EN Official Journal of the European Communities 7.4.2001 L 98/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 701/2001
of 6 April 2001
opening tendering procedure No 39/2001 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market inwine(
1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000(2),
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000
of 25 July 2000 laying down detailed rules for implementingRegulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisationof the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms(
3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 545/2001(4), and in
particular Article 80 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 lays down, inter alia, the
detailed rules for disposing of stocks of alcohol arisingfrom distillation under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regula-tion (EC) No 1493/1999 held by intervention agencies.
(2)Tendering procedures should be organised for the sale ofwine alcohol for new industrial uses with a view toreducing the stocks of wine alcohol in the Communityand enabling small-scale industrial projects to be carriedout and such alcohol to be processed into goodsintended for export for industrial uses. The wine alcoholof Community origin in storage in the Member Statesconsists of quantities produced from distillation underArticles 35, 36 and 39 of Council Regulation (EEC) No822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisationof the market in wine(
5), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1677/1999(6), as well as Articles 27 and 28 of
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
(3)Since the adoption of Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetaryarrangements for the euro(
7), the prices offered in
tenders and securities must be expressed in euro andpayments must be made in euro.
(4)Minimum prices should be fixed for the submission oftenders, broken down according to the type of end use.
(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Wine,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Tendering procedure No 39/2001 EC is hereby opened for the
sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses. The alcoholconcerned has been produced from distillation under Articles35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, and underArticle 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by theFrench intervention agency.
The volume put up for sale is 100000 hectolitres of alcohol at
100% vol. The vat numbers, places of storage and the volumeof alcohol at 100% vol contained in each vat are detailed inthe Annex hereto.
Article 2
The sale shall be conducted in accordance with Articles 79, 81,
82, 83, 84, 85, 95, 96, 97, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC) No1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.
Article 3
Tenders must be submitted to the intervention agency holding
the alcohol concerned: Onivins-Libourne, Délégation nationale,17, avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231, F-33505Libourne Cedex (tel. (33) 557552000; telex 572025; fax(33) 557552059) or sent by registered mail to that address.
Tenders shall be submitted in a sealed double envelope, the
inside envelope marked: ‘Tender under procedure No 39/2001EC for new industrial uses’, the outer envelope bearing theaddress of the intervention agency concerned.
Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not
later than 12 noon Brussels time on 27 April 2001.
All tenders must be accompanied by proof that a tendering
security of EUR 4 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100% vol hasbeen lodged with the intervention agency concerned.
Article 4
The minimum prices which may be offered are EUR 7,5 per
hectolitre of alcohol at 100% vol intended for the manufactureof baker's yeast, EUR 7,5 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100% volintended for the manufacture of amine- and chloral-type chem-ical products for export and EUR 7,5 per hectolitre of alcoholat 100% vol intended for other industrial uses.
(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45.
(4) OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 21.
(5) OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 199, 30.7.1999, p. 8.
(7) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.
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Article 5
The formalities for sampling shall be as set out in Article 98 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000. The priceof samples shall be EUR 10 per litre.The intervention agency shall provide all the necessary information on the characteristics of the alcohol putup for sale.
Article 6
The performance guarantee shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100% vol.
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 6 April 2001.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
Member State Location Vat NoVolume in
hectolitres
of alcohol at
100%
volRegulation
(EEC)
No 822/87
and (EC) No
1493/1999
ArticleType of
alcoholAlcoholic
strength
(% vol)ANNEX
INVITATION TO TENDER No 39/2001 EC FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR NEW INDUSTRIAL USES
Place of storage, volume andcharacteristics of the alcohol put up for sale
France Deulep 228 3720,00 35 Raw +92%
Boul. ChanzyF-30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard228 10025,00 27 Raw +92%
Onivins-Longuefuye 321390,00 35 Raw +92%
F-53200 Longuefuye 16 3435,00 39 Raw +92%
18 21070,00 39 Raw +92%
17 17835,00 39 Raw +92%
21 6565,00 36 Raw +92%
Onivins-Port-la-Nouvelle 16 11295,00 36 Raw +92%
Avenue Adolphe Turrel 12 4405,00 36 Raw +92%
BP 62F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle 12 260,00 35 Raw +92%
Total 100000