NoL178/15 24.6.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1782/89
of23June1989
openingindividualsalesbytenderfortheexportofvinousalcoholheldby
interventionagencies
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)No822/87andheld-byintervention
agencies(■'),
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1780/89(4)
laiddowndetailedrulesforthedisposalofalcohol
obtainedfromthedistillationoperationsreferredtoin
Articles35,36and39ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87
andheldbyinterventionagencies;
Whereas,inviewofthecostofstoringalcohol,individual
salesbytendershouldbeopenedforvinousalcohol
obtainedfromthedistillationoperationsreferredtoin
Articles35,36and39ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87
andheldbytheSpanish*FrenchandItalianintervention
agencies;
Whereasindividualsalesbytendershouldbeheldforthe
exportofalcoholfromtheCommunityforpurposesother
thanthemanufactureofalcoholicbeveragesintendedfor
humanconsumption ;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforWinehasnot
deliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetbyits
chairman,2.Thealcoholofferedforsaleisintendedforexport
andmustbeimportedintoathirdcountryotherthanthe
UnitedStatesofAmericaorthecountrieslistedbelow:
—Guatemala ,
-—Belize,
—Honduras,includingtheSwanIslands,
—ElSalvador,
—CostaRica,
—StChristopherandNevis,
—Haiti,
—Bahamas,
—DominicanRepublic,
—AntiguaandBarbuda,
—Dominica,
—BritishVirginIslandsandMontserrat,
—Jamaica,
—StLucia,
—St.Vincent,includingtheNorthernGrenadines,
—Barbados,
—TrinidadandTobago,
—Grenada,includingtheSouthernGrenadines,
—Aruba,
—NetherlandsAntilles,Curasao,Bonaire,StEustace,
SabaandthesouthernpartofStMartin,
—Guyana,
—Iceland,
—Sweden,
—Norway,
—Finland,
—Switzerland,
—Austria.
3.Thealcoholmustnotbeusedforthemanufacture
ofalcoholicbeveragesintendedforhumanconsumption .
Article2
Thelocationandreferencenumbersofthevats
concerned,thevolumeofalcoholcontainedineachvat*
thealcoholicstrengthandthecharacteristics ofthe
alcoholshallbespecifiedinthesalenoticeforeach
individualsale.
Article3
ThesaleshalltakeplaceinaccordancewithRegulation
(EEC)No1780/89,andinparticularArticles10to17and
29to38thereof.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Threeindividualsalesbytendershallbeheldofa
totalquantityof1,5millionhectolitresofalcoholat
100%vol.obtainedfromthedistillationoperations
referredtoinArticles35,36and39ofRegulation(EEC)
No822/87andheldbytheSpanish,FrenchandItalian
interventionagencies.Eachsaleshallbeofaquantityof
500000hectolitresofalcoholat100%vol.
(')OJNoL84,27.3.1987,p.1.
(2)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.31.
(')OJNoL346,15.12.1988,p.7.
(4)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal,

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Article6
BywayofderogationfromArticle17(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1780/89,50%ofthequantitiesawardedmust
becoveredbyremovalordersby14October1989.Article4
Thespecificconditionsapplyingtothethreeindividual
salesbytenderandthenamesandaddressesofthe
interventionagenciesconcernedshallbegiveninthesale
noticespublishedinthe'C'seriesoftheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
Article5
Thedeadlineforthesubmissionoftendersattheaddress
giveninthesalenoticesshallbe12noon(Brusselstime)
on,13July1989.Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23June1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission