Commission Regulation (EC) No 1847/2001 of 20 September 2001 opening tendering procedure No 41/2001 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses
Date: 2001-09-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: alcohol, award of contract, industrial production, processing industry, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1847/2001

of 20 September 2001

opening tendering procedure No 41/2001 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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 1660/2001 (4), and in
particular Article 80 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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 organised for the sale of
wine alcohol for new industrial uses with a view to
reducing the stocks of wine alcohol in the Community
and enabling small-scale industrial projects to be carried
out and such alcohol
to be processed into goods
intended for export for industrial uses. 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 (5), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1677/1999 (6), and under Articles 27 and 28 of
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.

(3)

Since the adoption of Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/
98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary
arrangements for the euro (7),
the prices offered in
tenders and securities must be expressed in euro and
payments must be made in euro.

(4)

Minimum prices should be fixed for the submission of
tenders, broken down according to the type of end use.

(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 221, 17.8.2001, p. 8.
(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 1

Tendering procedure No 41/2001 EC is hereby opened for the
sale of wine alcohol
for new industrial uses. The alcohol
concerned has been produced from distillation under Articles
35 and 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and Articles 27 and
28 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the French
intervention agency.

The volume put up for sale is 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at
100 % vol. The vat numbers, places of storage and the volume
of alcohol at 100 % vol contained in each vat are detailed in
the Annex hereto.

Article 2

The sale shall be conducted in accordance with Articles 79, 81,
82, 83, 84, 85, 95, 96, 97, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC) No
1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.

Article 3

Tenders must be submitted to the intervention agency holding
the alcohol concerned:

Onivins-Libourne, Délégation nationale
17, avenue de la Ballastière
Boîte postale 231
F-33505 Libourne Cedex
(tel (33) 557 55 20 00; telex 57 20 25; fax (33) 557 55 20 59)

or sent by registered mail to that address.

Tenders shall be submitted in a sealed double envelope, the
inside envelope marked: ‘Tender under procedure No 41/2001
EC for new industrial uses’, the outer envelope bearing the
address of the intervention agency concerned.

Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not
later than 12 noon Brussels time on 8 October 2001.

All tenders must be accompanied by proof that a tendering
security of EUR 4 per hectolitre of alcohol of 100 % vol has
been lodged with the intervention agency concerned.

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Article 4

The minimum prices which may be offered are EUR 7,5 per
hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol intended for the manufacture
of baker's yeast, EUR 28 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol
intended for the manufacture of amine- and chloral-type chem-
ical products for export, EUR 32 per hectolitre of alcohol at
100 % vol intended for the manufacture of eau de Cologne for
export and EUR 7,5 hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol
intended for other industrial uses.

The intervention agency shall provide all the necessary infor-
mation on the characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale.

Article 6

The performance guarantee shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of
alcohol at 100 % vol.

Article 5

Article 7

The formalities for sampling shall be as set out in Article 98 of
Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000. The price of samples shall be
EUR 10 per litre.

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, 20 September 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

INVITATION TO TENDER No 41/2001 EC FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR NEW INDUSTRIAL USES

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

ANNEX

Member
State

Location

Vat No

volume
in hectolitres
of alcohol
at 100 % vol

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

Type
of alcohol

Alcoholic
strength
(% vol)

France

Onivins-Longuefuye
F-53200 Longuefuye

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

13
14
14

10
13
33
33

22 000
4 580
17 900

22 600
12 020
20 750
150

27
36
28

27
28
35
27

raw
raw
raw

raw
raw
raw
raw

+ 92 %
+ 92 %
+ 92 %

+ 92 %
+ 92 %
+ 92 %
+ 92 %

Total

100 000