) on 20 March 1990. 
5. Tenders must state the name and address of the 
tenderer and must: 
(a) include a reference to individual sale by tender 
No 18/90 EC; 
(b) specify the price tendered, expressed in ecus per 
hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol; 
(') OJ No L 52, 28. 2. 1990, p. 5. 
(2) OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1. 
(3) OJ No L 346, 15. 12. 1988, p. 7. 
(4) OJ No L 178, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1. 
(5) OJ No L 16, 20. 1. 1990, p. 23. (c) include all the undertakings and statements 
referred to in Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 
1780/89 and the final destination of the alcohol 
awarded. 
6. Each tender must be accompanied by attestations that 
a tendering security of ECU 3 per hectolitre of 
alcohol at 100 % vol has been lodged with the 
following intervention agencies: 
Senpa, Beneficiencia 8, E-28004 Madrid; tel. 
522 29 61, telex 23427 Senpa, telefax 5219832, 
or 
SAV, acting on behalf of Onivins, Zone Indus-
trielle, avenue de la Ballastiere, BP 231, F-33505 
Libourne Cedex; tel. 57 5103 03, telex 572025, 
telefax 57250725, 
or 
AIMA, Via Palestro 81, 1-00185 Roma; tel. 
47 49 91, telex 620331/620252/613003, telefax 
4453940/4953940, 
in respect of the quantities held by each intervention 
agency. 
7. The conversion rates to be used for the conversion of 
ecus into national currency for invitations to tender 
for the sale of alcohol are those applying on the day 
before the publication of notice of individual sale by 
tender No 18/90 and given in Annex III to Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1876/89 (6), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No 444/90 (7), in the 'L' series of 
the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
II. Samples and examination of the alcohol 
1. Any interested party may, on application to the inter­
vention agencies concerned and on payment of ECU 
2 per litre or the equivalent thereof in Spanish pesetas, 
French francs or Italian lire, obtain samples of the 
alcohol offered for sale. Such samples are to be taken 
by a representative of the intervention agencies 
concerned. 
However, the quantity delivered per interested party 
and per vat may not exceed five litres. 
2. The intervention agencies are to supply any relevant 
information concerning the characteristics of the lot 
offered for sale. 
(*) OJ No L 319, 1. 11. 1989, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 49, 26. 2. 1990, p. 1. 
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III. Destination and use of the alcohol VI. Removal 
1. The alcohol offered for sale must be exported from 
the Community. It must be imported into and dehy­
drated in one of the non-member countries listed in 
Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 444/90 as for 
use exclusively as motor fuel. 
2. Evidence relating to the destination and use of the 
alcohol is to be obtained by an international security 
company and transmitted to the intervention agencies 
concerned. 
The costs thus incurred are to be borne by the 
successful tenderer. 
IV. Award of contract 
The contract will be awarded to the tenderer offering the 
best terms. Where two or more tenders are at identical 
prices, the contract will be awarded by drawing lots. The removal of the alcohol from the storehouses of the 
intervention agencies concerned is subject to presentation 
of a removal order issued by the intervention agency 
holding the alcohol once payment has been made for the 
quantity to be removed. 
VII. Payment 
The successful tenderer will pay the price of the alcohol 
to the intervention agencies concerned not later than the 
day preceding that on which the removal order is issued. 
VIII. Delays in removal 
As regards the release of the performance security, the 
consequences of any delay in the removal of the alcohol 
are those set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 
2220/85 laying down common detailed rules for the 
application of the system of securities for agricultural 
products. 
The Commission will inform each tenderer, in writing 
with advice of receipt of the outcome of his tender. It 
will similarly inform the intervention agencies holding 
the alcohol. 
V. Statement of award 
At the same time as he provides evidence of the lodging 
of a performance security of ECU 30 per hectolitre of 
alcohol at 100 °/o vol, the successful tenderer will obtain 
a statement of award from the intervention agency 
concerned within 20 days of the date of receipt of the 
Commission's decision awarding the lot in question. IX. Securities 
The lodging and release of securities are subject to the 
relevant Community rules, and in particular those laid 
down in Articles 14, 16, 33 and 34 of Regulation (EEC) 
No 1780/89, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
141/90 and those laid down in Article 3 of Regulation 
(EEC) No 444/90. 
X. Final date for the use of the alcohol 
All the alcohol awarded to the successful tenderer must 
have been used within three years of the date of the first 
removal. 
28. 2.90 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 48/21 
XI. INDIVIDUAL INVITATION TO TENDER No 18/90 
Member State 
1. FRANCE 
2. SPAIN 
3. ITALY Location 
Societe Verniers 
BP 629, Route de Cuxac 
11106 Narbonne 
Societe Miroline 
14600 Honfleur 
Total 
Villarrobledo 
Total 
Cacomo de Luca sas 
Novoli (LE) 
Vinum SpA 
Marsala (TP) 
(Mag. di Petrosino) 
Bonollo SpA 
Formigine (MO) 
(Mag. anagni Paduni: FR) 
Total 
Grand total Reference 
number of vat 
7 
9 Volume in 
hectolitres of 
pure alcohol 
8 963 
126 803 
135 766 
44 023 
43 517 
87 540 
40 000 
52 384 
4 950 
79 360 
176 694 
400 000 Reference to 
Regulation 
(EEC) 
No 822/87 
35 + 36 
39 
39 
39 
35 
39 
36 
35 Type of alcohol 
Of poor flavour 
Raw 
Neutral 
Neutral 
Raw 
Neutral 
Neutral 
Raw