Commission Regulation (EC) No 1200/2004 of 29 June 2004 opening tendering procedure No 52/2004 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses
Date: 2004-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, alcohol, award of contract, intervention agency, sale, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1200/2004

of 29 June 2004

opening tendering procedure No 52/2004 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(4)

(5)

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,

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

the market

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
in wine with regard to market
inter alia, the detailed rules
mechanisms (2)
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,

In accordance with Article 80 of Regulation (EC) No
1623/2000, tendering procedures should be organised
for new industrial uses
for the sale of wine alcohol
with a view to reducing the stocks of wine alcohol
in
industrial
the Community and enabling small-scale
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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 1493/1999.

(3)

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.

Tendering procedure No 52/2004 EC is hereby opened for the
for new industrial uses. The alcohol
sale of wine alcohol
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

1.
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.

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (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 908/2004 (OJ L 163, 30.4.2004, p. 56).

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

2.
the inside envelope marked:
52/2004 EC for new industrial uses’,
bearing the address of

Tenders shall be submitted in a sealed double envelope,
‘Tender under procedure No
the outer envelope
the intervention agency concerned.

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Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not

3.
later than 12.00 Brussels time on 27 July 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 concerned.

Article 4

The minimum prices which may be offered are EUR 8,60 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
for export, EUR 32 per hectolitre of
chemical products
alcohol at 100 % vol intended for the manufacture of eau de
Cologne for export and EUR 7,50 per hectolitre of alcohol at
100 % vol intended for other industrial uses.

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

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation 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, 29 June 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

INVITATION TO TENDER No 52/2004 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

Vat No

Volume in
hectolitres of
alcohol at
100 % vol

Regulation
(EC) No
1493/1999
Article

Type of
alcohol

Alcohol
strength
(in % vol)

France

Onivins — Longuefuye
F-53200 Longuefuye

Onivins — Port-la-Nouvelle
Avenue Adolphe Turel
BP 62
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle

20

4

10

15

37

37

37

36

36

36

22 410

22 555

22 310

15 155

165

8 100

550

120

8 610

25

27

27

28

28

27

30

28

28

30

27

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

Total

100 000