Commission Regulation (EC) No 1270/2002 of 12 July 2002 opening tendering procedure No 43/2002 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses
Date: 2002-07-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, alcohol, award of contract, industrial product, intervention agency, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1270/2002

of 12 July 2002

opening tendering procedure No 43/2002 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2585/2001 (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 720/2001 (4), and in parti-
cular Article 80 thereof,

Whereas:

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 redu-
cing 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 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/
1999.

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

the euro (5),

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

concerned has been produced from distillation under Articles
27, 28 and 30 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.
(33-5) 57 55 20 00; telex: 57 20 25; fax (33-5) 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 43/2002
EC for new industrial uses’, the outer envelope bearing the
address of the intervention agency concerned.

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

Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not later
than 12 noon Brussels time on 2 August 2002.

The Management Committee for Wine has not issued an
opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,

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.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Tendering procedure No 43/2002 EC is hereby opened for the
for new industrial uses. The alcohol
sale of wine alcohol

(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 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.

Article 4

The minimum prices which may be offered are EUR 8 per
hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol intended for the manufacture
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 35 per hectolitre of alcohol
at 100 % vol intended for the manufacture of eau de Cologne
for export and EUR 10 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol
intended for other industrial uses.

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Article 5

Article 6

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.

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

Article 7

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

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, 12 July 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

INVITATION TO TENDER No 43/2002 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

Regulation (EC)
No
1493/1999,
Article

Type of alcohol

France

Onivins-Longuefuye
F-53200 Longuefuye

1
1
2
4
21
25
24

15 870
6 560
22 490
22 440
7 980
12 490
12 170

28
30
28
27
27
30
27

brut
brut
brut
brut
brut
brut
brut

Total

100 000

Alcoholic
strength
(in % vol)

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