11.4.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL94/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No916/90
of10April1990
openingindividualsalesbyinvitationtotenderfortheexportofvinousalcohol
heldbyinterventionagencies
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No822/87of
16March1987onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinwine('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No388/90f),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3877/88
of12December1988layingdowngeneralrulesforthe
disposalofalcoholobtainedfromthedistillation
operationsreferredtoinArticles35,36and39of
Regulation(EEC)No822/87andheldbyintervention
agencies(3),
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1780/89(4),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No141/90(*),lays
downdetailedrulesforthedisposalofalcoholobtained
fromdistillationasprovidedforinArticles35,36and39
ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87andheldbyintervention
agencies;
Whereas,inviewofthecostofstoringalcohol,individual
salesbyinvitationtotendershouldbeopenedforvinous
alcoholobtainedfromdistillationasprovidedforin
Articles35,36and39ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87
andheldbytheSpanish,FrenchandItalianintervention
agencies;
Whereasindividualsalesbyinvitationtotendershouldbe
organizedfortheexportofalcoholtoBrazilforenduse
asmotorfuel;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforWine,2.Thealcoholofferedforsale:
—shallbeforexportoutsidetheEuropeanEconomic
Community ,
—mustbeimportedinBrazil,
—mustbeusedonlyasmotorfuel.
Article2
Thelocationandreferencenumbersofthevats
concerned,thequantityofalcoholcontainedineachvat,
thealcoholicstrengthandthecharacteristics ofthe
alcoholshallbespecifiedinthenoticesofindividual
invitationtotenderNos20to25/90.
Article3
ThesalesshalltakeplaceinaccordancewithRegulation
(EEC)No1780/89,andinparticularArticles10to17and
29to38thereof.
However,notwithstanding Article14ofRegulation(EEC)
No1780/89,theclosingdatelaiddownintheindividul
invitationtotenderNos20to25/90shallfallbetweenthe
eigthandthe25thdayfollowingthedateofpublication
ofthenotices.
BywayofderogationfromArticle17(6)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1780/89,utilizationofthealcoholmustbe
completedwithinoneyearofthedateofthefirst
removal.
ApartfromthedetailslistedinArticle30(1)of
Regulation(EEC)No1780/89,tendersmustincludea
declarationbythetendererconfirmingthattheyhave
approvedthetermsonwhichalcoholmaybesoldto
Brazilianfirmsauthorizedbythebodyresponsibleforthe
importofwinealcoholfromtheEEC.
Article4
Thespecificconditionsapplyingtothesixindividual
salesbyinvitationtotenderandthenamesandaddresses
oftheinterventionagenciesconcernedshallbegivenin
thenoticesofindividualinvitationtotender20to25/90
publishedinthe'C'seriesoftheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
Article5
Thedeadlineforthesubmissionoftendersattheaddress
giveninthenoticesofinvitationtotendershallbe12
noon(Brusselstime)on23April1990.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.SixindividualsalesbyinvitationstotenderNos20
to25/90shallbeheldofatotalquantityof3000000
hectolitresofalcoholat100%volobtainedfromdistil­
lationasprovidedforinArticles35,36and39of
Regulation(EEC)No822/87andheldbytheSpanish,
FrenchandItalianinterventionagencies.Eachsaleshall
involveaquantityof500000hectolitresofalcoholat
100%vol.
(>)OJNoL84,27.3.1987,p.1.0OJNoL42,16.2.1990,p.9.
(3)OJNoL346,15.12.1988,p.7.0OJNoL178,24.6.1989,p.1.nOJNoL16,20.1.1990,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10April1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission