Commission Regulation (EC) No 774/2002 of 8 May 2002 opening public sales of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the European Community
Date: 2002-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Spain, alcohol, intervention agency, sale, substitute fuel, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 774/2002

of 8 May 2002

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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 2585/2001 (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 720/2002 (4), and in
particular Article 92 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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), and under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1493/1999.

In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98
of 15 December 1998 establishing
agrimonetary
arrangements for the euro (7), the selling price and secur-
ities must be expressed, and payments made, in euro.

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

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45.
(4) OJ L 112, 27.4.2002, p. 3.
(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

Three lots of alcohol (references 12/2002 EC, 13/2002 EC and
14/2002 EC) comprising 300 000 hectolitres, 50 000 hectoli-
tres and 30 000 hectolitres respectively 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 of Regulation (EEC) No
822/87 and Articles 27 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/
1999 and is held by the Spanish and Italian intervention agen-
cies.

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:

Commission of the European Communities
Directorate-General for Agriculture, Unit D-4
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200
B-1049 Brussels
Fax: (32-2) 295 92 52
e-mail address: agri-d4@cec.eu.int

Article 4

The public sales shall take place in accordance with Articles 92,
93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC) No
1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.

Article 5

The price of the alcohol for public sale shall be EUR 19 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, 8 May 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

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

Nos 12/2002 EC, 13/2002 EC and 14/2002 EC

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

Member State and lot
number

Location

Vat
numbers

Quantity (hecto-
litres of alcohol
at 100 % vol)

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

Type of
alcohol

Firms approved under
Article 92 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1623/
2000

SPAIN
Lot No EC 12/2002

Tarancón

Tarancón

Tarancón

Tarancón

Tarancón

Tarancón

Tarancón

Tarancón

Tomelloso

Tomelloso

Tomelloso

Tomelloso

Tomelloso

Tomelloso

A-6

24 149

B-8

C-1

C-2

D-1

D-2

D-3

D-4

1

2

3

4

5

5

24 201

26 008

25 960

26 053

25 972

25 297

14 225

46 535

9 267

18 937

18 575

20

14 801

35

35

30

30

30

27

30

30

27

30

30

30

35

27

Total

300 000,00

ITALY
Lot No EC 13/2002

Bertolino — Partinico (PA)

12 000

35 + 27

Caviro — Faenza (RA)

24 000

35 + 27

Mazzari — S. Agata S. Santerno (RA)

4 000

35 + 27

Di Lorenzo — Pontenuovo di Torgiano
(PG)

10 0000

35 + 27

Total

50 000,00

Ecocarburantes
españoles SA

Sekab (Svensk
Etanolkemi AB)

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

ITALY
Lot No EC 14/2002

Bonollo — Paduni-Anagni (FR)

Bonollo — Paduni-Anagni (FR)

9 600

3 578

35

35 + 27

raw

Primalco Oy

Caviro — Faenza (RA)

6 122

35 + 27

Mazzari — S. Agata S. Santerno (RA)

10 700

35 + 27

Total

30 000,00

potable
alcohol

raw

raw

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II. The address of the Spanish intervention agency is:

FEGA, Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (Tel.

(34) 91 347 65 00; Telex: 23427 FEGA; Fax:

(34) 91 521 98 32).

III. The address of the Italian intervention agency is:

AGEA, via Palestro 81, I-00185 Roma (Tel. (39-06) 49 49 991; Telex: 62 00 64/62 06 17/62 03 31; Fax: (39-06)
445 39 40/445 46 93).