2.12.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL351/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3476/92
of26November 1992
openingindividualsalesbyinvitationtotender(ortheexportofvinousalcohol
heldbyinterventionagencies
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No822/87of
16March1987onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinwine('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1756/92(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3877/88
of12December1988layingdowngeneralrulesforthe
disposalofalcoholobtainedfromthedistillation
operationsreferredtoinArticles35,36and39of
Regulation(EEC)No822/87andheldbyintervention
agencies(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
andheldbytheFrenchandItalianinterventionagencies;
Whereasindividualsalesbyinvitationtotendershouldbe
organizedfortheexportofalcoholtocertainthird
countriesforenduseasmotorfuel;whereasthese
countriesshouldbegivenanassuranceofgreater
continuityofsupply;
Whereastheinvitationstotenderopenedbythis
Regulationrelatetocertainthirdcountrieswherethereis
someguaranteethatexportsofvinousalcoholwillnot
disturbtheirmarketsinalcoholandspirituousbeverages;
whereastheamountofanddetailedrulesfortherelease
oftheperformancesecuritymaybeadaptedaccordingly ;
Whereassalesshouldbeorganizedseparatelyfordispatch
tocertaincountriesinCentralAmericaandtoCaribbean
countriescoveredbytheCaribbeanBasinInitiative,in
particulartotakeaccountofcertainextracostsresulting
fromthedifferenceindistanceandthepossibilitiesof
securingonwardorreturnfreightinthecountries
concernedbythecountriesconcernedbytheCaribbean
BasinInitiative:WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforWine,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TwoindividualsalesbyinvitationtotenderNos
88/92to89/92shallbeheldofatotalquantityof200000
hiofalcoholobtainedfromdistillationasprovidedforin
Articles35,36and39ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87
andheldbytheItalianandFrenchinterventionagencies.
EachoftheindividualinvitationstotenderNos88/92
and89/92shallcover100000hiofalcoholat100%vol.
2.Thealcoholofferedforsale:
—shallbeforexporttooutsidetheEuropeanEconomic
Community ,
—mustbeimportedintoanddehydratedinoneofthe
followingthirdcountries:
—StChristopherandNevis,
—Haiti,
—Bahamas,
—DominicanRepublic,
—AntiguaandBarbuda,
—Dominica,
—BritishVirginIslandsandMontserrat,
—Jamaica,
—StLucia,
—StVincent,includingtheNorthernGrenadines,
—Barbados,
—TrinidadandTobago,
—Grenada,includingtheSouthernGrenadines,
—Aruba,
—Netherlands Antilles:Curasao,Bonaire,St
Eustace,SabaandthesouthernpartofStMartin,
—Guyana,
—VirginIslandsoftheUnitedStates,
—mustbeusedonlyasmotorfuel.
Article2
Thelocationandreferencenumbersofthevats
concerned,thequantityofalcoholcontainedineachvat,
thealcoholicstrengthandthecharacteristics ofthe
alcoholshallbespecifiedinthenoticesofindividual
invitationtotenderNos88/92to89/92.(')OJNoL84,27.3.1987,p.1.0OJNoL180,1.7.1992,p.27.
(3)OJNoL346,15.12.1988,p.7.
(4)OJNoL178,24.6.1989,p.1.
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Article3
ThesalesshalltakeplaceinaccordancewithRegulation
(EEC)No1780/89,andinparticularArticles10to17and
29to38thereof.
However:
—onehalfoftheperformancesecurityshallbereleased
bytheinterventionagencyholdingthealcoholon
removalofthequantityconcernedfromtheagency's
storeswhenthesuccessfultendererfurnishesproof
thatthatquantityhasbeenplacedundercustoms
supervisionintheterritoryofoneofthethird
countrieslistedinArticle1(2),
—theremainderoftheperformancesecurityshallbe
releasedinaccordancewithArticle33(3)(b)of
Regulation(EEC)No1780/89.
Inaddition,tobeadmissible,tendersmustindicatethe
placewhereenduseofthealcoholawardedistotake
placeandmustincludeanundertakingbythetendererto
theeffectthatthealcoholwillbesenttothatdestination
andusedforthatpurpose.Tendersmustalsoincludea
statementbythetenderertotheeffectthathehas
bindingcommitmentswithanoperatorinthemotorfuel
sectorinoneofthethirdcountrieslistedinArticle1(2)whohasundertakentodehydratethealcoholawardedin
oneofthesecountriesandtoexportitforusesolelyin
themotorfuelsector.
Article4
Thespecificconditionsapplyingtothetwoindividual
salesbyinvitationtotenderandthenamesandaddresses
oftheinterventionagencyconcernedshallbegivenin
thenoticesofindividualinvitationtotenderNos88/92to
89/92andpublishedintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
Article5
BywayofderogationfromArticle14ofRegulation(EEC)
No1780/89,theclosingdatelaiddowninnoticesof
invitationtotenderNos88/92to89/92forthe
submissionoftendersshallbethetenthdayfollowingthe
dateofpublicationofnoticesofindividualsaleby
invitationtotender.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26November1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission