Commission Regulation (EC) No 988/2003 of 10 June 2003 opening tendering procedure No 45/2003 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses
Date: 2003-06-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, alcohol, award of contract, intervention agency

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 988/2003

of 10 June 2003

opening tendering procedure No 45/2003 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
in
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market
wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (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 625/2003 (4), and in parti-
cular Article 80 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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 industrial uses. The wine alcohol of
for export
Community origin in storage in the Member States
consists of quantities produced from distillation under
Articles 35 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 Article 27 of Regula-
tion (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 (7),

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

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

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45.
(4) OJ L 90, 8.4.2003, p. 4.
(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 45/2003 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 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and Article 27 of
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the French inter-
vention agency.

The volume put up for sale is 130 000 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. (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 45/2003
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 30 June 2003.

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 per
hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol intended for the manufacture
of baker's yeast, EUR 26 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol
the manufacture of amine- and chloral-type
intended for
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 Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 10 June 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

INVITATION TO TENDER No 45/2003 EC FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR NEW INDUSTRIAL USES

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

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
strength
(in % vol)

France

Onivins-Longuefuye
F-53200 Longuefuye

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

8

7

12

13

19

16

13

7

22 345

22 530

22 380

22 360

13 225

3 490

160

23 510

27

27

27

27

27

39

35

27

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

Total

130 000