Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 819/2004 of 29 April 2004 opening public sales of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community (OJ L 153, 30.4.2004)
Date: 2004-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Italy, Spain, auction sale, intervention agency, motor spirit, wine

30.6.2004

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Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 819/2004 of 29 April 2004 opening public sales of wine alcohol
for use as bioethanol in the Community

(Official Journal of the European Union L 153 of 30 April 2004)

Regulation (EC) No 819/2004 should read as follows:

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 819/2004
of 29 April 2004
opening public sales of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

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), and in particular Article 33 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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 mecha-
nisms (2), lays down, among other things, detailed rules
for disposing of stocks of alcohol obtained from distilla-
tion pursuant to Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation
(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 in accordance with
Articles 92 and 93 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 with
a view to reducing Community stocks of wine alcohol and
to some extent ensuring supplies to firms approved in
accordance with Article 92 of Regulation (EC)
No 1623/2000. The wine alcohol of Community origin in
storage in the Member States consists of quantities pro-
duced from distillation in accordance with Articles 35, 36
and 39 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of
16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the mar-
ket in wine (3), and in accordance with Articles 27, 28
and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.

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

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

(3) OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(3)

(4)

Since 1 January 1999, in accordance with Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establish-
ing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro (4), the selling
price and securities must be expressed, and payments
made, in euro.

Given that there are risks of fraud by substitution of alco-
hol, checks on the final destination of the alcohol should
be reinforced and the intervention agencies should be
allowed to call on the help of international control agen-
cies and to check the alcohol sold by means of nuclear
magnetic resonance analyses.

(5)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Five lots of alcohol (references 30/2004 EC, 31/2004 EC,
32/2004 EC, 33/2004 EC and 34/2004 EC) comprising
220 000 hectolitres, 80 000 hectolitres, 100 000 hectolitres,
30 000 hectolitres and 40 000 hectolitres respectively at 100 %
vol are hereby put up for public sale for use in the fuel sector
within the Community.

2.
The alcohol concerned was produced from distillation in
accordance with Articles 27 and 30 of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999 and is held by the French, Spanish and Italian
intervention agencies.

The location and references of the vats making up the lots,
3.
the quantity of alcohol in each vat, the alcoholic strength and the
characteristics of the alcohol are as set out in the Annex to this
Regulation.

(EC) No 1677/1999 (OJ L 199, 30.7.1999, p. 8).

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

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The lots shall be awarded to firms approved in accordance

4.
with Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.

Article 2

removing any alcohol and by the day of issue of the removal
order at the latest, the firms awarded the lots shall lodge a perfor-
mance guarantee with the intervention agency concerned to
ensure that the alcohol in question is used as bioethanol in the
fuel sector.

All communications concerning this public sale shall be sent to
the following Commission department:

Article 7

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: agri-d4@cec.eu.int

Article 3

with

Article

Against payment of EUR 10 per litre and within 30 days of the
publication of the notice of public sale, the firms approved in
accordance
(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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 1623/2000. Samples issued to the approved firms
shall amount to not more than five litres per vat.

Regulation

92

of

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 4

Article 8

The intervention agencies in the Member States in which the alco-
hol 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:

The price of the alcohol for public sale shall be EUR 19 per hec-
tolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.

(a) apply Article 102 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000, mutatis

mutandis;

Article 5

The alcohol must be removed no more than eight months after
the date of notification of the Commission’s decision to award the
sale.

(b) carry out checks on samples using nuclear magnetic reso-
nance analysis to verify the nature of the alcohol at the time
of end-use.

The costs shall be borne by the firms to which the alcohol is sold.

Article 6

Article 9

The performance guarantee shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of alco-
hol at 100 % vol. Unless a standing guarantee is provided, before

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, 29 April 2004.

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
COMMUNITY

Nos 30/2004 EC, 31/2004 EC, 32/2004 EC, 33/2004 EC and 34/2004 EC

I.

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

Member
State and lot
number

Location

Vat
number

Quantity
(hectolitres of
alcohol at
100 % vol)

Reference to
Regulation
(EC)
No 1493/1999
(Articles)

Type of
alcohol

A-9
B-9
A-2
A-3
A-6
B-1
B-2
B-3
B-4
B-5

A-1
A-2
5

8
4
3

Spain

Tarancon

Lot
No 30/2004
EC

Total

Tarancon
Tomelloso

Total

Onivins-Port la
Nouvelle
Av. Adolphe Turrel
BP 62
11210 Port la Nou-
velle

Total

Deulep
Bld Chanzy
30800 Saint Gilles
du Gard

501
502
604
503

Total

Caviro (Faenza)
Villapana (Faenza)

Total

Spain

Lot
No 31/2004
EC

FRANCE

Lot
No 32/2004
EC

FRANCE

Lot
No 33/2004
EC

ITALY

Lot
No 34/2004
EC

24 201
24 464
22 231
24 399
24 550
24 692
24 710
24 716
24 861
1 176

220 000

24 191
2 297
53 512

80 000

3 765
47 890
48 345

100 000

8 830
8 750
3 460
8 960

30 000

29 153,12
10 846,88

40 000

27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27

27
27
27

27
27
27

30
30
27
27

27
27

II.

The address of the French intervention agency is:

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

Firms
approved
pursuant to
Article 92 of
Regulation
(EC)
No 1623/2000

Bioetanol
Galicia SA

Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw

Raw
Raw
Raw

Ecocar-
burantes
españoles SA

Raw
Raw
Raw

Ecocar-
burantes
españoles SA

Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw

Sekab
(Svensk
Etanolkemi
AB)

Raw
Raw

Altia Corpo-
ration

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III. The address of the Spanish intervention agency is:

FEGA
Beneficencia 8
E-28004 Madrid
Tel. (34) 913 47 65 00
Telex: 23427 FEGA
Fax: (34) 915 21 98 32

IV. 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