NoL312/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.10.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3218/89
of26October1989
openingindividualsalesbyinvitationtotenderfortheexportofvinousalcohol
heldbyinterventionagencies
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No822/87of
16March1987onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinwine('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1236/89(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3877/88
of12December1988layingdowngeneralrulesforthe
disposalofalcoholobtainedfromthedistillation
operationsreferredtoinArticles35,36and39of
Regulation(EEC)No822/87andheldbyintervention
agencies(3),
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1780/89(4),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3052/89(3),lays
downdetailedrulesforthedisposalofalcoholobtained
fromdistillationasprovidedforinArticles35,36and39
ofRegulation^EEC)No.822/87andheldbyintervention
agencies;
Whereas,inviewofthecostofstoringalcohol,individual
salesbyinvitationtotendershouldbeopenedforvinous
alcoholobtainedfromdistillationasprovidedforin
Articles35,36and39ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87
andheldbytheSpanish,FrenchandItalianintervention
agencies;
Whereasindividualsalesbyinvitationtotendershouldbe
organizedfortheexportofalcoholtocertainthird
countriesforenduseasmotorfuel;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforWine,Regulation(EEC)No822/87andheldbytheSpanish,
FrenchandItalianinterventionagencies.Eachsaleshall
involveaquantityof200000hectolitresofalcoholat
100%vol.
2.Thealcoholofferedforsale:
—shallbeforexportoutsidetheEuropeanEconomic
Community ,
—mustbeimportedanddehydratedinoneofthe
followingthirdcountries:
—Guatemala,
Belize,
—Honduras,includingtheSwanIslands,
—ElSalvador,
—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,
—mustbeusedonlyasmotorfuel.
Article2
Thelocationandreferencenumbersofthevats
concerned,thequantityofalcoholcontainedineachvat,
thealcoholicstrengthandthecharacteristicsofthe
alcoholshallbespecifiedinthenoticesofindividual
invitationtotenderNos11,12and13.
Article3
ThesalesshalltakeplaceinaccordancewithRegulation
(EEC)No1780/89,andinparticularArticles10to17and
29to38thereof.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
I.ThreeindividualsalesbyinvitationstotenderNos
II,12and13shallbeheldofatotalquantityof600000
hectolitresofalcoholat100%volobtainedfromdistil­
lationasprovidedforinArticles35,36and39of
(')OJNoL84,27.3.1987,p.1.
(2)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.31.
(3)OJNoL346,15.12.1988,p.7.
(4)OJNoL178,24.6.1989,p.1.V)OJNoL292,11.10.1989,p.17.

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Article5
Thedeadlineforthesubmissionoftendersattheaddress
giveninthenoticesofinvitationtotendershallbe12
noon(Brusselstime)on20November1989.Inaddition,tobeadmissible,tendersmustindicatethe
finaldestinationofthealcoholawardedandmustinclude
anundertakingbythetendereractuallytoforwarditto
thatdestination .
Article4
Thespecificconditionsapplyingtothethreeindividual
salesbyinvitationtotenderandthenamesandaddresses
oftheinterventionagenciesconcernedshallbegivenin
thenoticesofindividualinvitationtotenderNos11,12
and13publishedinthe-C'seriesoftheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26October1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission