Commission Regulation (EC) No 837/2004 of 28 April 2004 opening tendering procedures for the sale of wine alcohol stored in Germany for new industrial uses
Date: 2004-04-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, alcohol, award of contract, storage

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 837/2004

of 28 April 2004

opening tendering procedures for the sale of wine alcohol stored in Germany for new industrial
uses

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
in
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market
wine (1), and in particular Article 33 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 of 25 July
2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regu-
lation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation
of the market in wine with regard to market mechan-
isms (2)
the detailed rules for
disposing of stocks of alcohol arising from distillation
under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999 held by intervention agencies.

lays down,

inter alia,

In accordance with Article 80 of Regulation (EC) No
1623/2000, 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 Germany
consists of quantities produced from distillation under
Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.

Since 1 January 1999 and in accordance with Council
Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998
establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro (3),
the prices offered in tenders and securities must be
expressed in euro and payments must be made in euro.

Minimum prices should be set 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,

has been produced from distillation under Article 30 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the German interven-
tion agency.

The volume put up for sale is 20 358,788 hectolitres of
alcohol at 100 % vol, broken down as follows:

(a) tendering procedure 48/2004 EC covers a quantity of

8 136 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol;

(b) tendering procedure 49/2004 EC covers a quantity of

8 605 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol;

(c) tendering procedure 50/2004 EC covers a quantity of

3 617 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 lodged with or sent by registered mail to
alcohol
following

intervention agency holding

the

1.
the
concerned:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Three tendering procedures with the numbers 48/2004 EC, 49/
2004 EC and 50/2004 EC are hereby opened for the sale of
wine alcohol for new industrial uses. The alcohol concerned

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1795/2003 (OJ L 262, 14.10.2003, p. 13).
(2) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1710/2003 (OJ L 243, 27.9.2003, p. 98).

(3) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.

Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE), Referat
321

Address: Adickesallee 40, D-60322 Frankfurt am Main
Postal address: D-60631 Frankfurt am Main

Telephone: +49-(0)69-1564- 0 (switchboard) or +49-(0)69-
1564-479 (direct line)
Fax: +49-(0)69-1564-794

2.
Tenders shall be submitted in a sealed double envelope,
the inside envelope marked: ‘Tender under procedures Nos 48/
2004 EC, 49/2004 EC and 50/2004 EC for new industrial
uses’, the outer envelope bearing the address of the intervention
agency concerned.

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Tenders must reach the intervention agency referred to in
3.
paragraph 1 not later than 12.00 Brussels time on 21 May
2004.

All

4.
that a
tenders must be accompanied by proof
tendering security of EUR 4 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 %
vol has been lodged with the intervention agency referred to in
paragraph 1.

Article 4

The minimum prices which may be offered are:

(a) in the case of new industrial uses:

(i) for lot 48/2004 EC, EUR 9 per hectolitre of alcohol at

100 % vol;

(ii) for lots 49/2004 EC and 50/2004 EC, EUR 7 per

hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol;

Article 5

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 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 7

(b) in the case of alcohol intended for use as fuel, EUR 6 per

hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.

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, 28 April 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

TENDERING PROCEDURES 48/2004 EC, 49/2004 EC AND 50/2004 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

Lot

Vat No

Volume in
hectolitres of
alcohol at
100% vol

Regulation
(EC) No
1493/1999
Article

Type of alcohol

Germany

D-63263 Neu-Isen-
burg
Schleussnerstr. 6
D-37603
minden
Papiermühle 16

Holz-

48/2004

62

8 136,286

49/2004

50/2004

107

111

8 605,384

3 617,118

30

30

30

raw+ 92 %

raw+92%

raw+92%

Total

20 358,788