Commission Regulation (EC) No 2343/2000 of 23 October 2000 opening tendering procedures for the sale of wine alcohol exclusively for use in third countries in the fuel sector
Date: 2000-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: alcohol, award of contract, export, motor spirit, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2343/2000

of 23 October 2000

opening tendering procedures for the sale of wine alcohol exclusively for use in third countries in
the fuel sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

third countries. The alcohol concerned was produced from
distillation under Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC)
No 822/87 and is held by the Italian and French intervention
agencies.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
wine (1),

Tendering procedures Nos 290/2000 EC and 291/2000 EC
shall each relate to a volume of 150 000 hectolitres of alcohol
at 100 % volume.

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000
of 25 July 2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation
of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms (2),
and in particular Article 86 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 lays down, inter alia, the
detailed rules for disposing of stocks of alcohol arising
from distillation under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1493/1999 held by intervention agencies.

Tendering procedures should be opened for the sale of
wine alcohol for export to the third countries listed in
Article 86 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 exclusively
for use in the fuel sector in a third country, with a view
to reducing stocks of wine alcohol of Community origin
and giving the third countries listed in this Article
greater continuity of
supply. The wine alcohol of
Community origin in storage in the Member States
consists of quantities produced from distillation under
Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation
of the market in wine (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1677/1999 (4).

Since the adoption of Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/
98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary
arrangements for the euro (5),
the prices offered in
tenders and securities must be expressed in euro and
payments must be made in euro.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Wine,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Tendering procedures Nos 290/2000 EC and 291/2000 EC are
hereby opened for the sale of a total volume of 300 000
hectolitres of alcohol exclusively for use in the fuel sector in

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45.
(3) OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 199, 30.7.1999, p. 8.
(5) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.

Article 2

The alcohol put up for sale for export from the European
Community shall be imported into one of the third countries
listed in Article 86 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 and must
be used in accordance with that Article.

Article 3

The place of storage, the vat numbers, the volume of alcohol in
each vat, the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the
alcohol, certain specific conditions, as well as the address of the
Commission department responsible for receiving tenders shall
be as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 4

The sale shall be conducted in accordance with Articles 87, 88,
89, 90, 91, 95, 96, 100, 101 and 102 of Regulation (EC) No
1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.

Article 5

The minimum price which may be offered shall be EUR 7,5
per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % volume for tendering proce-
dure No 290/2000 EC and EUR 7,5 per hectolitre of alcohol at
100 % volume for tendering procedure No 291/2000 EC.

Article 6

Physical removal of the alcohol from the storehouses of
1.
each of the intervention agencies concerned must be completed
no later than 31 May 2001.

The alcohol awarded under the tendering procedures
2.
referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation must be exported no
later than 30 June 2001.

Article 7

To be eligible for consideration, tenders shall entail presenta-
tion of the undertakings and documents listed in Annex II to
this Regulation and must comply with Articles 88 and 97 of
Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.

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Article 8

Article 10

The formalities for sampling shall be as set out in Articles 91
and 98 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.

The Commission department referred to in Article 91(5) of
Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 shall be that
indicated in
Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 9

Article 11

The export security shall be EUR 3 per hectolitre of alcohol at
100 % volume.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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, 23 October 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

TENDERING PROCEDURE No 290/2000 EC FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL EXCLUSIVELY FOR USE IN THE
FUEL SECTOR IN A THIRD COUNTRY

I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale

Member State

Location

Vat No

Volume in hectolitres
of alcohol at 100 %
volume

Regulation
(EEC) No 822/87
Article

Type of alcohol

ITALY

Bertolino — Partinico (PA)

Enodistil — Alcamo (TP)

Gedis — Marsala (TP)

Russo — S. Venerina (CT)

S.V.M. — Contrada Scunchipani (AG)

Trapas — Petrosino (TP)

Bonollo-Anagni — Paduni (FR)

Bonollo Umberto — Mestrino (PD)

Cantine Venete — Ponte di Piave (TV)

Caviro — Faenza (RA)

Cipriani — Chizzola di Ala (TN)

D'Auria — Ortona (CH)

Deta — Barberino d'Elsa (FI)

Di Lorenzo — Pontevalleceppi (PG)

