2.12.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL351/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3475/92
of26November 1992
openingindividualsalesbyinvitationtotenderfortheexportofvinousalcohol
heldbyinterventionagencies
particulartotakeaccountofcertainextracostsresulting
fromthedifferenceindistanceandthepossibilitiesof
securingonwardorreturnfreightinthecountries
concernedbytheCaribbeanBasinInitiative;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforWine,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No822/87of
16March1987onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinwine('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1756/92(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3877/88
of12December1988layingdowngeneralrulesforthe
disposalofalcoholobtainedfromthedistillationoper­
ationsreferredtoinArticles35,36and39ofRegulation
(EEC)No822/87andheldbyinterventionagencies(3),
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1780/89(4),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2864/92(*),lays
downdetailedrulesforthedisposalofalcoholobtained
fromdistillationasprovidedforinArticles35,36and39
ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87andheldbyintervention
agencies;
Whereas,inviewofthecostofstoringalcohol,individual
salesbyinvitationtotendershouldbeopenedforvinous
alcoholobtainedfromdistillationasprovidedforin
Articles35,36and39ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87
andheldbytheSpanishinterventionagency;
Whereasindividualsalesbyinvitationtotendershouldbe
organizedfortheexportofalcoholtocertainthirdcoun­
triesforenduseasmotorfuel;whereasthesecountries
shouldbegivenanassuranceofgreatercontinuityof
supply;
WhereastheinvitationstotenderopenedbythisRegu­
lationrelatetocertainthirdcountrieswherethereissome
guaranteethatexportsofvinousalcoholwillnotdisturb
theirmarketsinalcoholandspirituousbeverages;
whereastheamountofanddetailedrulesfortherelease
oftheperformancesecuritymaybeadaptedaccordingly ;
Whereassalesshouldbeorganizedseparatelyfordispatch
tocertaincountriesinCentralAmericaandtoCaribbean
countriescoveredbytheCaribbeanBasinInitiative,inArticle1
1.TwoindividualsalesbyinvitationtotenderNos
86/92to87/92shallbeheldofatotalquantityof200000
hiofalcoholobtainedfromdistillationasprovidedforin
Articles35,36and39ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87
andheldbytheSpanishinterventionagency.
EachoftheindividualinvitationstotenderNos86/92
and87/92shallcover100000hiofalcoholat100%vol.
2.Thealcoholofferedforsale:
—shallbeforexporttooutsidetheEuropeanEconomic
Community ,
—mustbeimportedintoanddehydratedinoneofthe
followingthirdcountries:
—Guatemala,
—Belize,
—Honduras,includingtheSwanIslands,
—ElSalvador,
—CostaRica,
—mustbeusedonlyasmotorfuel.
Article2
Thelocationandreferencenumbersofthevats
concerned,thequantityofalcoholcontainedineachvat,
thealcoholicstrengthandthecharacteristics ofthe
alcoholshallbespecifiedinthenoticesofindividualinvi­
tationtotenderNos86/92to87/92.
Article3
ThesalesshalltakeplaceinaccordancewithRegulation
(EEC)No1780/89,andinparticularArticles10to17and
29to38thereof.(')OJNoL84,27.3.1987,p.1.
(2)OJNoL180,1.7.1992,p.27.0OJNoL346,15.12.1988,p.7.0OJNoL178,24.6.1989,p.1.0OJNoL286,1.10.1992,p.48.

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theinterventionagencyconcernedshallbegiveninthe
noticesofindividualinvitationtotenderNos86/92to
87/92andpublishedintheOfficialJournaloftheEuro­
peartCommunities .
Article5However:
—onehalfoftheperformancesecurityshallbereleased
bytheinterventionagencyholdingthealcoholon
removalofthequantityconcernedfromtheagency's
storeswhenthesuccessfultendererfurnishesproof
thatthatquantityhasbeenplacedundercustoms
supervisionintheterritoryofoneofthethirdcoun­
trieslistedinArticle1(2),
—theremainderoftheperformancesecurityshallbe
releasedinaccordancewithArticle33(3)(b)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No1780/89.
Inaddition,tobeadmissible,tendersmustindicatethe
placewhereenduseofthealcoholawardedistotake
placeandmustincludeanundertakingbythetendererto
theeffectthatthealcoholwillbesenttothatdestination
andusedforthatpurpose.Tendersmustalsoincludea
statementbythetenderertotheeffectthathehas
bindingcommitmentswithanoperatorinthemotorfuel
sectorinoneofthethirdcountrieslistedinArticle1(2)
whohasundertakentodehydratethealcoholawardedin
oneofthesecountriesandtoexportitforusesolelyin
themotorfuelsector.
Article4
Thespecificconditionsapplyingtothetwoindividual
salesbyinvitationtotenderandthenameandaddressofBywayofderogationfromArticle14ofRegulation(EEC)
No1780/89,theclosingdatelaiddowninnoticesofinvi­
tationtotenderNos86/92to87/92forthesubmissionof
tendersshallbethetenthdayfollowingthedateofpubli­
cationofnoticesofindividualsalebyinvitationtotender.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26November1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission