Commission Regulation (EC) No 1172/2001 of 15 June 2001 opening public sales of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the European Community
Date: 2001-06-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Spain, alcohol, award of contract, intervention agency, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1172/2001

of 15 June 2001

opening public sales of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the European Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(5)

control agencies and to check the alcohol sold by means
of nuclear magnetic resonance analyses.

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 (2),

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 (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 545/2001 (4), and in
particular Article 92 thereof,

Whereas:

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

Public sales of wine alcohol for use in the fuel sector in
the Community should be organised with a view to
reducing Community stocks of wine alcohol and to
some extent ensuring supplies to firms approved under
Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.
Community stocks of wine alcohol held by the Member
States come 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 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1677/
1999 (6), as well as Articles 27 and 28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999.

In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98
agrimonetary
of 15 December 1998 establishing
arrangements for the euro (7), sale price and securities
must be expressed, and payments made,

in euro.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Three lots of alcohol (Nos 3/2001 EC, 4/2001 EC and 5/2001
EC) each comprising 50 000 hectolitres at 100 % vol are
hereby put up for public sale for use in the fuel sector within
the Community. The alcohol has been obtained from distilla-
tion as provided for in Article 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation
(EEC) No 822/87, as well as Articles 27 and 28 of Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999, and is held by the Spanish and Italian
intervention agencies.

Article 2

The location and references of the vats making up the lots, the
quantity of alcohol in each vat, the alcoholic strength and the
characteristics of the alcohol are as set out in the Annex hereto.
The lots shall be awarded to the three firms approved under
Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.

Article 3

All communications concerning this public sale shall be sent to
the following Commission department:

European Commission Directorate-General
for Agriculture,
Unit D-4, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels; fax
(32-2) 295 92 52, telex 22037 AGREC B, 22070 AGREC B
(Greek), e-mail address: agri-d4@cec.eu.int.

Given that there are risks of fraud by substitution of
alcohol, it would appear necessary to reinforce checks
on the final destination of the alcohol, allowing the
intervention agencies to call on the help of international

The public sales shall take place in accordance with Articles 92
to 96, 98, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 and
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.

Article 4

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45.
(4) OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 21.
(5) OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 199, 30.7.1999, p. 8.
(7) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.

Article 5

The price of the alcohol for public sale shall be EUR 22,98 per
hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.

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Article 6

Article 8

The performance security shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of
alcohol at 100 % vol. Unless a standing guarantee is provided,
before removing any alcohol and by the day of issue of the
removal order at the latest, the firms awarded the lots shall
lodge a performance security with the intervention agency
concerned to ensure that the alcohol in question is used as
bioethanol

in the fuel sector.

Article 7

Against payment of EUR 10 per litre and within 30 days of
the publication of the notice of public sale, the firms approved
under Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 may obtain
samples of the alcohol put up for sale from the intervention
agency concerned. After that date, samples may be obtained in
accordance with Article 98(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No
1623/2000. Samples
shall
amount to not more than five litres per vat.

issued to the approved firms

The intervention agencies in the Member States in which the
alcohol put up for sale is stored shall carry out appropriate
checks to verify the nature of the alcohol at the time of end
use. To that end, they may:
— apply, mutatis mutandis, the provisions of Article 102 of

Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000,

— carry out checks on samples using nuclear magnetic reso-
nance to verify the nature of the alcohol at the time of end
use.

The costs shall be borne by the companies to which the
alcohol

is sold.

Article 9

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, 15 June 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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PUBLIC SALES OF WINE ALCOHOL FOR USE AS BIOETHANOL IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

Nos 3/2001 EC, 4/2001 EC and 5/2001 EC

ANNEX

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

Member State and
lot number

Location

Vat
numbers

Quantity
(hectolitres of
alcohol at
100 % vol)

Regulations
(EEC)
No 822/87
and (EC) No
1493/1999
Article

Type
of alcohol

SPAIN

Tarancón

B-5

24 758

35 + 36

Lot No 3/2001 EC Tomelloso

Tomelloso

5

5

3 764

35 + 36

21 478

27 + 28

Total

50 000,00

ITALY

Lot No 4/2001 EC

Mazzari - S. Agata Sul
Santerno (RA)

Neri - Faenza

Caviro - Faenza

Villapana - Faenza

13 760

10 880

15 040

10 320

Total

50 000,00

ITALY

Caviro - Faenza (RA)

Lot No 5/2001 EC D'Auria - Ortona (CH)

Balice - Valenzano (BA)

Bertolino - Partinico (PA)

Enodistil - Alcamo (TP)

Gedis - Marsala (TP)

20 160

6 400

10 240

9 280

1 960

1 960

Total

50 000,00

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Firms approved
under
Article 92
of Regulation
(EC) No 1623/2000

Ecocarburantes
Españoles SA

Sekab (Svensk
Etanolkemi AB)

Primalco Oy

II. The address of the Spanish intervention agency is:

FEGA Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (tel. (34) 913 47 65 00; telex 23427 FEGA; fax (34) 915 21 98 32).

The address of the Italian intervention agency is:

AGEA via Palestro 81,
06) 445 39 40/445 46 93).

I-00185 Rome (tel.

(39-06) 494 99 91 telex 62 00 64/62 06 17/62 03 31 fax (39-