Distercoop — Faenza (RA)

ICV — Borgoricco (PD)

Mazzari — S. Agata Santerno (RA)

Neri — Faenza (RA)

11 682,00

8,67

70,79

232,51

5,73

1 772,82

1 716,00

33,67

166,47

1 393,95

94,74

143,27

714,71

736,27

1 523,99

11 128,00

526,07

434,30

691,66

8 618,00

2 841,70

5 679,02

4 840,00

1 974,56

36,87

826,54

239,00

2 000,69

6 400,00

235,98

1 697,77

3 729,57

20 160,00

9 600,00

35

36

39

35

36

35

35

39

35

39

35

36

39

35

39

39

35

39

35

35

39

39

35

39

35

36

35

39

35

35

39

39

35

35

raw

raw

raw

neutral

neutral

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

neutral

neutral

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

neutral

neutral

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

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Member State

Location

Vat No

Volume in hectolitres
of alcohol at 100 %
volume

Regulation
(EEC) No 822/87
Article

Type of alcohol

SVA — Ortona (CH)

Tampieri — Faenza (RA)

Villapana — Faenza (RA)

Balice — Valenzano (BA)

Del Sud — Rutigliano (BA)

Esposito — Pomigliano d'Arco (NA)

MVA — Foggia

S.A.S.R.I.V. — Castel San Giorgio (SA)

S.A.S.R.I.V. — Materdomini (SA)

6 400,00

2 340,27

9 600,00

10 240,00

1 161,72

6 539,85

1 600,00

217,81

5 120,00

47,14

4 777,89

35

35

35

35

35

36

36

36

35

36

36

raw

raw

raw

raw

neutral

neutral

raw

neutral

raw

neutral

neutral

Total

150 000

On application to the intervention agency concerned, interested parties may obtain samples of the alcohol put up for sale,
taken by a representative of the intervention agency concerned, against payment of EUR 10 per litre.

II. Destination and use of the alcohol

The alcohol put up for sale is intended for export from the Community. It must be imported into and dehydrated in one
of the third countries listed in Article 86 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 exclusively for use in the fuel sector in a third
country.

Proof of the destination and use of the alcohol shall be supplied to the intervention agency concerned by an international
surveillance firm.

The cost of providing such proof shall be borne by the successful tenderer.

III. Submission of tenders

1. Tenders shall relate to 150 000 hectolitres of alcohol expressed in hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume.

Tenders for smaller volumes shall not be eligible for consideration.

2. Tenders must:

— either be sent by registered mail to the Commission of the European Communities, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,

B-1049 Brussels,

— or delivered to the reception area of building ‘Loi 130’ of the Commission of the European Communities, rue de la

Loi/Wetstraat 130, B-1049 Brussels, between 11.00 and 12.00 on the date mentioned in point 4.

3. Tenders shall be submitted in a sealed double envelope, the inside envelope marked: ‘Tender under procedure No
290/2000 EC, sale of alcohol, exclusively for use in the fuel sector in third countries — Alcohol, DG AGRI/E/2 — Not
to be opened until the meeting of the group opening the tenders’, and the outer envelope addressed to the
Commission.

4. Tenders must reach the Commission not later than 12 noon Brussels time on 6 November 2000.

5. Tenders must indicate the name and address of the tenderer and:

(a) the reference number of the tendering procedure for the sale of alcohol exclusively for use in third countries in the

fuel sector,

i.e. 290/2000 EC;

(b) the price offered, expressed in euro per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % volume;

(c) all the undertakings, documents and statements provided for in Articles 88 and 97 of Regulation (EC) No

1623/2000 and in Annex III to this Regulation.

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6. Tenders must be accompanied by a receipt certifying the lodging of a tendering security, issued by the following

intervention agency:

— AGEA, via Palestro 81, I-000185 Roma (tel. (39-06) 494 99 91; telex 62 00 64/62 06 17/62 03 31; fax (39-06)

445 39 40/445 46 93).

Securities shall be for EUR 600 000.

TENDERING PROCEDURE No 291/2000 EC FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL EXCLUSIVELY FOR USE IN THIRD
COUNTRIES IN THE FUEL SECTOR

I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale

Member State

Location

Vat No

Volume in hectolitres
of alcohol at 100 %
volume

Regulation
(EEC) No 822/87
Article

FRANCE

Onivins-Port La Nouvelle
Av. Adolphe Turrel
BP 62
F-11210 Port-La-Nouvelle

11

4

3

22

22

21

20

120

21 797

45 000

46 000

12 371

200

12 290

12 271

71

150 000

39

35

35

36

35

36

35

39

Total

Type of alcohol

neutral + 92 %

raw + 92 %

raw + 92 %

raw + 92 %

raw + 92 %

raw + 92 %

raw + 92 %

raw + 92 %

On application to the intervention agency concerned, interested parties may obtain samples of the alochol put up for sale,
taken by a representative of the intervention agency concerned, against payment of EUR 10 per litre.

II. Destination and use of the alcohol

The alcohol put up for sale is intended for export from the Community. It must be imported into and dehydrated in one
of the third countries listed in Article 86 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 exclusively for use in the fuel sector in a third
country.

Proof of the destination and use of the alcohol shall be supplied to the intervention agency concerned by an international
surveillance firm.

The cost of providing such proof shall be borne by the successful tenderer.

III. Submission of tenders

1. Tenders shall relate to 150 000 hectolitres of alcohol expressed in hectolitres of alcohol al 100 % volume.

Tenders for smaller volumes shall not be eligible for consideration.

2. Tenders must:

— either be sent by registered mail to the Commission of the European Communities, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,

B-1049 Brussels,

— or delivered to the reception area of building ‘Loi 130’ of the Commission of the European Communities, rue de la

Loi/Wetstraat 130, B-1049 Brussels, between 11.00 and 12.00 on the date mentioned in point 4.

3. Tenders shall be submitted in a sealed double envelope, the inside envelope marked: ‘Tender under procedure No
291/2000 EC, sale of alcohol, exclusively for use in the fuel sector in third countries — Alcohol, DG AGRI/E/2 — Not
to be opened until the meeting of the group opening the tenders’, and the outer envelope addressed to the
Commission.

4. Tenders must reach the Commission not later than 12 noon Brussels time on 6 November 2000.

5. Tenders must indicate the name and address of the tenderer and:

(a) the reference number of the tendering procedure for the sale of alcohol exclusively for use in third countries in the

fuel sector,

i.e. 291/2000 EC;

(b) the price offered, expressed in euro per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % volume;

(c) all the undertakings, documents and statements provided for in Articles 88 and 97 of Regulation (EC) No

1623/2000 and in Annex III to this Regulation.

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6. Tenders must be accompanied by a receipt certifying the lodging of a tendering security, issued by the following

intervention agency:

— Onivins-Libourne, Délégation nationale, 17 avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex

(tel. (33-5) 57 55 20 00; telex 57 20 25; fax (33-5) 57 55 20 59).

Securities shall be for EUR 600 000.

ANNEX II

List of undertakings and documents to be supplied by tenderers when submitting their tenders:

1. Proof that the tendering security has been lodged with each intervention agency.

2. Indication of the place of final use of the alcohol and an undertaking by the tenderer to comply with that destination.

3. Proof, dated after the entry into force of this Regulation, that the tenderer has binding commitments to an operator in
the fuel sector in one of the third countries listed in Article 86 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000. The operator
concerned must undertake to dehydrate the awarded alcohol in one of those countries and to export it exclusively for
use in the fuel sector.

4. Tenders must also give the name and address of the tenderer, the reference of the notice of invitation to tender and the

price offered, expressed in euro per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % volume.

5. An undertaking from the tenderer to comply with all the rules relating to the tendering procedure in question.

6. A statement by the tenderer waiving all claims in respect of the quality and characteristics of any alcohol awarded,
agreeing to submit to any checks made on the destination and use of the alcohol and accepting responsibility for
providing evidence that the alcohol

is used as specified in this notice of invitation to tender.

ANNEX III

The only numbers to be used in Brussels are:

DG AGRI/E-2 (for the attention of Mr Chiappone or Mr Innamorati):

— telex

22037 AGREC B,
22070 AGREC B (Greek characters)

— fax

(32-2) 295 92 52.