27.11.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL327/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3389/90
of26November 1990
openingaspecialsalebytenderofvinousalcoholheldbyinterventionagencies,
foruseasmotorfuelwithintheCommunity
andconsistingoffivelots.Thealcoholwasobtainedby
thedistillationoperationsreferredtoinArticles35,36
and39ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87andisheldbythe
Spanish,FrenchandItalianinterventionagencies.Each
lotinthisspecialsaleshallbeofaquantityof640000
hectolitresofalcoholat100%vol.
Thealcoholofferedforsalemustbeusedasmotorfuel
withintheCommunity .Allproceedingofthealcoholfor
thispursposemusttakeplacewithintheCommunity .
Article2
Thelocationandreferencenumbersofthevatsinthe
lots,thevolumeofalcoholcontainedineachvat,the
alcoholicstrength,thecharacteristics ofthealcoholand
theinterventionmeasureunderwhichitwasproduced,in
theformofareferencetotherelevantArticleofRegula­
tion(EEC)No822/87,areallspecifiedinthesalenotice
inaccordancewithArticle29(5)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1780/89.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No822/87of
16March1987onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinwine('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1325/90(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3877/88
of12December1988layingdowngeneralrulesforthe
disposalofalcoholobtainedfromthedistillationopera­
tionsreferredtoinArticles35,36and39ofRegulation
(EEC)No822/87andheldbyinterventionagencies(3),
andinparticularArticle1(1)thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1780/89(4),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2568/90(5),laid
downdetailedrulesforthedisposalofalcoholobtained
fromthedistillationoperationsreferredtoinArticles35,
36and39ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87andheldby
interventionagencies;
Whereas,inviewofthecostofstoringalcohol,aspecial
salebytendershouldbeopenedforvinousalcohol
obtainedfromthedistillationoperationsreferredtoin
Articles35,36and39ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87
andheldbytheSpanish,FrenchandItalianintervention
agencies;
Whereasaspecialsalebytendershouldbeheldforthe
useofalcoholasmotorfuelwithintheCommunity ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforWine,Article3
Thesaleshalltakeplaceinaccordancewiththepro­
visionsofRegulation(EEC)No1780/89,andinparticular
Articles18to38thereof.
Article4
ThespecificconditionsrelatingtothespecialsaleNo
7/90ECandthenamesandaddressesoftheintervention
agenciesconcernedshallbegiveninthesalenotice
publishedinthe'C'seriesoftheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article5
Thedeadlineforthesubmissionoftendersattheaddress
giveninthesalenoticeshallbe12noon(Brusselstime)
on20December1990.Article1
AspecialsalebytenderNo7/90ECshallbeheldof
atotalquantityof3200000hectolitresofalcohol
expressedintermsofhectolitresofalcoholat100%vol
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .(')OJNoL84,27.3.1987,p.1.
(2)OJNoL132,23.5.1990,p.19.
(3)OJNoL346,15.12.1988,p.7.
(4)OJNoL178,24.6.1989,p.1.
OJNoL243,6.9.1990,o.11.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26November1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission