28.2.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL52/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No486/90
of27February1990
openingindividualsalesbyinvitationtotenderfortheexportofvinousalcohol
heldbyinterventionagencies
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No822/87of
16March1987onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinwine('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No388/90(2),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3877/88
of12December1988layingdowngeneralrulesforthe
disposalofalcoholobtainedfromthedistillation
operationsreferredtoinArticles35,36and39of
Regulation(EEC)No822/87andheldbyintervention
agencies('),
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
organizedfortheexportofalcoholtocertainthird
countriesforenduseasmotorfuel;
Whereastheinvitationstotenderopenedbythis
Regulationrelatetocertainthirdcountrieswherethereis
someguaranteethatexportsofvinousalcoholwillnot
disturbtheirmarketsinalcoholandspirituousbeverages;
whereastheamountanddetailedrulesforthereleaseof
theperformancesecuritymaybeadaptedaccordingly ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforWine,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.SixindividualsalesbyinvitationtotenderNos14to
19/90shallbeheldofatotalquantityof2400000
hectolitresofalcoholat100%volobtainedfromdistil­
lationasprovidedforinArticles35,36and39ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87andheldbytheSpanish,
FrenchandItalianinterventionagencies.Eachsaleshall
involveaquantityof400000hectolitresofalcoholat
100%vol.
2.Thealcoholofferedforsale:
—shallbeforexportoutsidetheEuropeanEconomic
Community ,
—mustbeimportedintoanddehydratedinoneofthe
followingthirdcountries:
—Guatemala,
—Belize,
—Honduras,includingtheSwanIslands,
—ElSalvador,
—CostaRica,
—StChristopherandNevis,
—Haiti,
—Bahamas,
—DominicanRepublic,
—AntiguaandBarbuda,
—Dominica,
—BritishVirginIslandsandMontserrat,
—Jamaica,
—StLucia,
—StVincent,includingtheNorthernGrenadines,
—Barbados,
—TrinidadandTobago,
—Grenada,includingtheSouthernGrenadines,
—Aruba,
—Netherlands Antilles:Curaçao,Bonaire,St
Eustace,SabaandthesouthernpartofStMartin,
—Guyana,
—mustbeusedonlyasmotorfuel.
Article2
Thelocationandreferencenumbersofthevats
concerned,thequantityofalcoholcontainedineachvat,
thealcoholicstrengthandthecharacteristics ofthe
alcoholshallbespecifiedinthenoticesofindividual
invitationtotenderNos14to19/90.
Article3
ThesalesshalltakeplaceinaccordancewithRegulation
(EEC)No1780/89,andinparticularArticles10to17and
29to38thereof.(')OJNoL84,27.3.1987,p.1.
(2)OJNoL42,16.2.1990,p.9.
(3)OJNoL346,15.12.1988,p.7.
(4)OJNoL178,24.6.1989,p.1.
V)OJNoL16,20.1.1990,p.23.

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However :
—one-thirdoftheperformancesecurityshallbereleased
bytheinterventionagencyholdingthealcoholon
removalofthequantityconcernedfromtheagency's
storeswhenthesuccessfultendererfurnishesproof
thatthatquantityhasbeenplacedundercustoms
supervisionintheterritoryofoneofthethird
countrieslistedinArticle1(2),
—theremainderoftheperformancesecurityshallbe
releasedinaccordancewithArticle33(4)of
Regulation(EEC)No1780/89.
Inaddition,tobeadmissible,tendersmustindicatethe
placewhereenduseofthealcoholawardedistotake
placeandmustincludeanundertakingbythetendererto
theeffectthatthealcoholwillbesenttothatdestination
andusedforthatpurpose.Article4
Thespecificconditionsapplyingtothesixindividual
salesbyinvitationtotenderandthenamesandaddresses
oftheinterventionagenciesconcernedshallbegivenin
thenoticesofindividualinvitationtotenderNos14to
19/90publishedinthe'C'seriesoftheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities ,
Article5
Thedeadlineforthesubmissionoftendersattheaddress
giveninthenoticesofinvitationtotendershallbe12
noon(Brusselstime)on20March1990.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27February1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission