Commission Regulation (EC) No 1895/2004 of 29 October 2004 opening public sales of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community
Date: 2004-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Italy, Spain, auction sale, ethanol, intervention agency

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1895/2004

of 29 October 2004

opening public sales of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Given that there are risks of fraud by substitution of
alcohol, 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 agencies and to check the alcohol sold by means
of nuclear magnetic resonance analyses.

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

the market

(5)

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

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
mechanisms (2) lays down, among other things, detailed
rules for disposing of stocks of alcohol obtained from
distillation pursuant to Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regu-
lation (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 quan-
tities produced 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 market in wine (3), and in accordance with Articles
27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article

1.
Seven lots of alcohol (references 35/2004 EC, 36/2004
EC, 37/2004 EC, 38/2004 EC, 39/2004 EC, 40/2004 EC and
41/2004 EC) comprising 100 000 hectolitres, 50 000 hecto-
litres, 50 000 hectolitres, 100 000 hectolitres, 100 000 hecto-
litres, 50 000 hectolitres and 30 000 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 Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and
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
3.
lots,
the alcoholic
the quantity of alcohol
strength and the characteristics of the alcohol are as set out
in the Annex to this Regulation.

in each vat,

The lots shall be awarded to firms approved in accordance

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

Article 2

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

(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 1774/2004 (OJ L 316, 15.10.2004, p. 61).

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

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

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

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

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Article 3

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

The price of the alcohol for public sale shall be EUR 22 per
hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.

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.

Article 6

The performance guarantee shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of
alcohol at 100 % vol. Unless a standing guarantee is provided,
before removing any alcohol and by the day of issue of the
removal order at the latest, the firms awarded the lots shall
lodge a performance guarantee with the intervention agency
concerned to ensure that the alcohol
in question is used as
bioethanol in the fuel sector.

accordance with Article 92 of Regulation (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 Regulation
(EC) No 1623/2000. Samples issued to the approved firms shall
amount to not more than five litres per vat.

Article 8

The intervention agencies in the Member States in which the
alcohol 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:

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

mutandis;

(b) carry out checks on samples using nuclear magnetic
resonance 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 7

Article 9

Against payment of EUR 10 per litre and within 30 days of the
publication of the notice of public sale, the firms approved in

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 October 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 35/2004 EC, 36/2004 EC, 37/2004 EC, 38/2004 EC, 39/2004 EC, 40/2004 EC AND 41/2004 EC

I.

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

Member State
and lot number

Location

Spain
Lot
No 35/2004 EC

Tarancon

Spain
Lot
No 36/2004 EC

Tarancon

Total

Total

FRANCE
Lot
No 37/2004 EC

Onivins — Port la Nouvelle
Entrepôt d’alcool
Av. Adolphe Turrel,
BP 62,
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle

Total

FRANCE
Lot
No 38/2004 EC

Onivins — Port la Nouvelle
Entrepôt d’alcool
Av. Adolphe Turrel,
BP 62,
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle

Total

FRANCE
Lot
No 39/2004 EC

DEULEP — PSL
13230 Port Saint Louis du
Rhone

DEULEP
Bld Chanzy
30800 Saint Gilles du Gard

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

Ecocarburantes
españoles SA

Bioetanol
Galicia SA

Ecocarburantes
españoles SA

Bioetanol
Galicia SA

Sekab (Svensk
Etanolkemi AB)

Vat
number

Quantity
(hectolitres of
alcohol at
100 % vol)

Reference to
Regulations
(EEC) No 822/87
and (EC) No
1493/1999
(Articles)

Type of
alcohol

A-1

A-6

B-1

B-2

B-3

B-3

B-5

B-6

10

9

8

31

29

33

33

32

39

38

B4

B1

504

506

604

605

605

606

606

607

608

24 108

24 492

24 609

18 278

8 513

100 000

16 102

24 602

9 296

50 000

11 230

22 080

16 690

50 000

22 540

22 500

4 200

18 130

22 170

1 760

8 700

100 000

45 060

4 940

7 460

6 510

2 600

9 120

30

4 590

2 030

8 530

9 130

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

30

28

27

27

27

27

27

30

27

27

30

30

30

30

30

30

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Total

100 000

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Member State
and lot number

Location

Vat
number

Quantity
(hectolitres of
alcohol at
100 % vol)

Reference to
Regulations
(EEC) No 822/87
and (EC) No
1493/1999
(Articles)

Type of
alcohol

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

ITALY
Lot
No 40/2004 EC

ITALY
Lot
No 41/2004 EC

CAVINO — Faenza
VILLAPANA — Faenza
CIPRIANI — Chizzola di
Ala (TN)
D’AURIA — Ortona (CH)

BONOLLO — Paduni (FR)

Total

ENODISTIL — Alcamo

16A
9A
24A

22 301,71
10 000,00
4 500,07

3 417,29

9 780,93

50 000

3A-9A-
61A
40A

3A-11A-
20A-21A

Total

30 000

Sekab (Svensk
Etanolkemi AB

27
27
35

35

35

Raw
Raw
Raw

Raw

Raw

30 000,00

27/30

Raw

Altia
Corporation

II. The address of the Spanish intervention agency is:

FEGA, Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (Tel. (34-91) 347 65 00; telex: 23427 FEGA; fax (34-91) 521 98 32).

III. 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).

IV. The address of the Italian intervention agency is:

AGEA, via Torino 45, I-00184 Roma (Tel. (39) 06 49499 714; fax (39) 06 49499 761.