Commission Regulation (EC) No 2371/2001 of 4 December 2001 opening tendering procedure No 42/2001 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses
Date: 2001-12-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, alcohol, award of contract, industrial product, intervention agency, new technology

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2371/2001

of 4 December 2001

opening tendering procedure No 42/2001 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 2047/2001 (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 276, 19.10.2001, p. 15.
(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 42/2001 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, 36 and 39 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 Ballas-
tière, boîte postale 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (tel.
(0033−5) 57 55 20 00; telex: 57 20 25; fax (0033−5) 57 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 42/2001
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 20 December 2001.

All tenders must be accompanied by proof that a tendering
security of EUR 4 per hectolitre of alcohol at 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 manufac-
ture of baker's yeast, EUR 26 per hectolitre of alcohol at
100 % vol. intended for the manufacture of amine- and chloral-
type chemical 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 per 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, 4 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

INVITATION TO TENDER No 42/2001 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
Article

Type of alcohol

Alcoholic
strenght
(in % vol.)

France

Onivins-Longuefuye
53200 Longuefuye

Onivins-Port-la-Nouvelle
Av. Adolphe-Turrel, BP 62
11210 Port-la-Nouvelle

20
3
3
15
16
22
22
15
7

30

10 090
4 320
18 160
75
17 570
6 345
290
19 070
9 080

15 000

39
35
27
36
39
28
36
28
27

27

brut
brut
brut
brut
brut
brut
brut
brut
brut

brut

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

+ 92 %

Total

100 000