NoL312/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.10.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3217/89
of26October1989
openingspecialsalesbytenderofvinousalcoholheldbyinterventionagencies,
foruseasmotorfuelwithintheCommunity ,
expressedintermsofhectolitresofalcoholat100%vol
andconsistingoffourlots.Thealcoholwasobtainedby
thedistillationoperationsreferredtoinArticles35,36
and39ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87andisheldbythe
Spanish,FrenchandItalianinterventionagencies.Each
saleshallcomprisetwolotsandshallbeofaquantityof
1,6millionhectolitresofalcoholat100%vol.
Thealcoholofferedforsalemustbeusedasmotorfuel
withintheCommunity .Allprocessingofthealcoholfor
thispurposemusttakeplacewithintheCommunity .
Article2
Thelocationandreferencenumbersofthevatsinthe
fourlots,thevolumeofalcoholcontainedineachvat,the
alcoholicstrength,thecharacteristics ofthealcoholand
theinterventionmeasureunderwhichitwasproduced,in
theformofareferencetotherelevantArticleof
Regulation(EEC)No822/87,areallspecifiedinthesale
noticesrelatingtothespecialsalesNos5and6.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)No822/87andheldbyintervention
agencies(3),andinparticularArticle1(1)thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1780/89(4),
asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3052/89(*),laid
downdetailedrulesforthedisposalofalcoholobtained
fromthedistillationoperationsreferredtoinArticles35,
36and39ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87andheldby
interventionagencies;
Whereas,inviewofthecostofstoringalcohol,special
salesbytendershouldbeopenedforvinousalcohol
obtainedfromthedistillationoperationsreferredtoin
Articles35,36and39ofRegulation(EEC)No822/87
andheldbytheSpanish,FrenchandItalianintervention
agencies;
Whereasspecialsalesbytendershouldbeheldfortheuse
ofalcoholasmotorfuelwithintheCommunity <;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforWine,Article3
Thesalesshalltakeplaceinaccordancewiththe
provisionsofRegulation(EEC)No1780/89,andin
particularArticles18to38thereof.
Article4
Thespecificconditionsrelatingtothetwospecialsales
andthenamesandaddressesoftheinterventionagencies
concernedshallbegiveninthesalenoticesrelatingto
thespecialsalesNos5and6publishedinthe'C'seriesof
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Article5
Thedeadlineforthesubmissionoftendersattheaddress
giveninthesalesnoticesshallbe12noon(Brusselstime)
on20Novembre1989.Article1
Twospecialsalesbytender(Nos5and6)shallbeheldof
atotalquantityof3,2millionhectolitresofalcohol
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .(')OJNoL84,27.3.1987,p.1.
I1)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.31.
(3)OJNoL346,15.12.1988,p.7.0OJNoL178,24.6.1989,p.1.0OJNoL292,11.10.1989,p.17.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26October1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission